by Yves Engler In a stunning international rebuke Stephen Harper’s government lost its bid for a UN Security Council seat last week. The vote in New York was the world’s response to a Canadian foreign policy designed to please the…
George Galloway to speak in Winnipeg
George Galloway, the outspoken peace and human rights advocate (and former British MP who was barred from Canada by Immigration Minister Jason Kenney), will be speaking in Winnipeg. Peace Alliance Winnipeg is honoured to host this champion of free speech,…
Annual Sing for Peace Concert
When: 2:00 p.m., Sunday, November 7, 2010 Where: Crescent Fort Rouge United Church 525 Wardlaw Ave. & Nassau St. N. Admission: Tickets are $10 (free for children under 12 years old) available through the Project Peacemakers office (775-8178), or at…
Winnipeg information picket for Palestinian rights
This Friday, let’s welcome Premier Selinger back from Israel. INFORMATION PICKET FOR PALESTINIAN RIGHTS WHAT: Information picket on Palestinians’ rights WHERE: Corner of Broadway Avenue and Osborne Street WHEN: Friday, October 15 — meet at 3 pm, leafleting begins at…
Former Guantánamo Prisoner, Tortured by Al-Qaeda and the US, Launches Futile Attempt to Hold America Accountable
By Andy Worthington, October 11, 2010 Last June, in the District Court in Washington D.C., a ruling was delivered on the habeas corpus petition of a Syrian prisoner in Guantánamo, Abdul Rahim al-Janko (also identified as Abdul Rahim al-Ginco), which…
Afghan activist calls for end to NATO ‘occupation’ of her country
Malalai Joya, an outspoken critic of the war in Afghanistan and the youngest woman elected to that country’s parliament speaks at the University of Calgary on Sunday October 10, 2010. Photograph by: Gavin Young, Calgary Herald By Lea Storry, Postmedia…