by Peace Alliance Winnipeg Never has the world been closer to global nuclear war. So close that the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has set its Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight “because humanity continues to face an unprecedented…
by Tina Chen, Distinguished Professor, History, University of Manitoba As an historian of East Asia, for many years at the University of Manitoba I taught a course on the histories of Japan and China from the 19th century to the…
On August 6, 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. On August 9th, the Americans dropped another atomic bomb, this time on Nagasaki. The immediate combined death toll of the two raids was about 200,000. Over…
by Kristine Bolisay & Althea Arevalo In a world teetering on the edge of chaos, the threat of nuclear conflict looms larger than ever. We must ask ourselves a fundamental question: Are we truly committed to avoiding nuclear war, or…
by the Manitoba Cuba Solidarity Committee For more than 63 years, the Cuban people have struggled under a merciless US blockade that impacts every aspect of life: agriculture, science and medicine, transportation, electricity, and more. The blockade limits access to…
by Diane Zack Cuba’s support for Palestine goes back to the time before the Cuban Revolution of 1959. When the vote took place in the UN in 1947 to partition Mandatory Palestine according to the provisions of the Balfour Declaration,…
by Candice Bodnaruk On May 1, International Workers Day, people gathered in solidarity at Winnipeg’s City Hall for Workers Stand With Palestine, an action against apartheid and genocide in Gaza. The sun was shining and there wasn’t a cloud in…
The imperative is to build a movement against the growing preparations for war with Russia and China through a Canadian Foreign Policy that is independent of U.S. and NATO dictate! by Glenn Michalchuk Internationally, the world situation is increasingly tense.…
by Paul S. Graham Winnipeg, April 4, 2024: Members of Peace Alliance Winnipeg marked the 75th anniversary of the founding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) with an information picket in the Osborne Villlage neighbourhood of Winnipeg. Following is the text…
by Candice Bodnaruk On March 25, 2024 at 2pm, about 20 people gathered outside Carr’s office with placards and noisemakers to call out Carr for his recent vote in parliament against an NDP motion that demanded an end to Canadian…
