by Glenn Michalchuk The AGM of the Peace Alliance Winnipeg is held at a time of major historic shift in the world as a result of the war in and over Ukraine. It is a war over Ukraine because of…
Peace Alliance Winnipeg Year in Review
Category: Manitoba
Behind the war in Ukraine
By Peace Alliance Winnipeg As the world watches the violence in Ukraine, it can be hard to see how we can restore peace. It can be even harder to understand how it came to this. Facts and understanding of the…
Winnipeggers say “No War With Russia”
Winnipeggers added their voices to those of antiwar activists in Vancouver, Regina, Toronto and Waterloo in speaking out against war with Russia. About 30 people gathered at the intersection of River Avenue and Osborne Street in Winnipeg to distribute leaflets…
Winnipeg Lanterns for Peace 2021
On Friday, August 6th, Winnipeggers joined in a Lanterns for Peace Ceremony to mark the 76th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These ceremonies are held each year to help keep alive the memory of these attacks…
Israel’s Attacks on Gaza Intensify As Palestinians Mark 73rd Anniversary of the Nakba
by Candice Bodnaruk On Saturday, May 15th Israeli airstrikes hit a high rise in Gaza that housed The Associated Press and Al Jazeera offices. [AP May 15, 2021 12:21 p.m cdt] The AP has operated from that building for 15…
Where’s Palestine? The Nakba is Missing From the Canadian Museum for Human Rights
By Candice Bodnaruk RANA ABDULLA has waited nine long years to have her story told in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR). Before the museum was even built, the CMHR put out a request to Canadians for content ideas.…
Peace Alliance Winnipeg Chairperson’s Report 2021
by Glenn Michalchuk, Chair, Peace Alliance Winnipeg The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic created difficulties for all organizations in terms of carrying on their regular work. Due to these difficulties, it was not possible to hold an AGM last year.…
Canada must sign the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
by Glenn Michalchuk, Chair, Peace Alliance Winnipeg Significant anniversaries pose the opportunity to assess the ground we have travelled over those years. This morning the bells in the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill tolled 75 times at the exact moment…
Canada Needs to Get Out of the War Business
Members of Peace Alliance Winnipeg joined concerned Canadians in 18 cities to oppose plans by the federal government to purchase new fighter jets. Statement by Peace Alliance Winnipeg Peace Alliance Winnipeg joins with many peace organizations in this national day…
Winnipeggers rally for Palestine
Feb. 9, 2020 — Winnipeggers rallied in front of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights to express their opposition to Donald Trump’s “Deal of the Century” – a plan which signals US approval of Israel’s illegal annexation of the Occupied…