By the Canadian Peace Alliance Richard Holbrooke, the top U.S. Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, died after emergency heart surgery at the age of 69. His last words, reported by family members and his surgeon before he underwent surgery were:…
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Protests planned to denounce Harkat decision
By The People’s Commission Network, Dec. 9, 2010 Federal Court Judge Simon Noel today ruled to uphold the security certificate against Mohamed Harkat as “reasonable”. December 10th is International Human Rights Day and the 8th anniversary of Mohamed’s arrest under…
War resisters prepare new national campaign
By The War Resisters Support Campaign Over the past few weeks, since the narrow defeat of Bill C-440, the War Resisters Support Campaign has been discussing strategy going forward. The main thing that every supporter needs to know is that…
Video: Pursuing Jason Kenney
George Galloway paid a visit to Jason Kenney’s Calgary constituency office yesterday, looking for answers. But the immigration minister who illegally denied him entry to Canada last year was not there. Said Galloway: “If I can’t see him in Ottawa,…
Join the Virtual March on Ottawa, Nov. 18: Bring them home!
By the Canadian Peace Alliance On November 18, Call your MP and the Party Leaders and demand…. Don’t Extend It. End It. The Conservative government, with the support of the Liberals are about to extend Canada’s war in Afghanistan. The…
Former British MP George Galloway announces ten-city speaking tour of Canada
Toronto – Former British MP George Galloway will appear in ten cities on a pan-Canadian speaking tour from November 16 to 27, 2010. Organized by local peace coalitions and Palestine solidarity campaigns across Canada, the tour is called “Free Palestine,…
On Nov. 8, defend free speech in Canada
By Independent Jewish Voices A TIME TO SPEAK OUT: DAY OF ACTION TO DEFEND FREE SPEECH ON NOVEMBER 8 FREE SPEECH UNDER ATTACK The Harper government is sponsoring a conference of the ‘Inter-Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism’ (ICCA) – the…
Peace delegation to Iran says: Stop U.S. war plans
By John Parker, International Action Center, Oct 24, 2010 A people-to-people delegation that included two members of the International Action Center arrived in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 9 to increase solidarity with the people of Iran, defend Iran’s sovereignty and stop…
Video: Fidel Castro calls for disarmament and peace
Transcript The use of nuclear weapons in a new war would mean the end of humanity. This was candidly foreseen by scientist Albert Einstein who was able to measure their destructive capability to generate millions of degrees of heat, which…
Wikileaks documents show US Iraq War resisters were right
Canadians renew call for Harper and Kenney to let Iraq War resisters stay By War Resisters Support Campaign, Oct. 23, 2010 TORONTO, Oct. 23 /CNW/ – Newly released US Military documents from Wikileaks, detailing widespread civilians deaths in Iraq, provide…