Yves Engler is the author of The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy. He spoke in Winnipeg, June 13, 2009, at the conclusion of the 28th annual Walk for Peace, on the need to reorient Canadian foreign policy. Engler’s proposals…
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Lanterns for Peace – Brandon
Second Annual Japanese Lantern Ceremony for World Peace Date: Thursday, August 6, 2009 (Rain Date: August 8 , 2009) Time: 7:30 to 9:30 pm Place: Keystone Centre YMCA Pool. 1000 Block, 13th Street, Brandon, Manitoba Sponsors: Brandon Labour Council, Brandon…
The Coup and the U.S. Airbase in Honduras
By Nikolas Kozloff, Counterpunch, July 22, 2009 The mainstream media has once again dropped the ball on a key aspect of the ongoing story in Honduras: the U.S. airbase at Soto Cano, also known as Palmerola. Prior to the recent…
2009 Winnipeg Walk for Peace
Obama’s Middle East policy: No, you can’t . . .
Turning Point? by Noam Chomsky, chomsky.info, June 7, 2009 The Obama-Netanyahu-Abbas meetings in May, followed by Obama’s speech in Cairo, have been widely interpreted as a turning point in US Middle East policy, leading to consternation in some quarters, exuberance…
Germany And NATO’s Nuclear Nexus
By Rick Rozoff, Global Research, July 19, 2009 The reunification of Germany and the start of NATO’s post-Cold War expansion, drive east and beginning of its transformation into a global military force occurred on the same day, October 3, 1990.…
Exceptional Imperialism
Mourn on the 4th of July by John Pilger, ZSpace, July 11, 2009 The monsoon had woven thick skeins of mist over the central highlands of Vietnam. I was a young war correspondent, bivouacked in the village of Tuylon with…
54% of Canadians oppose Afghan mission: EKOS poll
CBC News, July 16, 2009 A slim majority of Canadians oppose Canada’s participation in the ongoing war in Afghanistan, with the strongest opposition coming from Quebec, an EKOS poll suggests. The poll, commissioned for CBC and released Thursday, asked: “Do…
Lanterns for Peace – Winnipeg
Peace Alliance Winnipeg, the Manitoba Japanese Canadian Citizens Association and Project Peacemakers will mark the 64th Anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with a Lanterns for Peace ceremony on Thursday, August 6, 2009 in Winnipeg. Everyone is welcome.…
Killing Hope, Sowing Terror: The Assassination Bureau
By Manuel Garcia, Jr., Counterpunch, July 15, 2009 In June of 2009, Leon Panetta, the director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) — the American Praetorian Guard guiding the course of the Dollar Area Empire — cancelled a program…