By Shane Nestruck August 6, 2012 was important for me – my father’s 93rd birthday and the 67th anniversary of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima. I was fortunate to be asked to provide the music for the Winnipeg Peace Alliance…
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Video: Winnipeg Peace & Justice Festival 2012
The second annual Winnipeg Peace and Justice Festival and the 31st annual Winnipeg Walk for Peace were held June 16, 2012. Participating organizations included Peace Alliance Winnipeg Project Peacemakers Mennonite Central Committee Manitoba Winnipeg Chapter for the National Committee for…
Hiroshima Peace Day: It is not enough to remember
By Glenn Michalchuk, Chair, Peace Alliance Winnipeg Sixty-seven years ago the world witnessed a new and even more deadly to consequence to war as atom bombs fell on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Thousands of citizens still suffer the…
Continue to Oppose Bill C-38
by Peace Alliance Winnipeg Bill C-38, over 400 pages of legislation that makes widespread changes to almost every aspect of Canadians’ lives – from Old Age Security to how the environment is protected – passed the House of Commons on…
Winnipeg Peace & Justice Fest 2012
Despite the inclement weather, the 2012 Winnipeg Peace & Justice Festival & Walk attracted around 200 people to Vimy Ridge Park on Saturday, June 16. Festival goers were entertained by Sara Kreindler, Pedalling for Papua Jeremy Bally, Artwell, Burnt Project…
Can BDS succeed?
Video: Can boycott, divestment and sanctions stop Israeli apartheid? By Paul S. Graham On July 9, 2005 , Palestinian civil society put out the call for an international campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions to compel the Israeli state to…
Colonialism & Indigenous Rights in Canada & Palestine
As a part of Israeli Apartheid Week 2012 in Winnipeg, Paul Burrows and Cheryl-Anne Carr discussed the impact of colonialism on the indigenous peoples of Canada and Palestine. The similarities are disturbing and striking. The event was sponsored by: Students…
Peace Alliance Winnipeg – Year in Review – Video Report
By Glenn Michalchuk Overall 2011 saw a continuation of the disturbing trend in Canadian foreign policy of actively supporting war on Iran, denial of Palestinian rights and a readiness to move anywhere in the world in support of U.S. interests.…
Peace Alliance House Concert Video
Derrick McCandless performed before a small but enthusiastic audience at the most recent Peace Alliance Winnipeg House Concert, January 28, 2012. McCandless is an engaging performer with a wide repertoire of folk ballads, instrumentals and pop standards. (he’s also builder…
Caplan: Solidarity, not charity
Gerry Caplan is a former CUSO field officer, author of The Betrayal of Africa, a weekly, online columnist for The Globe and Mail, and a featured television political commentator. Caplan was the keynote speaker at a dinner held in Winnipeg…