Tag: activism

Canadian democracy on trial in Quebec

If my convictions stand, our right to political advocacy at risk – Yves Engler by Yves Engler Friday a Quebec judge made a ruling that subverts the public’s right to petition state officials. In finding me guilty of three charges…

“Neither Washington nor Beijing!”

While it is clear that the relationship between the US and China will come to define the geopolitical terrain for decades to come, many among the Western left are unsure about what their own positions and responsibilities should be. As…

Dancing Tragedies and Dreams

by Paul S. Graham Art, culture, dance and politics blended seamlessly in Winnipeg on September 21, 2014, with the performance of Dancing Tragedies and Dreams, a production of the Canadian Palestinian Association of Manitoba,  at Prairie Theatre Exchange. Dancing Tragedies…

Video: Lanterns for Peace 2014

Winnipeg, Aug. 6, 2014: Winnipeggers commemorated the August 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States, a strike that claimed 200,000 lives and ushered in the age of nuclear terror. Sponsors: – Japanese Cultural Association of Manitoba…

Video: Peace Alliance Winnipeg Year in Review

by Glenn Michalchuk, Chair, Peace Alliance Winnipeg In 2013 Peace Alliance Winnipeg further developed its capacity as an organization dealing with the issue of peace. Peace, however, is not something in the abstract; rather it is very closely linked to…