Winnipeg, March 24, 2024: Members of the Manitoba-Cuba Solidarity Committee rallied to show support for the Cuban people in their six-decade struggle to end the United States economic blockade of their country.
Vimy Ridge Memorial Park was the site of the 2nd annual Winnipeg Peace Festival and the starting point for the 31st annual Winnipeg Walk for Peace.
Participating organizations in this year's festival:
- Peace Alliance Winnipeg
- Project Peacemakers
- Mennonite Central Committee Manitoba
- Winnipeg Chapter for the National Committee for UN Women
- Winnipeg Chapter of the Council of Canadians
- Winnipeg Haiti Solidarity Group
- Canada-Palestine Support Network (Winnipeg)
- Artwell Network
- Kairos Region
- 911 Justice Canada
- Mud and Water: CKUW 95.9 FM
More information:
Peace Alliance Winnipeg: http://peacealliancewinnipeg.ca
Project Peacemakers: http://www.projectpeacemakers.org
Video Production:
Paul S. Graham
http://paulsgraham.ca
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB48ecPvZeQ
Wayne Easter, MP, who is also a past president of the National Farmers Union, spoke in support of the Canadian Wheat Board at a rally held in Winnipeg in front of CWB headquarters on Oct. 28, 2011. Watch the entire video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpOAVWxaWS8.
More information: Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board, http://friendsofcwb.ca
Video Production: Paul S. Graham, http://paulsgraham.ca
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2zPxe4a38M
Gerry Caplan is a former CUSO field officer, author of The Betrayal of Africa, a weekly online columnist for the Globe and Mail and a featured television political commentator.
Mr. Caplan was the keynote speaker at a dinner held in Winnipeg December 10, 2011 to mark the 50th anniversary of CUSO and the 63rd anniversary of the Univeral Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations Dec. 10, 1948.
This event was sponsored by the University of Winnipeg Global College, CUPE Manitoba, the Manitoba Council for International Co-operation and CUSO-VSO. It was held at the Union Centre in downtown Winnipeg.
Video Production: Paul S. Graham, http://paulsgraham.ca
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyUBUhsYij0
April 24, 2019: Radhika Desai wraps up a Town Hall forum in Winnipeg entitled "The West's War on Venezuela" with an explanation of how and why the Venezuela Peace Committee contributes to peace in Venezuela.
Links
https://www.facebook.com/VenezuelaPeaceCommittee
https://nosanctions.org/
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Paul S. Graham
http://paulsgraham.ca
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAwELTySQls
Winnipeg, March 14, 2015: Gidagaakoonz Mooz Ndootem (Crystal Greene) of Grassroots Indigenous Water Defence spoke to a crowd of about a thousand people who rallied at Winnipeg City Hall to express opposition to Bill C-51, the so-called The Anti-Terrorism Act that Stephen Harper's Conservative government introduced January 30, 2015.
You can watch all of the speeches at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elQyzTfxNuU. You can read more about this legislation at http://paulsgraham.ca/2015/02/25/stop-bill-c-51-stopharper
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Paul S. Graham
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUQmnl4clJY
March 8, 2013: Speaking at a symposium sponsored by the Native Studies Graduate Students' Association at the University of Manitoba,Charles Wagamese, an Anishinaabe educator and former executive director of Treaty 3. offers insights into the thinking of the aboriginal leaders who signed treaties with the Queen's representatives so many years ago.
Video Production
Paul S. Graham
http://paulsgraham.ca
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U192TEBz9v0
Niki Ashton, MP, who represents the federal riding of Churchill, spoke in support of the Canadian Wheat Board at a rally held in Winnipeg in front of CWB headquarters on Oct. 28, 2011. Watch the entire video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpOAVWxaWS8.
More information: Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board, http://friendsofcwb.ca
Video Production: Paul S. Graham, http://paulsgraham.ca
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKyPHlXSNy4
Winnipeg, Oct. 14, 2017 - Hugo Torres-Cereceda is a Chilean-Canadian singer-song writer with a rich, expressive voice and lyrics that hold you tightly in their grip. In this clip, Hugo is performing at an evening of educational and cultural presentations held to show solidarity with the peoples of Latin America.
You can watch the entire event here: https://youtu.be/0bAvUU8Vhag
Videography
Paul S. Graham
https://paulsgraham.ca
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kUNVmi6Ulg
Owen Shalk is a writer of short stories, novels, political analyses, and essays on film and literature. He is a columnist at Canadian Dimension, and has written for Alborada, Monthly Review, Protean Magazine, and many other publications. His most recent book is entitled "Canada in Afghanistan: A story of military, diplomatic, political and media failure, 2003-2023." It’s published this year by Lorimer and available online in paperback and e-book formats and at better bookstores across Canada. Owen’s book and what it says about Canadian foreign policy more generally is the topic of our discussion today.
Links and credits
Radiowave graphic: vecteezy.com
Owen Shalk
https://owenschalk.com
Canada in Afghanistan: A Story of Military, Diplomatic, Political and Media Failure, 2003-2023, James Lorimer & Co., 2023
https://formaclorimerbooks.ca/product/canada-in-afghanistan/
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Paul S. Graham
https://paulsgraham.ca
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMXL9JRYrEM