AlJazeeraEnglish — May 13, 2010 — Almost 50,000 US military personnel are stationed in Japan, more than half on the island of Okinawa. But their presence has often been controversial. The Okinawa base is vital to the US in protecting…
Category: Campaigns
Al Nakba
Al Nakba 62: The Palestinian “Catastrophe”: 1948-2010 Information Picket and Testimonials A Palestinian artist paints a mural marking the anniversary of the Nakba in the Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza strip, 15 May 2006. (Wesam Saleh/MaanImages) Date: Friday,…
Child trafficking in Iraq
Iraqi Children Emergency: A Campaign to Document the Kidnapping and/or Selling of Iraqi Children By Wafaa’ Al-Natheema, Institute of Near Eastern and African Studies The trauma of Iraqi children and extreme suffering have not been only due to the killing…
Oppose Project Hero and the glorification of war
The “Project Hero” Scolarship Program Take Action – Sign the Petition – Send a letter of Support By the Canadian Peace Alliance, April 7, 2010 A group of Professors the University of Regina have drafted a letter to object to…
E-mail your M.P. now to support Iraq War resisters and Bill C-440
by the Canadian Peace Alliance, Mar. 29, 2010 In only a matter of a few weeks, Parliament could be debating and voting on Bill C-440, a bill that would make legally binding two motions that have already passed in the…
Delist NOW! Six-Month Campaign to Free Abousfian Abdelrazik from the Prison Without Walls
By Project Fly Home, March 23, 2010 This is the March Call to Action in Project Fly Home’s six-month campaign leading up to the first anniversary of Abdelrazik’s return to Canada. Video and audio from February events are included below.…
Salute U.S. war resisters in Canada: support Bill C-440
by WarResistersCanada, March 19, 2010 Vietnam Veteran Ron Kovic salutes U.S. Iraq War resisters in Canada on 7th Anniversary of invasion. Support Bill C-440 ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 MP Gerard Kennedy (L – Parkdale-High Park) introduced Bill C-440, An Act…
CMP calls for action regarding the storming of the Al Aqsa Mosque
CMP Action Alert: Lobby Attack on Al Aqsa Mosque By Canadian Muslims for Palestine, March 14, 2010 Canadian Muslims For Palestine (CMP), a national grassroots educational organization, denounces in the harshest possible terms the storming of the Al Aqsa Mosque…
Say “No!” to war with Iran
An appeal to anti-war organizations & activists to oppose the increasing threats against Iran By CASMII, March 7, 2010 Around the world, anti-war activists are preparing for major protests this spring to oppose the continuing U.S.-led occupations of Iraq and…
No Olympic Truce in Marjah
By the Canadian Peace Alliance, Feb. 19, 2010 While our Prime Minister talks about the the “Olympic Truce”, a symbolic suspension of war during the winter games, the people of Afghanistan are facing a new wave of violence. The official…