By Kazumi Matsui, Mayor, The City of Hiroshima 8:15 a.m., August 6, 1945. Our hometown was reduced to ashes by a single atomic bomb. The houses we came home to, our everyday lives, the customs we cherished–all were gone: “Hiroshima…
Category: International
Bring Omar Khadr home!
By Roméo A. Dallaire The case of Omar Khadr—a Canadian citizen and former child soldier—is a stain upon our society and shows a blatant disregard for Canada’s obligations under international law. During his 10 nightmarish years at Bagram and Guantánamo…
Don’t attack Syria
By the Canadian Peace Alliance As the violence escalates in Syria, there are further calls from Western media and government officials for a foreign intervention into the conflict. The Canadian Peace Alliance stands against any intervention from outside powers and…
Ahmadinejad misquoted to promote fear of Iran
By Global Research The inflammatory statement that Israel should be “wiped off the map” attributed to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad “was never made” by him, a distinguished Canadian economist says. in a recently released book entitled: Towards A World War III…
Winnipeg Peace & Justice Festival and Walk 2012
Location: Vimy Ridge Memorial Park (Portage Avenue and Home Street) Please join us for the second annual Winnipeg Peace and Justice Festival and the 31st annual Winnipeg Walk for Peace. Program 11:00 a.m. – Project Peacemakers Craft Tent – materials…
Iraq: Birth defects, cancer in the wake of war
Those Laboratory Mice Were Children By Karlos Zurutuza FALLUJAH, Iraq, Apr 13, 2012 (IPS) – At Fallujah hospital they cannot offer any statistics on children born with birth defects – there are just too many. Parents don’t want to talk.…
BDS and CPP
Heeding the International Call for Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions By Richard Sanders, coordinator, Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade In 2004, the UN International Court of Justice ruled that Israel’s separation wall is illegal. Construction has continued and it is…
Al Qaeda in Africa?
The “specter” of Al Qaeda in Africa: A Cover for Western Reconquest of the Continent The “Al Qaeda Brand”, a Lucrative “Investment”…. by Finian Cunningham, Global Research, April 5, 2012 A British foreign policy think tank has this week released…
NATO’s Wars & the UN
From the Cold War to NATO’s “Humanitarian Wars” – The Complicity of the United Nations By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, Global Research, April 4, 2012 Humanitarian wars, especially under the guise of the “Responsibility to Protect (R2P),” are a modern form…
AI: Militias threaten hopes for new Libya
By Amnesty International, February 16, 2012 Lawlessness still pervades Libya a year after the outbreak of the uprising which ended 42 year of Colonel Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi’s repressive regime. Hundreds of armed militias, widely hailed in Libya as heroes for their…