War with China? The Dangers of a Global Conflagration Rising and Declining Economic Powers: The Sino-US Conflict Deepens By Professor James Petras, Global Research, April 29, 2010 Will the intensified conflicts between the US and China inevitably lead to a…
War pollutes and poisons
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Robert B. Brown, with Combat Camera Unit, Regimental Combat Team 6, watches over the civilian firefighters at the burn pit as smoke and flames rise into the night sky behind him in Camp Fallujah, Iraq, May…
Child trafficking in Iraq
Iraqi Children Emergency: A Campaign to Document the Kidnapping and/or Selling of Iraqi Children By Wafaa’ Al-Natheema, Institute of Near Eastern and African Studies The trauma of Iraqi children and extreme suffering have not been only due to the killing…
What is Hijab? Why Niqab?
Are you wondering about what Muslim women wear and why? Come to a Public Teach-in Café and listen to Muslim women tell their stories in their own words. Ask questions so we can understand each other in the spirit of…
Afghan torture allegations erupt in U.K.
Detainees tell of ‘electrocution, beating, whipping, stress positions’ By CBC News, April 21, 2010 Afghan detainees handed over by British troops to Afghan secret police were regularly beaten with weapons, hung from the ceiling and electrocuted, according to detailed allegations…
Cuba Fundraiser Gala
Manitoba Indian Education Association Cuba Fundraiser Gala Date: Friday, April 23, 2010 Time: 7 p.m. – 1 a.m. Place: Marlborough Hotel, 331 Smith Street, Malo Studio (former Press Club), Lower Level Tickets: $10.00 in advance. Email or call 783-9380 to…