Even if Syria Complies on Chemical Arms, Six Others Still at Large
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Sep 10 2013 (IPS) – If Syria eventually agrees to relinquish its stockpile of chemical arms under the 1993 international Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), what of the...
View ArticleWinning the war on war
by the Canadian Peace Alliance The peace movement around the world is having a huge impact. The war on Syria is, at present, postponed and the possibility that a military strike can be averted is very...
View ArticleSyria: No time for complacency
Winnipeg, Sept. 7: Winnipeggers demonstrate for peace in Syria. Photo: Paul S. Graham By Peace Alliance Winnipeg September 21, 2013 – For now, the threat of a US-led military strike on Syria has...
View ArticleThe Crisis in the Ukraine and Canada’s dangerous role
March 4, 2014: Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird with Ukraine’s ambassador to Canada, Vadym Prystaiko, Photo: iPolitics by Glenn Michalchuk, Chair, Peace Alliance Winnipeg There is a need at this...
View ArticleThe Strangelove effect – or how we are hoodwinked into accepting a new world war
By John Pilger I watched Dr. Strangelove the other day. I have seen it perhaps a dozen times; it makes sense of senseless news. When Major T.J. ‘King’ Kong goes “toe to toe with the Rooskies” and...
View ArticleThe “new JNF”
Winnipeg, May 27, 2014: “Scarlet Mowchanson” greets her adoring fans in front of the Winnipeg Concert Hall where the annual Negev Gala was being held to raise funds for the Jewish National Fund. Photo:...
View ArticleWinnipeg Solidarity with Gaza
by Glenn Michalchuk and Paul S. Graham About 800 Winnipeggers gathered at the Manitoba Legislate on the evening of July 14th to protest the continuing Israeli bombardment of Gaza and the support of...
View ArticleHiroshima Peace Declaration 2014
By Matsui Kazumi, Mayor, The City of Hiroshima Summer, 69 years later. The burning sun takes us back to “that day.” August 6, 1945. A single atomic bomb renders Hiroshima a burnt plain. From infants...
View ArticleIndependent probe of Ukraine catastrophe needed
A view of a house destroyed in an air strike carried out by Ukrainian armed forces in the village of Stanitsa Luganskaya , on July 2, 2014. (AFP Photo) RT OPINION: Civil Society Calls For Impartial...
View ArticleThe War in Eastern Ukraine and the New Cold War
by Paul S. Graham In April 2014, the government that had come into power two months earlier in Ukraine launched what it termed an “anti-terrorist operation” against the people of Eastern Ukraine. The...
View ArticleDancing Tragedies and Dreams
From the video “Dancing Tragedies and Dreams.” Photo: Paul S. Graham by Paul S. Graham Art, culture, dance and politics blended seamlessly in Winnipeg on September 21, 2014, with the performance of...
View ArticleNew website focuses on Ukraine and the new Cold War
By Roger Annis Following several months of preparatory work, a new website providing information and analysis of the war and political crisis in Ukraine is now online. The website is titled The New...
View ArticleWar Resisters – Let Them Stay Week – Jan. 25-31, 2015
By Peace Alliance Winnipeg This Sunday marks the beginning of Let Them Stay Week, a national campaign dedicated to securing the safety of American war resisters who have sought refuge in Canada. As the...
View ArticleKiev’s Bloody War Is Backfiring
By Justin Raimondo Global Research, February 12, 2015 When Ukrainian army officers came to the Ukrainian village of Velikaya Znamenka to tell the men to prepare to be drafted, they weren’t prepared...
View ArticleCanadian intervention in Ukraine contrary to peace and democracy
April 17, 2015: Jason Kenney, the minister of National Defence, General Tom Lawson, the chief of defence staff at a news conference detailing Canada’s growing military intervention in Ukraine. Photo:...
View ArticleHiroshima Peace Declaration 2015
Kazumi Matsui, Mayor of Hiroshima. Photo: Wikipedia In our town, we had the warmth of family life, the deep human bonds of community, festivals heralding each season, traditional culture and buildings...
View ArticleDon’t let fear dictate our refugee policy
by Shahina Siddiqui The horrific and cowardly attacks by IS in Turkey, Beirut and Paris are a reminder that violence begets violence. French President François Hollande, by declaring war on IS, has...
View ArticleJoshua Key’s struggle continues
Joshua Key in 2011. Photo: Paul S. Graham By Peace Alliance Winnipeg As many of you know, rather than continue to be a part of the illegal invasion of Iraq, Joshua Key deserted the US military in 2004...
View ArticlePalestinian situation similar to that of First Nations
June 11, 2016: Mary Elizabeth Stanley speaking at the 35th annual Winnipeg Walk for Peace on the parallels between First Nations and Palestinian struggles. Photo: Paul S. Graham by Mary Elizabeth...
View ArticleAll about the Palestinian keffiyeh
Winnipeg, June 11, 2016: Human rights activist Rana Abdulla spoke at the Winnipeg Walk for Peace on the history and significance of a traditional Palestinian scarf knows as the keffiyeh. Photo: Paul S....
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