Tag: activism

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…

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…

Flash mob offers message of peace

By Alexandra Paul, Winnipeg Free Press, Nov. 12, 2011   Local members of the Mennonite community marked Remembrance Day with a flash mob at The Forks that was organized through social media. About 100 people staged a sedate gathering timed…

Stop the new Canadian militarism

By the Canadian Peace Alliance Stephen Harper wants to militarize Canada. Under the Conservatives, military spending has reached its highest levels since World War II. There are now plans to expand Canadian military bases around the world. And the military…

Haiti and the Politics of Recovery

Report of a 2011 Delegation to Haiti Location: Mondragon Café, 91 Albert Street, Winnipeg, MB Speakers: Roger Annis, Canada Haiti Action Network and delegation director and Sandy Gessler, Winnipeg Haiti Solidarity Group and UM Faculty of Nursing Recovery from the…