2:00-2:30 Assemble at the Manitoba Legislature 2:30-2:45 Walk to the intersection of River Avenue & Osborne Street 2:45-3:45 leaflet all for corners of intersection, engage & discuss with the public. Please bring your favourite placard and as many friends as…
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Canada must work for Peace in Syria
By Peace Alliance Winnipeg As the United States moves closer to a direct military strike on Syria, the world draws closer to a conflict that could spread well beyond the boundaries of that war-torn nation. The pretext for an American…
Winnipeggers rally against war with Syria
About 50 Winnipeggers rallied at the Canadian Museum of Human Rights Saturday afternoon to express their opposition to foreign military interventions in Syria. The rally, organized by Winnipeg Alternative Media, was one of many held on Saturday across Canada, and…
Winnipeg Peace Fest remembers Nick Ternette
By Paul S. Graham For more than 30 years, Winnipeggers have come together, in June, to march for peace. In doing so, we strive to educate our neigbours about the the roots of war and to keep alive the…
Iraq 10 years after: Carl Ridd’s Prophetic Warning
Editor’s Note: The United States invaded Iraq on March 19, 2003, insisting that the Iraqi government possessed “weapons of mass destruction” that posed an imminent threat to world security. These claims were later shown to be bogus, but the damage…
Iraq 10 years after: What’s Past is Prologue
by Glenn Michalchuk February 15, 2003 marks the tenth anniversary of the largest protest in human history. As the war clouds gathered over Iraq, millions responded globally to a call for demonstrations against the impending war. The average of all…
On the front lines of a new Pacific war
Reposted from The Nation by Koohan Paik and Jerry Mander | December 14, 2012 On the small, spectacular island of Jeju, off the southern tip of Korea, indigenous villagers have been putting their bodies in the way of construction of…
Peace Alliance Winnipeg joins International Day of Action on Iran
Growing concerns over the possibility of an attack on Iran by Israel or NATO countries prompted peace groups in six Canadian cities to join an International Day of Action yesterday. Locally, Peace Alliance Winnipeg held an information picket in…
Project Peacemakers Celebrates International Peace Day
Winnipeg’s Project Peacemakers marked International Peace Day 2012 with skits and musical performances at the Free Press Cafe. Performing sketches written by Geoff Hughes and Diane Cooper, actors Tricia Cooper, Sara Constible and Gord Tanner provided a comedic response to…
Winnipeg CHALK 4 Peace 2012
by Paul S. Graham The underlying premise of CHALK 4 Peace might best be summed up in a statement attributed to Mahatma Gandhi in 1937: “There is no way to peace; peace is the way.” CHALK 4 Peace is an…