In 2003, the Palestinian village of Budrus mounted a 10-month-long nonviolent protest to stop a barrier being built across their olive groves. Did you hear about it? Didn’t think so. Brazilian filmmaker Julia Bacha asks why we only pay attention…
Libya and the world we live in
By William Blum, September 1, 2011 “Why are you attacking us? Why are you killing our children? Why are you destroying our infrastructure?” – Television address by Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi, April 30, 2011 A few hours later NATO hit…
9/11: Ten Years Later
9/11 After A Decade: Have We Learned Anything? By Paul Craig Roberts, Global Research, Aug. 24, 2011 In a few days it will be the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001. How well has the US government’s official account of…
Peace Alliance Winnipeg Monthly Meeting
Location: Project Peacemakers Office, 2nd Floor, Westminster United Church, 745 Westminster Avenue (2nd entrance west of Maryland St.) Peace Alliance Winnipeg meets monthly to plan our activities. Everyone is welcome.
Video: Winnipeg Lanterns for Peace 2011
Every August 6, Winnipeggers commemorate the August 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with a Lanterns for Peace Ceremony. People come together to make and float their lanterns in a pond in the middle of the city to express…
Video: A Vigil for Harvey Sanderson
By Paul S. Graham On August 3, 2011 – four days after being viciously assaulted in his Winnipeg apartment, Harvey Sanderson Junior died of his injuries. He was 27. What made this crime especially shocking was that Harvey had brittle…