8th Annual Sol Kanee Lecture on International Peace and Justice with Distinguished Speaker Dr. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, University of Cape Town Topic: “Exploring Narratives of Repair and Healing in the Post-Holocaust Era” Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 Time: 1:30 p.m. Place:…
Backgrounder: The U.S. – Iran Standoff
By CASMII, August 16, 2010 The current U.S. standoff against Iran, like the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, was instigated by the neoconservatives of the Bush Administration based on their doctrine of “maintaining U.S. pre-eminence, thwarting rival…
March against war with Iran
Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010 Times: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Program features music performed by Winnipeg’s famed Papa Mambo 1:00: March begins Place: Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg, MB Organized by: Crazy for Peace In preparation for the Saturday march,…
Chalk 4 Peace
Date: August 28, 2010 Time: 2:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. (If it rains the event will be postponed until the following day, August 29th.) Place: Vimy Ridge Park, Winnipeg Chalk 4 Peace is a global event. It happens in many…
Bill Siksay speaks for a Canadian Department of Peace
redriverpete | 08 August 2010 Aug. 6, 2010: Member of Parliament Bill Siksay was the keynote speaker at Winnipeg’s annual Lantern Ceremony, held to commemorate the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. His topic: a private member’s bill before the…
Why America dropped “The Bomb”
Why World War II ended with Mushroom Clouds 65 years ago, August 6 and 9, 1945: Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Jacques R. Pauwels, Global Research, August 6, 2010 On Monday, August 6, 1945, at 8:15 AM, the nuclear bomb ‘Little…