Modern warfare, such as the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan and attacks on Pakistan, uses Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and GPS-guided bombs. Directed by space satellites, and remotely controlled far from the battlefield, these weapons are responsible for massive civilian casualties.…
Category: Campaigns
Petition for Nuclear Arms Reduction
A message from AVAAZ.ORG: Dear friends, The only real solution to the proliferation crisis is the elimination of all nuclear weapons worldwide. Sign the petition calling for global zero and bring a powerful democratic voice to the US-Russia summit next…
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,…
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…
Stop Harper from sending CF-18 warplanes to Afghanistan
By Stephen Staples, Ceasefire.ca, May 9, 2009 As you may have heard on the news, up to 100 Afghan civilians are feared dead as a result of U.S. air strikes. Now, the Canadian military is engaging in a lobbying campaign…
Stop the attacks on the Tamil people
New testimony by a group of Sri Lankan refugees appears to counter government claims that it has stopped shelling its so-called safe zone in the north of the island. Al Jazeera’s David Chater reports from Colombo. The Canadian Peace Alliance…
Merchants of death come to Ottawa on May 27
Breaking the faith By Janice Kennedy, Ottawa Citizen, May 1, 2009 Trucks will roll into Lansdowne Park in three weeks, ready to unload their cargoes of shiny new products for the big trade show. The products, innovative marvels of fine…
Demand Peace and Justice in Sri Lanka
April 3, 2009: Protesters in support of Tamil people stage multi-day protest on Parliament Hill. Photograph by: Chris Mikula, Ottawa Citizen. by the Ottawa Peace Assembly, April 16, 2009 The non-stop protest in Ottawa, led by the Tamil community has…
Day 2 of Tamil solidarity protest in Ottawa
Sri Lankan Tamils vow second day of protest in Ottawa Ottawa Police and the RCMP had areas of Ottawa’s downtown closed off to traffic as protesters hit the streets to voice concerns over the genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka.…