A Call for Solidarity from the People’s Commission Network and No One Is Illegal Montreal The People’s Commission Network and No One Is Illegal Montreal call for solidarity with Muslim communities and individuals in Canada and Quebec who are experiencing…
Category: Campaigns
No war with Iran
On Aug. 28, 2010, a small group of Winnipeg citizens declared themselves “Crazy for Peace” and marched through downtown Winnipeg to urge their neighbours to speak out against war with Iran. Contact Crazy for Peace 2010 on Facebook or by…
Iran: A Sense of Déjà Vu
Aug. 28, 2010: Glenn Michalchuk, chair person of Peace Alliance Winnipeg, speaks about the growing danger that the United States will attack Iran. The event was a rally organized by Crazy for Peace 2010 at the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg,…
March against war with Iran
Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010 Times: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Program features music performed by Winnipeg’s famed Papa Mambo 1:00: March begins Place: Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg, MB Organized by: Crazy for Peace In preparation for the Saturday march,…
For a federal Department of Peace
Bill Siksay, MP (Burnaby-Douglas) will be the keynote speaker at Winnipeg’s annual Lanterns for Peace Ceremony. His topic: a private members Bill (C-447) which calles for the establishment of a federal Deaprtment of Peace. This bill passed First Reading in…
Message from The Toronto Call: No more police state tactics
Peace Alliance Winnipeg has endorsed the “Toronto Call” and urges all members to support it as well. Dear signatories, The Toronto Call was written collectively by a few Toronto-based G20 protesters, most of us connected to campuses and all of…
G20 Justice Rally in Winnipeg
Date: Saturday, July 17, 2010 Time: 4:00 p.m. Location: The Park at the Chinese Community Center, King St. and James Ave. (map) Sponsor: Canadians Demanding a Public Inquiry into Toronto G20 Background: Intimidation. Assault. Humiliation. Sexual Assault. Threat. Bullying. Kidnapping.…
G20: Growing Movement in Defence of Democratic Rights
Two activists kiss while protesting in front of a line of riot police during the G20 Summit in Toronto on June 26. (Darren Calabrese/Canadian Press) By Peace Alliance Winnipeg, July 7, 2010 Over 900 people — including journalists from both…
Universal Soldier
bellvisuals | March 24, 2008: Buffy Sainte-Marie performed for Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans against the war in front of the Capital and Native American Museum in Washington DC on the five year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.
UK anti-war activists face eviction
Al Jazeera English, July 02, 2010 Peace demonstrators who have been camping outside the British parliament since May are facing forced eviction on Friday. A court ruled they are damaging the famous square outside the building, but the activists have…