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SUMMARY:Winnipeg Lanterns for Peace 2020
DESCRIPTION:  \nPlease join us for the annual Lanterns for Peace Ceremony\, held each year to commemorate the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and 9\, 1945. Our aim is to help keep the memory of these attacks alive so that current generations understand we must never allow nuclear weapons to be used again. \nLocation: south side (the back) of the Legislative Building. \nSchedule\n7:30 to 8:45 – participants paint and assemble lanterns and origami cranes (we will provide the art supplies)\n8:45 to 9:15 – short speeches\n9:15: lanterns are lit and launched in the fountain as the sun begins to set \nThis is a beautiful ceremony. If you have never been to one\, here are some videos that will give you a good idea of what to expect. \nThis is a family-friendly event. All are welcome. \nCOVID-19 Safety Precautions\n1. In line with provincial public health requirements\, attendance is limited to 100 people.\n2. We encourage people to wear their own masks; we will provide masks to those who attend without them.\n3. Hand sanitizer will be provided at the art tables.\n4. We encourage you to practice social distancing with people outside of your immediate household. This means maintaining a 2 metre distance. Seating will take this into account and no more than three people will be able to work at an art table at the same time. \nSponsors: Peace Alliance Winnipeg\, Japanese Cultural Association of Manitoba\, National Association of Japanese Canadians\, Winnipeg Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)\, Council of Canadians-Winnipeg
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/winnipeg-lanterns-for-peace-2020/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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SUMMARY:The New Cold War\, Canadian Foreign Policy and Canada's Peace Movement
DESCRIPTION:  A new cold war has emerged that pits China and Russia against the United States and other NATO members\, including Canada. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat do we mean when we say a “new cold war” has broken out and what does this mean for world peace? How will Biden wage this war? How does official Canadian government foreign policy contribute to global instability and the threat of a hot war? What is Canada’s peace movement doing in response\, and what might it it do in the future? \nPlease join us for an interesting discussion of these important issues. It will feature presentations by \nRadhika Desai is Professor at the Department of Political Studies\, and Director\, Geopolitical Economy Research Group\, University of Manitoba\, Winnipeg\, Canada. She is the author of Geopolitical Economy: After US Hegemony\, Globalization and Empire and numerous other books and articles on political and geopolitical economy and world affairs. \nYves Engler is a Montréal-based activist and author who has published 11 books on various aspects of Canadian foreign policy. His latest book is titled House of Mirrors — Justin Trudeau’s Foreign Policy. \nTamara Lorincz is a PhD candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School for International Affairs (Wilfrid Laurier University). She is on the board of directors of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space and on the international advisory committee of the No to NATO Network. She is a member of the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. \nThe webinar will me moderated by Glenn Michalchuk\, chair of Peace Alliance Winnipeg. \nThis free event will stream via Zoom. To register\, visit the link below.
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/the-new-cold-war-canadian-foreign-policy-and-canadas-peace-movement/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20210323T193000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: A Foreign Policy for Canada
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation about Canadian foreign policy and the possibilities for peace and global justice.\n\nAdmission: Free. Register Via Eventbrite \nDate: Tue\, March 23\, 2021 \nTime: 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM CDT \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event will feature national experts in a lively and timely conversation about Canadian foreign policy and the possibilities for peace\, past\, present and future. As the pandemic continues to illuminate global disparities\, this is a chance to re-imagine a future with equality\, diversity\, inclusion\, peace and justice the world over. \n\n\nSpeakers\nTamara Lorincz is a PhD candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School for International Affairs (Wilfrid Laurier University). She is on the Board of Directors of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space and on the international advisory committee of the No to NATO Network. She is a member of the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. Tamara helped found the No Fighter Jets Coalition. \nDave Gehl is a retired federal civil servant and a retired manager for Agriculture Canada. A lifelong peace and justice activist\, he is active with the Regina Peace Council and writes for its publication Saskatchewan Peace News. He is also active with many community service boards in Indian Head where he lives. \nEd Lehman is a retired Northern and International educator\, a former member of Hamlet Council in Kugaaruk\, Nunavut and former member of Council of Cupar\, Saskatchewan. Ed is a lifelong peace and justice activist – he is the President of the Regina Peace Council\, he is on the board of the Canadian Peace Congress\, and is a member of PeaceQuest Regina. Ed Lehman serves on the steering committee of the No Fighter Jets Coalition\, and the Campaign to Free Meng Wanzhou. He is also a member of the Canadian Boycott\, Divestment\, and Sanctions Coalition and supports the work of the Canada-Wide Network for Peace and Justice and represents the Regina Peace Council in its Prairie Peace Partnership with Peace Alliance Winnipeg. He is also the editor of Saskatchewan Peace News. His areas of interest include international cooperation\, world disarmament\, economic conversion from military spending\, green energy and green jobs\, municipal governance\, and social justice. \nFlorence Stratton is a community peace and justice activist. She lives in Regina\, on Treaty 4 territory\, the original lands of the Nehiyawak\, Anishanaabe\, Dakota\, Lakota\, and Nakota and the homelands of the Métis Nation \nChris Black is an international criminal lawyer and writer\, and has defended accused in war crimes cases in Europe and Africa. A long-time activist since his student days and has been a member of the Toronto Unemployed Workers’ Council\, the Black Action Defense Committee\, and other action groups in Toronto He is a member of the Ontario and International Criminal Court bars and the National Lawyers Guild in the USA. \nSponsor: Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/webinar-a-foreign-policy-for-canada/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Making Canadian Mining Companies Accountable
DESCRIPTION:Date: June 12\, 2021\nTime: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM CDT\nAdmission: Free\nLocation: Online\, via Zoom. Register at Eventbrite:\nPresenter: Catherine Coumans\, MiningWatch Canada\nSponsor: Peace Alliance Winnipeg \nCanadian mining companies dominate the sector in many parts of the world\, but they are largely unregulated and able to profit from weak protection for the environment\, workers\, indigenous peoples and human rights in many countries. Catherine Coumans\, of MiningWatch Canada\, will talk about the struggle to make Canadian mining companies accountable. She will also talk about the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountabilty (of which MiningWatch is a part) that is launching on Monday\, May 31. \nCatherine Coumans has co-managed MiningWatch Canada and coordinated the Asia-Pacific program for 20 years. Departing from a rights-based perspective\, Catherine has worked in solidarity with communities and Indigenous peoples affected by Canadian mining companies in more than ten Asia-Pacific countries and in Tanzania. The Canadian government appointed Catherine as an advisor in National Roundtables on the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries in 2006-07. She has provided expert testimony on mining in congressional inquiries in the Philippines\, before the Constitutional Court in Indonesia\, and for Canadian Parliamentary and Senate committees\, as well as in an Amici Brief for the Supreme Court of the United States. MiningWatch is a founding organization of the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability where Catherine provides strategic leadership on the steering committee. She holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology and has published on mining in more than 15 peer reviewed publications since 2008\, including in the Canadian Journal of Development Studies; UBC Law Review; Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment; Current Anthropology; and The Extractive Industries and Society. \nRecommended Reading \nThe ‘Canada Brand’: Violence and Canadian Mining Companies in Latin America\, Osgoode Legal Studies Research Paper No. 17/2017. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2886584 \nCANADIAN OMBUDSPERSON FOR RESPONSIBLE ENTERPRISE [CORE] APPROACH WITH CAUTION – http://cnca-rcrce.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/core-caution-E-1.pdf \nNEWS RELEASE: Human Rights Advocates and Legal Experts Deliver Blueprint for New International Corporate Accountability Law in Canada\, May 31st\, 2021|Business and Human Rights Legislation\, Press Releases. https://cnca-rcrce.ca/2021/05/31/news-release-human-rights-advocates-and-legal-experts-deliver-blueprint-for-new-international-corporate-accountability-law-in-canada/ \nThis is the first in a series of webinars PAW is organizing to explore the roles Canada plays on the world stage.
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/webinar-making-canadian-mining-companies-accountable/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20210710T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20210710T140000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Canada's Warfare with Yves Engler
DESCRIPTION:Over the past century Canada has been among the most warlike nations. From Sudan and South Africa in the late 1800s to Korea in the 1950s and Libya and Afghanistan more recently\, Canada has fought in 10 wars. Only one of them has been morally justifiable. There are significant numbers of Canadian troops in Latvia\, Ukraine and Iraq as well as Canadian naval vessels patrolling across the world’s seas. Please join Yves Engler in discussing Canada’s military deployments\, past and present\, and how they make the world less safe. \nYves Engler is the author of 12 books\, including the forthcoming Stand on Guard for Whom?: A People’s History of the Canadian Military. \nSponsor: Peace Alliance Winnipeg \nDate: Saturday\, July 10\, 2021\nTime: 12 Noon\, CDT\nAdmission: Free. Register at Eventbrite – https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/canadas-warfare-tickets-160039078191
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/webinar-canadas-warfare-with-yves-engler/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20210806T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20210806T220000
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SUMMARY:Winnipeg Lanterns for Peace 2021
DESCRIPTION:76 years ago\, the world was introduced to the horrors of nuclear war. The death\, destruction and suffering that resulted from the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki\, on Aug 6 and 9\, 1945 meant that the world had changed for the worse. Nothing would ever be the same. The mushroom clouds that arose over Japan cast a shadow that menaces every living creature\, even today. \nIn 1945 the United States had a monopoly on nuclear power; today\, nine countries have their own nuclear arsenals and many more\, via NATO\, are set up to use these weapons. \nTherefore\, we gather annually to remember people whose lives were lost in August 1945\, to remember the survivors whose lives were unalterably damaged\, and to reaffirm our commitment to the abolition all nuclear weapons. \nPlease join us for our annual Lanterns for Peace ceremony. Beginning at 7:30 pm we paint lanterns and make origami cranes. (We provide the art supplies; you contribute your imagination and creativity.) At 9: 15 pm\, following a short program of speeches\, we float our lanterns in the fountain as the sun sets. \nIt is a beautiful ceremony\, rich with meaning and one which can be enjoyed by the whole family. If you have never been to one\, here is a playlist of videos of Lantern Ceremonies over the years. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjun-krHoPPL4Q1IW7dGVU462XV81fj23 \nDate: Friday\, Aug 6\, 2021\nTime: 7:30 pm\nPlace: the south side of the Manitoba Legislative Building \nPublic health directives will be followed. Masks will be available for those who need one\, but you may prefer to bring your own. \nSponsors: Peace Alliance Winnipeg\, Japanese Cultural Association of Manitoba\, Council of Canadians (Winnipeg Chapter)
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/winnipeg-lanterns-for-peace-2021/
LOCATION:Manitoba Legislative Building – South Plaza\, Manitoba\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20210814T143000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Canada\, Settler Colonialism and Palestine
DESCRIPTION:Hanna Kawas discusses Canada’s complicity in Palestinian dispossession and how it enables settler colonialism at home and abroad. \nHanna Kawas is a Palestinian activist\, writer\, and journalist who was born in Bethlehem\, Palestine. He is the chairperson of the Canada Palestine Association (cpavancouver.org) and was cohost of Voice of Palestine (voiceofpalestine.ca); he has been active in anti-war struggles and support work for liberation movements. He has presented to conferences and workshops at UBC\, SFU and Kwantlen and has also been invited to speak in classrooms across Greater Vancouver. \n  \nAdmission is free. Register here. \nRecommended Reading  \nhttp://cpavancouver.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/birthright_denied.pdf \nhttps://mondoweiss.net/2020/06/why-we-oppose-canadas-bid-for-the-un-security-council \nSponsors: \nPeace Alliance Winnipeg \nGeopolitical Economy Research Group
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/webinar-canada-settler-colonialism-and-palestine/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20210911T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20210911T133000
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SUMMARY:Webinar - Partners in Crime: the US-Canada Hybrid War Against Venezuela
DESCRIPTION:Date: Saturday\, Sept. 11\, 2021 \nTime: 12:00 Noon CDT \nPlace: Online. Register at Eventbrite. \nAdmission: Free \nThe United States and its allies\, Canada and the EU\, have carried out a 20 year assault on the legitimate government of Venezuela. Because China and Russia have promised to defend Venezuela from a US military invasion\, the US has conducted a hybrid war against the country. The Obama decree that designated Venezuela an “unusual and extraordinary threat to the security of the USA” allowed Obama\, followed by Trump and then Biden to by-pass regulations of war and any Congress oversight to try to overthrow the legitimate government of Nicolas Maduro with a series of economic measures and covert operations. In this webinar\, Mariá Páez Victor details this hybrid war and the implications it has had for Venezuela\, for the US and its allies and for the region. \nMariá Páez Victor\, PhD is a sociologist\, born in Venezuela\, now retired from university teaching who is dedicated to writing. As well\,  she is a frequent commentator on issues related to Latin American history and politics and she has participated in numerous events on TV\, radio and in public meetings. In addition she  has her own weekly radio program about Venezuela in the Spanish language community radio of Toronto. \nMariá’s Recommended reading: \n\nOrinoco Tribune\nBook by Justin Podur and Joe Emersberger: “Extraordinary Threat \, the US Empire\, the Media and 20 Years of Coup Attempts in Venezuela” Published by Monthly Review\nWebinar by Yves Engler\, “Canada in Venezuela“
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/webinar-partners-in-crime-the-us-canada-hybrid-war-against-venezuela/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20211009T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20211009T133000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Canada's Cold War
DESCRIPTION:Date: Saturday\, Oct. 9\, 2021\nTime: 12 Noon CDT\nAdmission: Free. Register at Eventbrite. \nRichard Sanders\, founder of the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade\, explains why the Canadian government needs to stop financing ethno-nationalist East European lobby groups that still exalt the memory of their Nazi-collaborating founders\, leaders\, activists and war heroes. Sanders discusses the history of Ottawa’s support for these groups and argues that taxpayers must call the government to account for continuing to fund organizations that whitewash their communities’ historic complicity in the Holocaust and other crimes against humanity. Nor should Canadians be funding monuments\, publications\, events and meeting centres used by these groups to memorialize their fascist forebears as if they were noble “freedom fighters.” \nThis talk is based on this research by Richard Sanders: “Defunding the Myths and Cults of Cold War Canada.” \nPlease sign his online petition to “Stop Canadian government funding of groups that glorify Nazi collaborators.” \nBio \nRichard Sanders has engaged full-time in the antiwar movement since 1984 when he escaped academia with an MA in cultural anthropology. In 1989\, in an effort to expose Canadian complicity in warmongering\, he founded the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) and its magazine\, Press for Conversion! Over the decades\, COAT organized many public campaigns including peace rallies\, marches\, vigils and conferences. The magazine\, while initially focusing on the conversion of military industries\, has broadened since 1999 to include other themes that challenge the official national mythology that Canada is a global force for peace\, human rights and democracy.
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/webinar-canadas-cold-war/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20211113T120000
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SUMMARY:Canada and Haiti: A Peace Alliance Winnipeg Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Date: Saturday\, November 13\, 2021\nTime: 12:00 Noon Central Time\nPlace: Online.\nRegister: Go to Eventbrite by clicking here. \nIn 2004\, Canada collaborated with the U.S. and France to overthrow Haiti’s elected president\, Jean Bertrand Aristide\, who enjoyed widespread support among the poorest Haitians. Since then\, with Canada’s support\, a series of right-wing governments have overturned Aristide’s reforms and violently repressed his supporters. \nReleased in 2019\, Elaine Brière’s documentary\, Haiti Betrayed\, exposes the role Canada played in the 2004 coup. Beginning November 6th\, webinar registrants can watch the film on Vimeo for free. Get the link and viewer code when you register for the webinar. \nThe webinar will be a venue for viewers to ask the director\, Elaine Brière\, questions about making the film and to ask Haitian activist Jennie Laure-Sully questions about the current situation in Haiti. \n  \nBiographies \n  \nElaine Brière is a Canadian filmmaker and photojournalist. Her first documentary\, Bitter Paradise: The Sell-out of East Timor\, won Best Political Documentary at the l997 HOT DOCS! festival and Production Excellence award at Seattle Women in Film in l998. Bitter Paradise aired on TVO\, CBC Radio-Canada\, CFCF-12 Montreal\, BC Knowledge Network\, SCN\, WTN\, PBS and Swedish National Television. \nThe Story of Canadian Merchant Seamen\, released in 2006\, aired on SCN and Knowledge Network and toured extensively in New Zealand\, the UK and Australia. \nElaine’s photographs have been collected by the visual arts section of the National Archives of Canada. Her work has appeared in The Globe & Mail\, the New York Review\, Canadian Geographic\, Carte-Blanche\, and the Family of Women. East Timor\, Testimony\, was published in 2004. She is the founder of the East Timor Alert Network and received the Order of Timor-Leste in 2016 for her contribution towards the liberation of East Timor from Indonesian occupation. \nHer current feature documentary\, Haiti Betrayed\, on the role of Canada in the 2004 coup d’état in Haiti\, was released in late 2019. It was translated into French in the summer of 2020 and aired on TV5 in Québec and France. \nJennie-Laure Sully is a researcher at the Socioeconomic Research Institute (IRIS) and a community organizer at CLES\, a center for sexually exploited women. She studied anthropology and public health and has a master’s degree in biomedical sciences from the University of Montreal. She has worked as a research coordinator in hospitals and as a psychosocial caseworker in rape crisis centers. She is very active in the women’s movement and in the movement for the human rights of migrants. She was born in Haiti and moved to Quèbec with her family when she was 2 years old. Among the many causes she cares about\, the fight against imperialism and for the sovereignty of Haiti is among her top priorities.
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/canada-and-haiti-a-peace-alliance-winnipeg-webinar/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20211128T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20211128T140000
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SUMMARY:No New Fighter Jets Information Picket
DESCRIPTION:Date: Sunday\, November 28\, 2021\nTime: 12:00 Noon\nPlace: River Avenue and Osborne Street \nHelp us get the word out! \nThe Canadian government is planning to purchase 88 new warplanes\, for a sticker price of $19 billion and a total cost\nof at least $77 billion. \nThis new generation of bomber jets will be designed to do the same thing the last batch did – carry bombs and missiles that kill civilians (disproportionately children)\, destroy critical infrastructure that leaves millions without safe drinking water or electricity\, and to run environmentally costly training drills. This time they’ll have the capacity to carry nuclear weapons. \nCanada’s current stock of fighter jets have spent the past few decades bombing Afghanistan\, Libya\, Iraq and Syria\, prolonging violent conflict and contributing to massive humanitarian and refugee crises. These operations had a deadly toll on human life and have nothing to do with ensuring security for Canada. \nEven former Deputy Minister of Defence Charles Nixon stated that Canada does not face any credible threats and “new Canadian fighters are not required to protect Canada’s populace or sovereignty.” \nThe clock is ticking. The procurement competition officially started July 2020\, and we don’t have much time before the winning contract will be selected in early 2022. \nImagine how much better off we would all be if\, instead of investing in death\, Canada spent this $88 billion on such things as clean drinking water in First Nations communities\, responding to the climate crisis and helping Canadian workers transition to a post carbon future. \nWe need to stand up and be heard\, without delay. Here are some things you can do. \n\nJoin the #NoNewFighterJets campaign!\nWrite your Member of Parliament today. You can find you MP’s contact information here.\nJoin Peace Alliance Winnipeg.
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/no-new-fighter-jets-information-picket/
LOCATION:River Avenue and Osborne Street\, Winnipeg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20220115T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20220115T130000
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SUMMARY:No New Fighter Jets Information Picket
DESCRIPTION:Date: Saturday\, January 15\, 2022\nTime: 12:00 Noon\nPlace: River Avenue and Osborne Street \nHelp us get the word out! \nThe Canadian government is planning to purchase 88 new warplanes\, for a sticker price of $19 billion and a total cost\nof at least $77 billion. \nThis new generation of bomber jets will be designed to do the same thing the last batch did – carry bombs and missiles that kill civilians (disproportionately children)\, destroy critical infrastructure that leaves millions without safe drinking water or electricity\, and to run environmentally costly training drills. This time they’ll have the capacity to carry nuclear weapons. \nCanada’s current stock of fighter jets have spent the past few decades bombing Afghanistan\, Libya\, Iraq and Syria\, prolonging violent conflict and contributing to massive humanitarian and refugee crises. These operations had a deadly toll on human life and have nothing to do with ensuring security for Canada. \nEven former Deputy Minister of Defence Charles Nixon stated that Canada does not face any credible threats and “new Canadian fighters are not required to protect Canada’s populace or sovereignty.” \nThe clock is ticking. The procurement competition officially started July 2020\, and we don’t have much time before the winning contract will be selected in early 2022. \nImagine how much better off we would all be if\, instead of investing in death\, Canada spent this $88 billion on such things as clean drinking water in First Nations communities\, responding to the climate crisis and helping Canadian workers transition to a post carbon future. \nWe need to stand up and be heard\, without delay.
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/no-new-fighter-jets-information-picket-2/
LOCATION:River Avenue and Osborne Street\, Winnipeg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20220129T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20220129T130000
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SUMMARY:Information Picket: No War With Russia
DESCRIPTION:No War With Russia\nPeace Alliance Winnipeg is joining with organizations across Canada to demand that our government work for peace with Russia. Help us distribute literature urging our neighbours to speak out for peace. \nDate: Saturday\, Jan. 29\, 2021\nPlace: River Avenue and Osborne Street\, Winnipeg\nTime: 12:00 Noon to 1:00 pm \nBackground\nThe world is on the brink of a war in Ukraine that could quickly become a world war that would kill millions and end civilization. This dangerous situation did not develop overnight. Rather\, it is the predictable outcome of attempts led by the United States to encircle and dominate Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.  Successive Canadian governments have helped create this dangerous situation and it is time for Canadians to tell our government to work for peace. \nCanada can lead by example by refusing to arm Ukraine’s government and withdrawing our troops from Ukraine and other eastern European states. Canada should be working diplomatically to help ease tensions within Ukraine and between Russia and NATO. More generally\, our government should work for nuclear disarmament and sign the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. \nResources\nThe current situation in eastern Europe is too complex to describe in an email. Here are some helpful sources of information. \n\nNational call to Trudeau government to de-escalate conflict between Russia and NATO over Ukraine \nUN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons\nCanadian Foreign Policy Institute\nWorld Beyond War\nInterview with Glenn Michalchuk\, Tamara Lorincz and Ken Stone\nChris Cook of Gorilla Radio interviews Glenn (Peace Alliance Winnipeg)\, Tamara (Canadian Foreign Policy Institute) and Ken (Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War) on the crisis in eastern Europe and why it is necessary to make our government work for peaceful solutions. You can listen here.
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/information-picket-no-war-with-russia/
LOCATION:River Avenue and Osborne Street\, Winnipeg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20220306T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20220306T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T163501
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220304T210544Z
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SUMMARY:Rally for Peace in Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:Date: Sunday\, March 6\, 2022\nTime: 1:00 PM\nPlace: The Forks\, by the CN Stage in front of the WINNIPEG sign. (Map) \nThe war in Ukraine has brought misery and destruction with many lives lost and many more injured on both sides. The killing must stop now\, before more people suffer and the conflict develops into a world war. \nJoin us at the Forks as we join with people around the world in this global day of action to call for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and to demand that the parties negotiate a peace agreement. \nSponsors: \n\nPeace Alliance Winnipeg\nAssociation of United Ukrainian Canadians (Winnipeg)\nUnited Jewish Peoples Order (Winnipeg)\nIslamic Social Services Association\nManitoba Peace Council\nVenezuela Peace Committee of Winnipeg\nManitoba-Cuba Solidarity Committee\nAfrican Communities of Manitoba\nCommunist Party of Manitoba – Manitoba Committee\nImmigration Matters in Canada Coalition
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/rally-for-peace-in-ukraine/
LOCATION:The Forks\, CN Stage\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20220408T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20220408T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T163501
CREATED:20220405T213220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220405T213220Z
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SUMMARY:Say "NO" to the Liberal military budget
DESCRIPTION:Deplore growing military spending? See no need for F35 warplanes to defend Canada? Remembering NATO’s crimes of aggression? \nJoin us for a Noon hour picket at Jim Carr\, M.P.’s office to say “No” to the Liberal military budget: \n\nNo new fighter jets\nNo increase in military spending\nCanada out of NATO\n\nDate: Friday\, April 8\, 2022\nTime: 12:00 Noon\nPlace:: 611 Corydon Avenue (map) \nWe will have placards. \nSponsored by Peace Alliance Winnipeg and the Manitoba Peace Council
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/say-no-to-the-liberal-military-budget/
LOCATION:611 Corydon Avenue\, Winnipeg\, 611 Corydon Avenue\, Winnipeg\, MB\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20220806T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20220806T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T163501
CREATED:20220714T201859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220726T180432Z
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SUMMARY:Winnipeg Lanterns for Peace 2022
DESCRIPTION:77 years ago\, the world was introduced to the horrors of nuclear war. The death\, destruction and suffering that resulted from the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki\, on Aug 6 and 9\, 1945 meant that the world had changed for the worse. Nothing would ever be the same. The mushroom clouds that arose over Japan cast a shadow that menaces every living creature\, even today. \nIn 1945 the United States had a monopoly on nuclear power; today\, nine countries have their own nuclear arsenals and many more\, via NATO\, are set up to use these weapons. \nTherefore\, we gather annually to remember people whose lives were lost in August 1945\, to remember the survivors whose lives were unalterably damaged\, and to reaffirm our commitment to the abolition all nuclear weapons. \nPlease join us for our annual Lanterns for Peace ceremony. Beginning at 7:30 pm we paint lanterns and make origami cranes. (We provide the art supplies; you contribute your imagination and creativity.) At 9: 15 pm\, following a short program of speeches\, we float our lanterns in the fountain as the sun sets. (Note: In the past\, the Legislative building provided chairs for the program; this year this service is no longer provided. Therefore\, if you wish to be seated during the speeches\, please bring a lawn chair.) \nIt is a beautiful ceremony\, rich with meaning and one which can be enjoyed by the whole family. If you have never been to one\, here is a playlist of videos of Lantern Ceremonies over the years. \nDate: Saturday\, Aug 6\, 2022\nTime: 7:30 pm\nPlace: the south side of the Manitoba Legislative Building \nSponsors: Peace Alliance Winnipeg\, Japanese Cultural Association of Manitoba\, Council of Canadians (Winnipeg Chapter)\, Winnipeg Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/winnipeg-lanterns-for-peace-2022/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20221001T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20221001T230000
DTSTAMP:20260403T163501
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220907T030824Z
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SUMMARY:A Concert for Peace
DESCRIPTION:  \nPeace Alliancce Winnipeg presents \nA Concert for Peace\nOn Saturday\, Oct. 1st\, enjoy an evening of great music with proceeds going to support the work of Peace Alliance Winnipeg. \nFeaturing \n\nBlack-eyed Suzie\nJared Adams\nRoxy Raghoo\nIt’s All in the Mind \nLOAD \n\nDate: Saturday\, Oct. 1\, 2022\nTime: 8:00 PM\nPlace: X-Cues Cafe and Lounge\, 551 Sargent Avenue\, Winnipeg\nAdmission: only $10. Get your ticket at the door\, or online at Eventbrite. \nNOTE: If you do not want to pay Eventbrite’s service fee\, you can get tickets at the door. These in-person payments can be made by cheque or in cash — no credit cards.
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/a-concert-for-peace/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20221022T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20221022T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T163501
CREATED:20221020T044920Z
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SUMMARY:#FundPeaceNotWar
DESCRIPTION:In Winnipeg\, we will hold an Information Picket at the corner of Osborne Street and River Avenue. \nDate: Saturday\, Oct. 22\, 2022\nTime: 12 Noon to 1:00 PM\nPlace: MAP \nJoin us as we say No to #Canada’s wars & weapons exports. Demand an End the endless wars in #Ukraine\, Say No to conflict with #China. \nBackground\nAcross Canada\, the U.S. and around the world\, peace activists will be on the streets from October 15th to 23th\, demanding an end to imperialist wars\, occupations\, sanctions and military interventions. This call to action was initiated by the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) in the U.S. and has been taken up by the Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network\, a coalition of 45 peace groups across Canada. READ MORE HERE.
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/fundpeacenotwar/
LOCATION:River Avenue and Osborne Street\, Winnipeg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20230107T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20230107T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T163501
CREATED:20230103T191736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230103T191736Z
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SUMMARY:Rally: Drop The F35 Deal: No New Fighter Jets
DESCRIPTION:While Canadians struggle with rising energy and food costs\, extreme weather events\, and economic strife this winter\, the Trudeau government is trying to push through a $7 billion deal for 16 F-35 stealth fighter jets with American weapons giant Lockheed Martin. Peace Alliance Winnipeg is joining with peace groups across Canada to insist that Trudeau cancel plans to purchase these warplanes and instead\, invest to meet the real needs of Canadians. Join us this Saturday and help get out the word. \nDate: Saturday\, January 7\, 2023\nTime: 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM\nPlace: River Avenue and Osborne Street\, Winnipeg (map)\nMore information: https://nofighterjets.ca/
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/rally-drop-the-f35-deal-no-new-fighter-jets/
LOCATION:River Avenue and Osborne Street\, Winnipeg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20230121T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20230121T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T163501
CREATED:20230117T222930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230117T222930Z
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SUMMARY:Information Picket for Peace
DESCRIPTION:Please join us this Saturday as we inform our fellow Winnipeggers about the need to negotiate a peaceful end to the war in Ukraine and to abolish NATO. \nDate: Saturday\, Jan. 21\, 2023\nTime: 1:00 to 2:00 PM\nPlace: River Avenue and Osborne Street\, Winnipeg (map)\nSponsored by: Peace Alliance Winnipeg
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/information-picket-for-peace/
LOCATION:River Avenue and Osborne Street\, Winnipeg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20230218T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20230218T143000
DTSTAMP:20260403T163501
CREATED:20230130T160719Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230130T160719Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Justice for Hassan Diab
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nPeace Alliance Winnipeg Presents \nJUSTICE FOR HASSAN DIAB \nSaturday\, Feb. 18\, 2023 \n1:00 to 2:30 PM CST \nVia Zoom \nAdmission is free; tickets at Eventbrite \nProfessor Hassan Diab is a Canadian citizen and academic who is facing extradition to France to stand trial in connection with the 1980 bombing of a Paris synagogue.  This even though Diab was in Beirut\, Lebanon at the time of the attack\, writing university exams. \nThis is the second time France has tried to hang this crime on Professor Diab. In 2014\, he was extradited to France and held for three years\, mainly in solitary confinement\, before a French judge ruled that there was not sufficient evidence to put him on trial. \nProfessor Diab’s case is explored in detail at https://www.justiceforhassandiab.org/. Among other things\, it reveals serious flaws in Canada’s extradition system and France’s judicial system. Roger Clark will discuss the case\, Canada’s role in Mr. Diab’s extradition\, and actions people can take now to prevent further injustices against Professor Diab. \nThe Panel \nRoger Clark is a former national Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada and has been active in Hassan Diab’s support group for the past seven years. He has led several human rights investigations\, including research missions to Cambodia\, Rwanda\, Ethiopia\, Nepal\, Guatemala and Algeria. In 2001 he was awarded the Order of Canada for his human rights work\, both in Canada and internationally. \nCandice Bodnaruk is an executive member of Peace Alliance Winnipeg. She has been active in Palestinian Solidarity work for many years and is the Canadian Columnist for the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs magazine (https://www.wrmea.org).
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/webinar-justice-for-hassan-diab/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20230225T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20230225T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T163501
CREATED:20230216T161540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230216T161540Z
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SUMMARY:Information Picket: Stop the War\, Stop NATO
DESCRIPTION:Members of the Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network are organizing a weekend of action to “Stop the War\, Stop NATO” from February 23-26\, 2023 in solidarity with other pro-peace\, anti-war actions occurring around the world at the same time. Visit this page for more information on virtual and in-person actions. \nIn Winnipeg\, Peace Alliance Winnipeg will be holding an information picket at the intersection of River Avenue and Osborne Street. \nDate: Saturday\, Feb. 25\, 2023\nTime: 1:00 to 2:00 PM \nWe will be handing out leaflets urging Winnipeggers to get behind the demand for negotiating a peaceful end to the war in Ukraine. All are welcome. Please join us.
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/information-picket-stop-the-war-stop-nato/
LOCATION:River Avenue and Osborne Street\, Winnipeg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20230415T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20230415T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T163501
CREATED:20230327T221618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T221618Z
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SUMMARY:Peace Alliance Winnipeg Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Date: Saturday\, April 15\, 2023\nTime: 12:00 Noon to 3:00 PM\nPlace: Lower Level Meeting Room\, Ukrainian Labour Temple\, 591 Pritchard Avenue\, Winnipeg \nJoin us as we reflect on past achievements and plan for the coming year. This is an election year for all executive positions. All are welcome to attend\, but to vote or be considered for an executive position\, you must be a member in good standing. For more information\, consult our bylaws.
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/peace-alliance-winnipeg-annual-general-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Ukrainian Labour Temple\, 591 Pritchard Avenue\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20230622T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20230622T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T163501
CREATED:20230608T035912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230622T025901Z
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SUMMARY:Dimitri Lascaris' Canada-wide Tour for Peace
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, June 22\, 2023\, Canadian lawyer\, journalist\, and peace activist Dimitri Lascaris will speak in Winnipeg about his recent trip to Russia and the need for Canada to promote a peaceful end to the conflict in Ukraine. Lascaris is on a 10-city Canadian tour entitled “Making Peace with Russia\, One Handshake at a Time.” The tour has been organized by the Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network; Peace Alliance Winnipeg is hosting the Winnipeg portion of the tour. \nDate: Thursday\, June 22\, 2023\nTime: 7:30 PM (Doors open at 7:00)\nVenue: Filipino Seniors Group of Winnipeg Cultural Education Centre\,49 Euclid Avenue (at Sutherland Avenue) (MAP)*\nAdmission: $10 general\, $5.00 students\, seniors and unwaged. Ticket revenues will be used to pay rental and staging costs. You can buy the tickets online\, at Eventbrite\, or at the door. \nBackground\nIn April 2023\, Dimitri Lascaris took a self-financed trip to Russia where he lectured to students\, presented at a think tank\, gave interviews\, met officials and peace activists\, appeared on Russian media\, wrote articles and tweeted daily about what he saw and heard. Dimitri agreed to embark on this Canada-wide speaking tour because of the extraordinary danger created by the war in Ukraine. As he explained: \n“NATO is effectively at war with Russia. They possess enough nuclear weapons to destroy the world many times over. Meanwhile\, the climate crisis is spinning out of control. Not only is the war itself a major source of emissions\, but this conflict is an insurmountable obstacle to the international cooperation needed to manage the climate crisis responsibly. Never was the cause of peace more important than it is today.” \n*We have made this change because we were informed by an official in the Administration of the original venue\, Canadian Mennonite University\, that we would not be able to hold this event on their campus due to their concerns about complaints they had received.
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/dimitri-lascaris-canada-wide-tour-for-peace/
LOCATION:Filipino Seniors Group of Winnipeg Cultural Education Centre.\, 49 Euclid Avenue\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20230809T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20230809T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T163501
CREATED:20230719T174654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230724T194235Z
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SUMMARY:Winnipeg Lanterns for Peace 2023
DESCRIPTION:  \n78 years ago\, the world was introduced to the horrors of nuclear war. The death\, destruction and suffering that resulted from the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki\, on Aug 6 and 9\, 1945 meant that the world had changed for the worse. Nothing would ever be the same. The mushroom clouds that arose over Japan cast a shadow that menaces every living creature\, even today. \nIn 1945 the United States had a monopoly on nuclear power; today\, nine countries have their own nuclear arsenals and many more\, via NATO\, are set up to use these weapons. Even more alarming is the present conflict in Ukraine which pits a nuclear armed Russia against a nuclear-armed NATO. \nTherefore\, we gather annually to remember people whose lives were lost in August 1945\, to remember the survivors whose lives were unalterably damaged\, and to reaffirm our commitment to the abolition all nuclear weapons. \nPlease join us for our annual Lanterns for Peace ceremony. Beginning at 7:30 pm we paint lanterns and make origami cranes. (We provide the art supplies; you contribute your imagination and creativity.) At 9: 15 pm\, following a short program of speeches\, we float our lanterns in the fountain as the sun sets. (Note: If you wish to be seated during the speeches\, please bring a lawn chair.) \nIt is a beautiful ceremony\, rich with meaning and one which can be enjoyed by the whole family. If you have never been to one\, here is a playlist of videos of Lantern Ceremonies over the years. \nDate: Wednesday\, Aug 9\, 2023\nTime: 7:30 pm\nPlace: the south side of the Manitoba Legislative Building \nSponsors: Peace Alliance Winnipeg\, Japanese Cultural Association of Manitoba\, Winnipeg Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/winnipeg-lanterns-for-peace-2023/
LOCATION:Manitoba Legislative Building – South Plaza\, Manitoba\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20230826T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20230826T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T163501
CREATED:20230723T040930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230724T043606Z
UID:10630-1693051200-1693058400@www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca
SUMMARY:Webinar: Manufacturing Consent for War in Canada and the United States
DESCRIPTION:  \nWars rarely begin on the battlefield. Long before the first shots are fired\, governments prepare their citizens to accept the death and destruction that would otherwise be unacceptable. In this webinar\, two extremely knowledgeable researchers\, Yves Engler and Colleen Bell\, will help us understand how public opinion is molded and manipulated in Canada and in the United States. \nDate: Saturday\, August 26\, 2023 \nTime: 12:00 Noon to 2:00 PM Central Time \nPlace: via Zoom \nAdmission: Admission is free. Register at Eventbrite.com. \nYves Engler’s presentation will describe how the Canadian government and military have suppressed and shaped the flow of information during wars. While the tactics have varied based on technologies\, balance of power and type of conflict\, the government has pursued extensive information control during wars. There was formal censorship during World War I\, WWII and the Korean War. In recent air wars\, the military largely shut the media out while in Afghanistan they brought reporters close. \nWhile Canada is not formally at war with Russia\, the political climate over the past year and a half has been remarkable. Easily demonstratable facts and history are all but expunged from a media sphere devoting extensive attention to the war in Ukraine. The repressive attitude towards anti-NATO and antiwar voices reflects policies from the first half of the 20th century. \nYves’s recommended readings \n\nA Propaganda System: How Canada’s Government\, Corporations\, Media and Academia Sell War and Exploitation\nRepression of anti-war voices an old Canadian story\nTruth always the first casualty of war — CBC proves it\n\nColleen Bell will discuss the role of martial public diplomacy in US Imperialism. Public diplomacy and war are generally considered antithetical concepts. The former signals dialogue and the search for shared understanding\, while the latter refers to the very breakdown of dialogue and a resort to coercion or all-out destruction. However\, in reality\, war and public relations activities are deeply entwined. In this talk Colleen will propose the concept of “martial public diplomacy” which lays the ground for the examination of a range of information\, influence and media practices that have been “synchronized” in US-led global contingency operations. Contemporary efforts by the US military to “shape the information environment” provide it with a robust role in public communications campaigns within and beyond the battlefield. \nColleen’s recommended readings \n\nBell\, Colleen. 2018. Celebrity power and powers of war: the rise of the COINdinistas in American popular media\,Critical Military Studies\, 4:3\, 244-263\, DOI: 10.1080/23337486.2016.1268370\nMacKenzie\, Megan and Nicole Wegner. 2021. Feminist Solutions for Ending War. London: Pluto Press.\nMirrlees\, Tanner. 2016. Hearts and Mines: The US Empire’s Culture Industry. University of British Columbia Press.\nShipley\, Tyler. 2020. Canada in the World: Settler Capitalism and the Colonial Imagination. Halifax and Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing.\n\nPresenters \n \nYves Engler: Dubbed “Canada’s version of Noam Chomsky” (Georgia Straight)\, “one of the most important voices on the Canadian Left” (Briarpatch)\, “in the mould of I. F. Stone” (Globe and Mail)\, “part of that rare but growing group of social critics unafraid to confront Canada’s self-satisfied myths” (Quill & Quire)\, “ever-insightful” (Rabble)\, “Chomsky-styled iconoclast” (Counterpunch) and a “Leftist gadfly” (Ottawa Citizen)\, Yves Engler (yvesengler.com) has twelve published books. His latest is Stand on Guard for Whom? — A People’s History of the Canadian Military. \nColleen Bell: Professor Bell is an associate professor in the political studies department at the University of Saskatchewan. She is an international relations scholar specializing in theorizations of war and security\, and the contested boundary between military and civilian operations in Western counterterrorism\, counterinsurgency\, and stabilizations missions. She is author of The Freedom of Security: Governing Canada in the Age of Counterterrorism (UBC Press) and co-editor of War\, Police and Assemblages of Intervention (with Jan Bachmann and Caroline Holmqvist). Her current research projects examine police power in global politics\, martial public diplomacy\, and the security politics of \nCanada’s feminist foreign policy. Bell is past president of the International Studies Association-Canada section and current editor of Critical Studies on Security. \nModerator \nRadhika Desai is Professor at the Department of Political Studies\, and Director\, Geopolitical Economy Research Group\, at the University of Manitoba. Her books include Capitalism\, Coronavirus and War: A Geopolitical Economy (2023)\, Geopolitical Economy: After US Hegemony\, Globalization and Empire (2013)\, Slouching Towards Ayodhya: From Congress to Hindutva in Indian Politics (2nd rev ed\, 2004) and Intellectuals and Socialism: ‘Social Democrats’ and the Labour Party (1994)\, a New Statesman and Society Book of the Month.
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/webinar-manufacturing-consent-for-war-in-canada-and-the-united-states/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20230916T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20230916T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T163501
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SUMMARY:Walk for Peace Art Build
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we bring a message of peace to Winnipeg’s annual Nuit Blanche festivities. There are two parts to this program. \nART BUILD\nSaturday\, September 16\, 2023\n11:00 am\nArt City\, 616 Broadway Avenue (MAP).\nWe will make beautiful paper lanterns to light our way at Nuit Blanche. We’ll supply the materials; you bring your artistic spirit. Refreshments will be served. \nWALK FOR PEACE\nSaturday\, September 23\, 2023\n7:00 pm: Assemble at City Hall (MAP)\n7:30 pm We will hold our Walk for Peace\, going from venue to venue at Nuit Blanche\, with our music\, our lanterns and our messages of peace. \nPlease join us. Bring your friends. Bring your family.
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/walk-for-peace-art-build/
LOCATION:Art City\, 616 Broadway Avenue\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20230923T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20230923T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T163501
CREATED:20230913T203145Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230913T203449Z
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SUMMARY:Walk for Peace at Nuit Blanche
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, September 23\, 2023\n7:00 pm: Assemble at City Hall (MAP)\n7:30 pm We will hold our Walk for Peace\, going from venue to venue at Nuit Blanche\, with our music\, our lanterns and our messages of peace. \nPlease join us. Bring your friends. Bring your family.
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/walk-for-peace-at-nuit-blanche/
LOCATION:Winnipeg City Hall\, 510 Main Street\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20231121T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20231121T100000
DTSTAMP:20260403T163501
CREATED:20231119T212800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231119T212800Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Urgent Medical Crisis in Gaza
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday 21 November 2023 No Cold War\, Viva Salud and the People’s Health Movement invite you to an important international webinar: \n‘Urgent Medical Crisis in Gaza.’\n15:00 Brussels | 17:00 Jordan | 09:00 EST \nJoin us on zoom by clicking here. \nWebinar ID: 810 6280 1821 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\nDr. Mustafa Barghouti\, Member of the Palestinian National Council Palestine\nDr. Aed Yaghi\, Director of Palestinian Medical Relief Society in Gaza\nDr. Hanne Bosselaers\, Medicine for the People (MPLP)\, Belgium\nDr. Mads Gilbert\, worked at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza\, Norway\nDr. Rupa Marya\, Do No Harm Coalition\, USA\nModerated by Wim De Ceukelaire\, People’s Health Movement\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“We are witnessing the destruction of life and property on a horrific scale\,” WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus said in reference to the current Israeli aggression on Palestine. In Gaza\, the health sector is on the front lines of the war. \nAt least 200 doctors\, nurses\, and paramedics have been killed. Some 25 hospitals and 250 medical facilities are out of operation. More than 2\,000 patients with cancer; 1\,000 with kidney disease; 50\,000 with cardiovascular disease and 60\,000 with diabetes are at risk amid treatment interruption. Up to 200 women are giving birth every day in the worst imaginable conditions. \nHealth conditions are deteriorating fast. Numbers of respiratory and skin infections\, as well as malnutrition are on the rise. Cases of diarrhea are rampant as the sewage system breaks down. Even on the West Bank\, health conditions are deteriorating and health facilities are targeted by the Israeli occupation forces. \nThis webinar will pay tribute to the Palestinian doctors and health professionals who are still providing service to their communities in spite of these dire conditions. It will also discuss the challenges they face on the terrain and provide examples of the solidarity among their colleagues and friends abroad. Finally\, it will put forward some conditions and demands necessary to bring health\, safety and humanity back to patients and health workers alike\, with an unconditional ‘ceasefire now’ as a starter.
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/webinar-urgent-medical-crisis-in-gaza/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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SUMMARY:Screening: Cake in the Sky (La torta in cielo)
DESCRIPTION:December 9\, 2023\n5:00 PM\nDave Barber Cinematheque\, 100 Arthur Street\, Winnipeg \nBuy Tickets \n\n$10 | General\n$8 | Students & Seniors\n$6 | Members\n\nDir. Lino Del Fra\n1973\, Italy\, 102 min\nItalian with English subtitles \nThe first North American screening of a 50-year-old antiwar film that Italian authorities tried to suppress! A socialist propaganda film disguised as a children’s film\, the satirical La torta in cielo (1973\, Lino Del Fra) begins as a flying UFO-sized cake symbolizing socialism crashes into an impoverished Roman suburb\, and is quickly claimed by the children of the underclass. But just as they are celebrating their good fortune\, the adult forces of capitalism—army\, media\, police\, and profit-driven scientific industry—descend to attempt to steal\, spread lies\, and destroy their treasure. What ensues is an all out war between children and adults; between the spirit of socialism and the rapacious greed of the ruling class. \nPresented with the support of Winnipeg Peace Alliance. Guest programmed by Irene Bindi.
URL:https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/event/screening-cake-in-the-sky-la-torta-in-cielo/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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