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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
by the Canadian Peace Alliance Almost ten years after the start of the Iraq War, we face the threat of another war. This time, the target is Iran. And the process that led to war nearly a decade ago is…
Location: Under the Canopy, at The Forks, in Winnipeg Join grandmothers and grand-others coast-to-coast to send a message to Ottawa, confirming that Canadians care. Bill C-398 licenses Canadians to save lives. Right now, there are millions of people in developing…
Please join Peace Alliance Winnipeg in holding a peaceful information picket in Osborne Village to raise awareness of the increasing danger of war with Iran. Bring friends and family to help distribute information on this serious issue. Feel free to…
Winnipeg’s Project Peacemakers marked International Peace Day 2012 with skits and musical performances at the Free Press Cafe. Performing sketches written by Geoff Hughes and Diane Cooper, actors Tricia Cooper, Sara Constible and Gord Tanner provided a comedic response to…
by Peace Alliance Winnipeg During the Vietnam war, tens of thousands of American conscientious objectors sought refuge in Canada to avoid taking part in a war they could not, in conscience, support. While the Canadian government was slow to respond…
