Theme: Building Bridges, Crossing Borders: Gender, Identity, and Security in the Search for Peace Date: October 1-2, 2010 Place: Menno Simons College and the Global College, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada More information, or to register: click here.
Kabul Bank Corruption
Afghanistan’s troubled bank House of Karzai A bank run exposes more murky financial and political dealings By The Economist, Sept. 9, 2010 PALM JUMEIRAH, the giant palm-shaped peninsula in the Persian Gulf, is famous for its luxury homes. In Kabul…
Another Wikileaks release pending – this time Iraq
Massive Cache of Iraq War Docs to Be Published by WikiLeaks By Kim Zetter, Wired Magazine, September 9, 2010 A massive cache of previously unpublished classified U.S. military documents from the Iraq War is being readied for publication by WikiLeaks,…
Imperialism, war and the management of democracy
Chris Hedges is an award-winning American author, journalist and teacher and an outspoken critic of globalization, war and U.S. foreign policy. Speaking at the Veterans for Peace 25th anniversary convention in Portland, Maine in August, Hedges presented a wide ranging…
Peace Alliance Winnipeg – Monthly Meeting
Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Place: Project Peacemakers Office, 745 Westminster Avenue, Winnipeg (See Map.) Please join us at our first meeting of the fall, as we set out to plan the next year…
Targetting Iran
Preparing for World War III, Targeting Iran Part I: Global Warfare by Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, August 1, 2010 Humanity is at a dangerous crossroads. War preparations to attack Iran are in “an advanced state of readiness”. Hi tech weapons…