April 22, 2018: Winnipeggers marked 15 years of taking to the streets with grassroots land and water defenders.The 7th Generation Walk is alternative earth day, recognizing the resistance and resilience of Indigenous community led campaigns for social and environmental justice. To view other 7th Generation Walks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUCCp9K3IzU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMPZ3Yc088Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-NdECz5l3w&t=2268s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psiQ8v5bBxM&t=235s Video Production Paul S. Graham http://paulsgraham.ca ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvTBF7YAzv4

The Israel, Palestine and International Law symposium was held in Winnipeg September 7-9, 2018 to explore the rights and responsibilities under international law of Palestine, Israel and Canada in the ongoing occupation of Palestinian territory. In this clip, we hear from Dimitri Lascaris. Dimitri Lascaris is a Canadian lawyer, journalist and activist. In 2012, Dimitri was named by Canadian Lawyer Magazine as one of Canada’s 25 most influential lawyers. He is a correspondent and board member of The Real News Network and a board member of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East. Dimitri ran for the Green Party of Canada in Canada’s 2015 Federal elections, in the riding of London West. Subsequently, he served as justice critic on the GPC’s shadow cabinet. The symposium was sponsored by (alphabetical order): Independent Jewish Voices Canada, Mennonite Church Manitoba Working Group on Palestine-Israel, Palestinian Canadian Congress, Peace Alliance Winnipeg, United Jewish People’s Order (Winnipeg) and the Winnipeg Centre Federal Green Party Association. Additional information, including Power Point presentations and other documents will be made available at the conference web site: https://www.israelpalestinelawsymposium.ca Video Production: Paul S. Graham https://paulsgraham.ca ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1Q4Z_wYYe0

Winnipeg, Dec. 8, 2014: Manitoba citizen groups publish open letter to National Energy Board, asking for a fulsome review of the Energy East pipeline climate impacts WINNIPEG – Opposition to TransCanada’s proposed Energy East pipeline is growing in Manitoba. A coalition of concerned environment, community, and religious groups spoke out against the proposed pipeline on Monday, citing environmental impacts as their main concerns with the proposal. Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition, the Council of Canadians, Idle No More, Kairos, University of Winnipeg Students Association, and the Wilderness Committee held a news conference in Winnipeg on Monday, to voice their objection to Energy East. The groups penned an open letter to the National Energy Board (NEB) to include full climate change impacts in its review of the project. “In all levels of authority—from schools to municipalities to insurance companies—climate impacts are being assessed. The NEB must do the same, and look at both upstream and downstream impacts of pipelines,” said Erin Keating. “I need to know that in this country, the health of the planet and stabilization of the climate is top priority in every governmental decision made." Several weeks ago, TransCanada filed a formal proposal with the NEB for their Energy East pipeline, slated to transport 1.1 million barrels of heavy diluted bitumen through an aging natural gas pipeline in six provinces, including Manitoba, to ports and refineries in Eastern Canada. TransCanada’s project proposal submission to the National Energy Board only includes greenhouse emissions from construction and day-to-day operations of the pipeline, not the upstream or downstream impacts. “Any fair review must include the impacts of actually producing and using the oil traveling through the pipeline,” says Mary Robinson, chair of Council of Canadians Winnipeg Chapter. The environmental focus of this filing includes construction and operation of the pipeline, and does not address the upstream actions: the impact that tars sands oil extraction has on climate change. Recent reports estimate that global fossil fuel reserves across the world are five times higher than our global carbon budget--the amount of carbon emissions we can release into the atmosphere while keeping the increase in surface temperature of earth within the targeted 2 degrees Celsius. Proven fuel reserves in the tar sands account for account for 16% of the world’s carbon budget. “I can’t keep holding out hope that our governments are taking climate change seriously,” said Alex Paterson, spokesperson for Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition. “If we fully develop the tar sands this century, we go over our carbon budget. If the NEB won’t consider this, how can I believe t ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptJWYQC0tEY

Customarily, we end the annual May Day Parade in Winnipeg with a rendition of The Internationale, written by Eugène Pottier in 1871. The song may be old, but the conditions that gave rise to these lyrics remain contemporary. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcRZYJUvMHg