By the Canadian Peace Alliance Jan. 15, 2013 The Government of Canada has recently announced that it is sending a CF-17 transport plane to northern Mali to add to the military buildup by the NATO powers in the area. The…
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Canada to deepen role in Mali
By Campbell Clark, The Globe and Mail The Canadian government will extend the tour of the heavy-lift transport plane shuttling equipment from France to Mali for a military mission. Initially, Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered the massive C-17 plane for…
Imperialist powers escalate war in Mali
By Ernst Wolff, Global Research Amid continuing offensives by French troops in Mali, the imperialist powers are making clear that the assault on Mali is part of a lasting, neo-colonial escalation of military intervention throughout Western Africa and beyond. “This…
Foreign military intervention wrong response to Mali crisis
By Gerry Caplan, rabble.ca France is knocking on Canada’s door seeking assistance for its intervention in Mali, and Canada’s door seems to be open a crack. Besides providing the French military, a military transport plane, at least temporarily, Foreign Affairs…
Peace Alliance Winnipeg AGM
Location: Social Planning Council of Winnipeg, 300-207 Donald St., Winnipeg Please join us for our annual general meeting. Please note that if you wish to vote at the meeting, you need to be a paid up member at least 10…
On the front lines of a new Pacific war
Reposted from The Nation by Koohan Paik and Jerry Mander | December 14, 2012 On the small, spectacular island of Jeju, off the southern tip of Korea, indigenous villagers have been putting their bodies in the way of construction of…
Journalism Under Fire Protest Rally
Location: 374 Main St., Selkirk, Manitoba (In front of James Bezan’s Constituency Office) If you care about freedom of the press and you believe that politicians should not be able to influence who writes what, join us in front of…
Winnipeg Rally for Gaza
Location: Manitoba Legislative Building Four years following Israel’s bloody “Operation Cast Lead” — which brought about the deaths of 1,400+ Palestinians, and the scorched-earth ruin of Gaza’s infrastructure — Israel attacks Gaza again! Israel’s latest scourge, entitled “Operation Pillar of…
War Clouds Over Gaza Again
By Jillian Kestler-D’Amours JERUSALEM, Nov 15 2012 (IPS) – As Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip enters its second day, Palestinians fear that this is only the beginning of another widespread Israeli offensive into the besieged Palestinian territory that would…
Peace Alliance Winnipeg joins International Day of Action on Iran
Growing concerns over the possibility of an attack on Iran by Israel or NATO countries prompted peace groups in six Canadian cities to join an International Day of Action yesterday. Locally, Peace Alliance Winnipeg held an information picket in…