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Pakistan war diary
Imran Khan, Al Jazeera’s reporter in Pakistan, is filing regular dispatches from the country as the army battles Taliban fighters in the North West Frontier Province. His daily posts offer unique insights into this growing conflict and its impact on…
The Torture Memos and Historical Amnesia
by Noam Chomsky The torture memos released by the White House elicited shock, indignation, and surprise. The shock and indignation are understandable. The surprise, less so. For one thing, even without inquiry, it was reasonable to suppose that Guantanamo was…
The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy
Yves Engler, author of THE BLACK BOOK OF CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY, available now from Fernwood Publishing, will speak in Winnipeg at Mondragon Bookstore and Cafe, 91 Albert St., Thursday, June 11th, 2009 at 7 p.m. Buchwald Room, Millennium Library, 251…
28th Annual Winnipeg Walk for Peace
A scene from the 2008 Winnipeg Walk for Peace. Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009 Time: 12:30 to 4:00 p.m. Location: Manitoba Legislature Sponsor: Peace Alliance Winnipeg Peace Alliance Winnipeg invites you to participate in the 28th Annual Winnipeg Walk for…
Tamil solidarity vigil in Winnipeg
Photo: Glenn Michalchuk In response to the reported slaughter of 25,000 Tamil civilians last week, members of Winnipeg’s Tamil community held a candle light vigil at the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg on May 17, 2009. At the vigil, they…
Vigil for Tamil civilians
There will be a candlelight vigil in support of Tamil civilians caught in the cross-fire of Sri Lanka’s civil war. While the government of Sri Lanka has declared a military victory, the fighting continues and civilian casualties, numbering many thousand,…
Dark Days — The Reading
L-R: Ibrahim (Obby) Khan, Terry MacLeod, Kerry Pither. Photo: Liz Carlyle By Murielle Jennings On Wednesday evening approximately 50 people attended a dramatic reading from Kerry Pither’s book Dark Days: The Story of Four Canadians Tortured in the Name of…
MP for Farah Province condemns NATO bombings
By Malalai Joya, May 14, 2009 As an elected representative for Farah, Afghanistan, I add my voice to those condemning the NATO bombing that claimed over 150 civilian lives in my province earlier this month. This latest massacre offers the…
Rally against the Harper government
Stephen Harper will be in Winnipeg to raise funds for the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, a right wing think tank for the wealthy and corporations. All opposed to the Conservative Government’s agenda are invited. Date: Tues., May 19, 2009…