Category: Campaigns

What is happening in Venezuela?

By Paul S. Graham Mainstream media and government sources in Canada and the United States have provided an extremely unbalanced picture of Venezuela, portraying it as a dictatorship when in fact the governing party has won re-election consistently over the…

Why we march for peace

by Peace Alliance Winnipeg Since 1981, Winnipeggers have taken to the streets in June for an annual Walk for Peace. In those early years, the motive was fear of nuclear annihilation and thousands participated in these yearly events. In recent…

Billboard for Peace

Concerned about the increasing threats to peace in the world and Canada’s lack of a foreign policy based on peace the Regina Peace Council has erected a peace billboard on the Trans Canada highway near the town of Qu’Appelle. The…

Hands Off Syria!

Just hours before the United States launched missile attacks on Damascus and Homs, Winnipeg peace activists rallied outside the building housing the US Consulate to speak out against the war and Trump’s declared plan to expand it. The picket was…

Venezuela: Two events and a Petition

The Venezuela Peace Committee, of which Peace Alliance Winnipeg is a member, is hosting two events that will interest Winnipeggers concerned about the ongoing crisis in Venezuela: Dec. 5th: The Geopolitics of Oil and Venezuela Robert Schultz Theatre – University…

Global Justice Film Festival

By Candice Bodnaruk On October 28th Peace Alliance Winnipeg participated in the 15th Global Justice Film Festival at the University of Winnipeg. Throughout the day we had many visitors to our table, inquiring about our work, signing our petition to…