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Canadian democracy on trial in Quebec

If my convictions stand, our right to political advocacy at risk – Yves Engler by Yves Engler Friday a Quebec judge made a ruling that subverts the public’s right to petition state officials. In finding me guilty of three charges…

Groups demand Canada stops selling arms to Israel

As the catastrophe wrought by Israel’s continued assault on Gaza grows, Canadian civil society organizations across multiple sectors are calling on the Canadian government to immediately suspend all trade in arms and military technology with Israel. United Nations human rights…

Hiroshima Peace Declaration 2024

Citizens of the world, what do you think? Are more powerful nuclear forces necessary for national security? What about arms races, competing to maintain superiority over other nations? Russia’s protracted invasion of Ukraine and the worsening situation between Israel and…

Gaza Stories

“Gaza – Stories of Grief, Resilience and Hope” was hosted by the Canadian Palestinian Association of Manitoba and Independent Jewish Voices Winnipeg at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg on March 16, 2024. As the title suggests, members…

Winnipeg Walk for Peace reborn

Winnipeg’s decades-long history of holding an annual “Walk for Peace,” interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, resumed last year during a September arts festival called Nuit Blanche. We enjoyed it so much we decided to do another such walk this year,…

Abolish NATO for World Peace

On June 29, 2022, Peace Alliance Winnipeg joined with peace activists in a dozen Canadian cities to call for Canada to leave NATO and to work for world peace and a negotiated peace settlement to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Palestine Solidarity Bookshelf

by Candice Bodnaruk Since becoming involved in the Palestinian solidarity movement several years ago, our house has amassed a large collection of books about Palestine, including everything from Nakba history to an account of the 51 Day War to some…