Videos

Peace Alliance Winnipeg House Concert

Derrick McCandless performed before a small but enthusiastic audience at the most recent Peace Alliance Winnipeg House Concert, January 28, 2012. McCandless is an engaging performer with a wide repertoire of folk ballads, instrumentals and pop standards. His rendition of Luka Bloom’s “I Am Not at War with Anyone” was inspirational.

Moon Voices Speak: Indigenous Women’s Perspectives on Education

Seven Canadian aboriginal women discuss their experiences with the post-secondary educational system at a public forum organized by the Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Winnipeg and Ka Ni Kanichihk, an agency that provides a variety of social services to the aboriginal community of Winnipeg.

Kim Ives: Haiti After the Quake

Kim Ives is one of the founders of the weekly newspaper Haiti Liberté, where he is a writer and editor. Ives also co-hosts the weekly radio program Haiti: The Struggle Continues, which airs on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York, and a weekly Haitian TV show, produced by Haiti Liberté, entitled Kafou Verite. He has contributed to several books on Haiti including Dangerous Crossroads published by NACLA (1994); The Haiti Files, edited by James Ridgeway (1993); Haiti: A Slave Revolution, published by the International Action Center (2004); and Tectonic Shifts (January 2012). Kim Ives spoke at the University of Manitoba Jan. 26, 2012. His appearance was sponsored by the University of Manitoba Students Union and the Winnipeg Haiti Solidarity Group.

Winnipeg North End Forum

On January 15, 2012, the United People’s Jewish Order and the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians — organizations with deep, historic roots in the North End, held a public Forum entitled “The North End – the Good and the Bad.” Their intent was to engage North Enders in a discussion of challenges they face and to highlight some of the forces for progress in the neighbourhood.

Gerry Caplan: Solidarity, Not Charity

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 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations Dec. 10, 1948.

Violence is not Child’s Play

For the past 10 years, Winnipeg’s Project Peacemakers has conducted an annual inspection of Winnipeg toy stores. The objective is to raise awareness about the levels of violence in children’s toys and games, and to call on retailers, government, and the wider community to take steps to limit this violence.

See also: Video: Violence is not child’s play

2011 All Candidates Meeting – Winnipeg School Division

Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011 was voting day in a by-election to elect a school trustee to represent Ward of the Winnipeg School Division.

The six candidates for this position participated in an All Candidates Meeting at Churchill High School on Nov. 21.

Speakers, in order of appearance:

  • Colleen McFadden
  • Mark Wasyliw
  • Brenda Poersch
  • Ben Shedden
  • Randall Znamirowski
  • Gerrit Theule

Mark Wasyliw was elected.

Bill C-10: Time Does Not Stop Crime

Nov. 8, 2011: 300 Winnipeggers demonstrated at the Manitoba Legislature and the Winnipeg Remand Centre to urge the Manitoba Government to join Quebec, Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador in opposing the Harper government’s omnibus crime bill, misleadingly titled the Safe Streets and Communities Act (aka Bill C-10).

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Winnipeg Save the Canadian Wheat Board Rally

With Stephen Harper poised to destroy the Canadian Wheat Board, farmers and urban Canadians rallied in Winnipeg Oct. 28, 2011 to say “No!”

Speakers
- Andy Baker, farmer, Beausejour, Manitoba
- Allen Oberg, Chair, CWB Board of Directors
- Maude Barlow, Chair, Council of Canadians
- Drew Baker, farmer, Beausejour
- Fred Tait, Manitoba Director, National Farmers Union
- Bill Gehl, Director, Canadian Wheat Board Alliance
- Stan Struthers, Minister, Manitoba Agriculture, Forrd and Rural Initiatives
- Jon Gerrard, Leader, Liberal Party of Manitoba
- Pat Martin, MP (Winnipeg Centre), NDP Agriculture Critic
- Niki Ashton, MP (Churchill)
- Kevin Lamoureux, MP, (Winnipeg North)
- Wayne Easter, MP (Malpeque), former president of the National Farmers Union
- Dean Harder, Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board
- Barb Toews, farmer, Kane, Manitoba

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Four Directions Walk to End Poverty

Despite its well established habit of electing social democratic governments, Winnipeg has claimed some dubious honors — “Murder Capital of Canada” and “Child Poverty Capital of Canada” to name two of the most disturbing. Even though we have had 11 years of NDP government to undo the damage of Gary Filmon’s Conservatives, both poverty and crime are well entrenched in Manitoba, especially in Winnipeg.

Occupy Winnipeg Scrapbook – Day One

Oct. 15, 2011: Scenes from Occupy Winnipeg – and a reminder that what is now called Canada was occupied long before by the aboriginal peoples of this part of the world. It is time the descendants of the Europeans who took the land from the people who were here first do a much better job of sharing it with today’s First Nations.

Amira Hass: Israel – Palestine – Fear of the Future

“Inhuman, immoral and unsustainable” are the words used by Amira Hass to describe what she terms “the State of Israel and the privileges it endows to Jews only, at the expense of Palestinians.” Hass was at the University of Winnipeg Sept. 30, to provide a unique perspective on the Palestinian struggle, that of an Israeli Jew, a woman and a journalist for Haaretz, who has lived and worked in either Gaza or the West Bank for the past 17 years.

Haiti and the Politics of Recovery

In June, 2011, the Canada Haiti Action Network dispatched a small team to Haiti to gather information, gauge progress and learn how Canadians might express their solidarity. Roger Annis, and fellow delegation member Sandra Gessler, of the Winnipeg Haiti Solidarity Group, reported on their trip on September 26, 2011, in Winnipeg. See, also, The Curious Case of Canada’s Missing Cholera Treatment Camp.

David McNally on the Global Crisis and Global Resistance

David McNally teaches political science at York University in Toronto and is active in many social justice movements in that city. On Sept. 24, 2011, McNally spoke at the Mondragon Bookstore and Coffee Shop as a featured presenter at Winnipeg Radical Bookfair and DYI Fest. His topic: Global Crisis – Global Resistance.

2011 Manitoba Election Environment Forum

Manitoba citizens re-elected the NDP in the Oct. 4, 2011 provincial election. Environmental issues had a high profile. Where should Manitoba Hydro construct its planned Bipole 3 transmission line – or should it be built at all? How should we save Lake Winnipeg from choking to death on toxic algae? How best can Manitobans respond to rising energy costs and climate change? These are only some of the issues that representatives of four political parties debated in this two-and-a-half hour public forum held Sept. 14., 2011 in Winnipeg.

Moderator:Terry MacLeod, CBC Information Radio

Panelists:
- James Beddome, Green Party of Manitoba
- Paul Hesse: Liberal Party of Manitoba
- Jennifer Howard: New Democratic Party of Manitoba
- Heather Stephanson: Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba

Sponsors:
- Manitoba Eco-Network
- Green Action Centre
- Provincial Council of Women of Manitoba
- Green Action Committee of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Winnipeg

Winnipeg Lanterns for Peace 2011

Every August 6, Winnipeggers commemorate the August 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with a Lanterns for Peace Ceremony. People come together to make and float their lanterns in a pond in the middle of the city to express their desire for a peaceful world and to show solidarity with countless others around the world who are doing something similar on that day.

A Vigil for Harvey Sanderson

On August 3, 2011 – four days after being viciously assaulted in his Winnipeg apartment, Harvey Sanderson Junior died of his injuries. He was 27.

What made this crime especially shocking was that Harvey had brittle bone disease, a condition that confined him to a wheelchair.

Friends, neighbours and people who had never met him were saddened and horrified by Harvey’s murder. And so, on August 12, they joined together with the Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities to express their grief and their solidarity at a vigil for Harvey and all other persons with disabilities who are victims of violence.

STOP SIGNS: Cars and capitalism . . .

By every conceivable measure, private automobile ownership is an irrational choice that drains our health, destroys our environment and locks us in a downward spiral of indebtedness. In a discussion hosted by the Manitoba Eco-Network on July 7, 2011 in Winnipeg, Yves Engler explains why.

Project Peacemakers Israel Palestine Forum

On June 8, 2011, Project Peacemakers Forum panelists Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd and Howard Davidson discussed “Israel and Palestine: What is going on and what can we do?”

Support the Canadian Boat to Gaza

Winnipeg activists responded to the actions of the Greek government to block the Tahrir and other vessels that make up Freedom Flotilla II from sailing for Gaza with an information picket in the city’s Osborne Village neighbourhood.

CUPE President Paul Moist warns against the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

The governments of Canada and the European Union are negotiating a treaty called the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. They hope to sign it by the end of 2011.

This treaty will take power from local governments in Canada and give it to large transnational corporations headquartered in Europe. These huge companies could take over the delivery of vital public services – such as water, transit, energy and health care – whether local communities like it or not. It’s NAFTA on steroids.

The time to stop CETA is now. Paul Moist, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, speaking in Winnipeg on June 27th, explains.

Brigette DePape is Nellie’s Girl

On June 3, 2011, when Brigette DePape, a 21-year old parliamentary page from Manitoba, pulled out a “Stop Harper” sign during the opening session of Canada’s 41st Parliament, she was escorted out of the room and quickly fired from her position.

Her solitary act of civil disobedience in resistance to the policies of the Harper government not only inspired an outpouring of support, but also called to mind another Manitoba woman, Nellie McClung. In 1912, McClung helped organize the Political Equality League and throughout the 1920s championed female suffrage and a host of measures to combat the social injustices of her time.

On June 18, 2011, a few of us took a trip over to the Manitoba Legislature to express our solidarity with Brigette DePape by bringing her message to the Nellie McClung Memorial located on the grounds of the same Legislature where Nellie won, for Canadian women, the right to vote.

Winnipeg Solidarity with the Postal Workers

On June 16, 2011, about 1,000 members of several Winnipeg unions rallied at the main post office in Winnipeg in solidarity with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. The rally, one of many to be held across the country, was in response to federal government plans to legislate CUPW members back to work.

Living and Dying in Manitoba: Who decides?

In 2008, the Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons gave its members the power to withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatments from patients, even if this is contrary to the wishes of patients or their families. The process to be followed in arriving at the decision to allow a patient to die is outlined in the College’s Statement No. 1602: Withholding and Withdrawing Life Sustaining Treatment.

Short of going to court, there is no appeal. The Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities has been critical of this policy since its inception. On May 31, 2011, it, along with the Council of Canadians with Disabilities, outlined their perspectives at a public forum in Winnipeg.

Canadian Labour in Crisis

On May 5, 2011, David Camfield launched his new book, Canadian Labour in Crisis – Reinventing the Workers`Movement, at the Mondragon Bookstore and Coffee House in Winnipeg, Canada. David Camfield is an associate professor in labour studies at the University of Manitoba.

Maude Barlow on Reclaiming the Commons and the Rights of Nature

On International Mother Earth Day, April 22, 2011, Barlow spoke to a packed hall in Winnipeg, Manitoba on the international campaign for the Rights of Nature and the need to retake the Commons from corporate predators. Her appearance was sponsored by the Council of Canadians (Winnipeg Chapter) and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (Manitoba Office). This is an excerpt from her speech that I recorded at the Fort Garry Hotel.

Federal election forum on the Environment

April 20, 2011: An all candidates meeting on the environment (minus the Tories, who typically avoid such affairs) was held in Winnipeg.

The forum was held at the Unitarian Universalist Church and moderated by CJOB Radio’s morning talk show host Richard Cloutier.

The candidates were:

It was sponsored by:

Huwaida Arraf on the Free Gaza Movement and the Freedom Flotilla

March 16, 2011: Huwaida Arraf spoke at a forum in Winnipeg, Canada entitled “From Direct Action to the Freedom Flotilla: the International Solidarity Movement and the Palestinian Freedom Struggle. Arraf is co-founder of the ISM and chairs the Free Gaza Movement. She was with the Gaza Freedom Flotilla on May 31, 2010, when Israeli forces raided the vessels on the high seas, killed nine peace activists, wounded 50 and interned the crews along with 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid. She tells how she became involved in the Palestinian freedom struggle and talks about plans for the next Freedom Flotilla.

Israeli Apartheid 101

This clip features a presentation by Howard S. Davidson, Associate Professor of Extended Education at the University of Manitoba and member of Independent Jewish Voices (Canada). He spoke at a workshop entitled “Israeli Apartheid 101″ at the University of Winnipeg on March 14, 2011.

Professor Davidson demolishes the arguments of pro-Israel apologists who equate support for Palestinian rights with anti-Semitism. Further, he demonstrates that the term “Israeli apartheid” is a legitimate part of the political discourse in Israel, even while those who use it in Canada and the United States are vilified by Israel’s North American supporters.

How Canada lost its bid for a UN Security Council seat

Speaking at a forum, Jan. 23, 2011, sponsored by Peace Alliance Winnipeg and Project Peacemakers, author/activist Yves Engler explores Stephen Harper’s foreign policy and how it cost Canada its bid, in 2010, for a seat on the United Nations Security Council.

American War Resisters: Let Them Stay

Joshua Key is an American Iraq War veteran who sought refuge in Canada because of his war experiences. Author of “The Deserter’s Tale,” Joshua told the story of his recruitment into the U.S. Army, the war crimes he witnessed in Iraq and his subsequent flight to Canada to an audience at McNally Robinson Booksellers in Winnipeg on Jan. 17, 2011.

The Manitoba NDP, the Left and Canadian Support for Israel

Why is the New Democratic Party of Canada such a disappointment to supporters of Palestinian liberation? How is it that the Manitoba NDP is an epicenter, not only for supporting the Zionist project, but attacking those who champion Palestinian rights? What is Canada’s second largest military deployment overseas and how is being used to divide the Palestinian resistance? These questions and many more were answered at a Jan. 22, 2011 event entitled “The Manitoba NDP, the Left and Canadian Support for Israel” featuring Winnipeg activist Brian Latour and Montreal based writer/journalist/and-all-around-trouble-maker, Yves Engler.

The F-35: A Bad Deal for Canada

Feb. 20, 2011: Speaking at the annual meeting of Peace Alliance Winnipeg, Michael Bueckert of Project Peacemakers makes the case for ending Canada’s participation in the development of the F-35 stealth fighter.

Free Egypt Now!

Feb. 6, 2011: About 300 Winnipeggers rallied at the Manitoba Legislature on Saturday in support of the Egyptian struggle for democracy. Joining millions around the world, they chanted “Free Egypt Now!” and “Step down Mubarak!”

Keep War Resisters in Canada

Jan. 20, 2011: It’s Let Them Stay Week in Canada — a week of activities dedicated to keeping American war resisters in Canada. So I did what any red-blooded Canadian peacenik does at this time of the year – I stood around outside an MP’s office in -25C temperatures with a similarly minded posse of peacenikles. This time it was the Steinbach, Manitoba office of Vic Toews – our Minister of Public Safety – a man who long ago abandoned the pacifist principles of his Mennonite faith while still managing to be twice re-elected in this mega-Mennonite town.

George Galloway in Winnipeg

On Nov. 26, 2010, more than 400 people filled Winnipeg’s Broadway Disciples United Church to hear Galloway’s passionate plea on behalf of Free Speech, Free Afghanistan and Free Palestine. The evening was sponsored by Peace Alliance Winnipeg, and was part of an 11-city cross Canada tour that stretched from Halifax to Yellowknife.

Divided into 7 parts, the video has a total running time of just under 1 hour 4 minutes. The YouTube playlist is here.

No war with Iran!

On Aug. 28, 2010, a small group of Winnipeg citizens declared themselves “Crazy for Peace” and marched through downtown Winnipeg to urge their neighbours to speak out against war with Iran. Contact Crazy for Peace 2010 on Facebook or send them an email.

Crazy for Peace 2010: Say “No” to war with Iran

On August 28, 2010, Crazy for Peace 2010 held a rally at the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg, Canada to speak out against the looming war with Iran, one that could become a global, nuclear catastrophe. Crazy for Peace 2010 spokesperson Christina Petriuk explains.

Iran: A Sense of Déjà Vu

Aug. 28, 2010: Glenn Michalchuk, chair person of Peace Alliance Winnipeg, speaks about the growing danger that the United States will attack Iran. The event was a rally organized by Crazy for Peace 2010 at the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg, Canada.

Bill Siksay on the Canadian Department of Peace

Aug. 6, 2010: Member of Parliament Bill Siksay was the keynote speaker at Winnipeg’s annual Lantern Ceremony, held to commemorate the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. His topic: a private member’s bill before the House of Commons calling for the creation of a federal Department of Peace.

Winnipeg Walk for Peace 2010

On June 19, 2010, Peace Alliance Winnipeg held the 29th annual Winnipeg Walk for Peace.

One of the highlights was the Flaming Trolleys marching band.

The Occupation Has To Go

On June 4, 2010, 150 Winnipeggers protested the May 31 Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla that had been bringing desperately needed humanitarian aid to the besieged people of Gaza. The protest was organized by Peace Alliance Winnipeg, CanPalNet-Winnipeg and Independent Jewish Voices.

Winnipeg Lanterns for Peace 2009

Every August 6, citizens in thousands of communities around the world commemorate the nuclear attack on Hiroshima and rededicate themselves to the cause of peace and disarmament. In Winnipeg, a Lanterns for Peace Ceremony is conducted by Peace Alliance Winnipeg, Project Peacemakers and the Manitoba Japanese Canadians Association.

Fund Education, Not War!

Alanna Makinson is VP External, University of Manitoba Students Union. Following the June 13, 2009 Winnipeg Walk for Peace, she spoke on the negative impact of the war in Afghanistan and increased military spending on post-secondary education in Canada.

Yves Engler on Reforming Canadian Foreign Policy

Yves Engler is the author of The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy. He spoke in Winnipeg, June 13, 2009, at the conclusion of the 28th annual Walk for Peace, on the need to reorient Canadian foreign policy so that it better reflected the ideals and needs of the majority of Canadians.

2009 Winnipeg Walk for Peace

Winnipeg’s 28th consecutive annual Walk for Peace took place under a warm sun and clear blue skies on Saturday, June 13, 2009. While the turn-out of 100 people was small, it was broadly representative of Winnipeg’s diverse communities, with participants of all ages.

Following the Walk, participants listened to speeches by Yves Engler, author of The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy, Alanna Makinson, VP External, University of Manitoba Students Union and Sri Ranjan of the Canadian Tamil Congress. Entertainment was provided by  Süss and refreshments by the Sikh Society of Manitoba.

Tamil Solidarity in Winnipeg

May 17, 2009: In response to the reported slaughter of 25,000 Tamil civilians in May 2009, members of Winnipeg’s Tamil community held a candle light vigil at the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg. At the vigil, they prayed for peace and called upon the Canadian government to do more to prevent further bloodshed in Sri Lanka.

Sandy Tolan’s Lemon Tree

Nov. 4, 2009: Sandy Tolan is a teacher, radio documentary producer and author of The Lemon Tree: An Arab, A Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East (Bloomsbury, 2006).

The Lemon Tree is a moving account of the relationship that developed between two families, one Palestinian and one Israeli, and the house that both lived in before and after the 1948 expulsion of the Palestinians and founding of the state of Israel.

In November 2009, Sandy Tolan travelled to Winnipeg, Canada to participate in Restorative Justice Week and to tell the story of The Lemon Tree in the context of restorative justice.

Divided into 7 parts, the video has a total running time of 1 hour 8 minutes. The YouTube playlist is here.

Malalai Joya’s Message to Canadian Military Families

November 17, 2009: Afghan MP Malalai Joya is in Winnipeg as a part of her Canadian tour to convince Canadians they must withdraw their troops from Afghanistan. Afghans, says Joya, must decide what happens in Afghanistan. Foreign intervention must end. She has a message for the families of Canadian soldiers. She understands their suffering and extends her condolences. Like them, she knows what it is like to lose loved ones in war. But condolences are not enough. She calls upon Canadians to force the Canadian government to end it’s military intervention.

Malalai Joya in Winnipeg – 2009

WINNIPEG, Nov. 16, 2009: Malalai Joya visited Winnipeg as part of her 2009 cross-country tour to convince Canadians to press for the withdrawal of their troops from Afghanistan. She packed the house and spoke with passion about the oppression of her people under the combined weight of the Taliban, Hamid Karzai’s warlord drugocracy, and the NATO occupation. Her message was one not heard in this country (loosely paraphrased): Go home! You are making our lives harder! It is a lesson we must all take to heart.

The video, which contains her speech at Convocation Hall at the University of Winnipeg, is divided into 8 sections with a total running time of just under 1 hour 16 minutes. You can view the YouTube play list here.

A Deserter’s Tale

Sept. 18, 2009: Joshua Key is an American war resister who fought in Iraq and who sought refuge in Canada because of his war experiences. Author of “The Deserter’s Tale,” Joshua told the story of his recruitment into the U.S. Army, the carnage he witnessed in Iraq and his subsequent flight to Canada to an audience in Winnipeg, the first stop on a 13-city tour of western Canada. The full video, in 3 parts, is available here.

Defending human rights in a post 9/11 world

On March 7, 2009, Peace Alliance Winnipeg held a public forum to discuss how best to defend human rights in a post 9/11 world. The discussion was moderated by Peace Alliance of Winnipeg chair Glenn Michalchuk.

Panelists:

Lesley Hughes: Lesley is a well-known journalist and broadcaster with a long history of community activism in Winnipeg. A recipient of the YMCA-YWCA Woman of Distinction award, Leslie is author of We Chose Canada, a columnist for Canadian Dimension magazine and host of Alert Radio.

Colleen Simard: Colleen is a filmmaker, a columnist for the Winnipeg Free Press and founder and publisher of Urban NDN – a newspaper she founded in 2008 that offers a fresh journalistic voice from, for and about Aboriginal people in Winnipeg.

Michael Welch: Michael is a peace activist who has shown leadership in organizing support in Winnipeg for American war resisters who are fighting deportation to the United States. He is active in Citizens Concerned About Deep Integration and Peace Alliance Winnipeg and is the local chapter contact for the Council of Canadians.

Shahina Siddiqui: Shahina is Executive Director of the Islamic Social Services Association – Canada, and a frequent commentator on Islamic and human rights issues in Canada and the United States. She sits on the Advisory Board of CAIR-CAN, the Canadian branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, and principal author of Women Friendly Mosques and Community Centers: Working Together to Reclaim Our Heritage.

Anthony Hall: Anthony is founding co-ordinator and professor of Globalization Studies at the University of Lethbridge and author of The American Empire and the Fourth World, which Naomi Klein has described as “an overflowing tool box, filled with little-known stories, legal arguments, and fresh ideas that, if used properly, could change the world.”

The 12-part video play list is available here.

Should Canada leave NATO

April 12, 2009: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization turned 60 on April 4, 2009. The official story is that NATO was formed in the aftermath of World War 2 to defend western Europe against the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. With the collapse of the USSR, NATO became an alliance in search of a new mission, one its supporters prefer to characterize as peace-making, if that is how one would describe NATO interventions in the former Yugoslavia and more recently, in Afghanistan.

So, is NATO a defensive organization that morphed into world cop? Or was it set up to contain post-war working class aspirations? Has it confirmed itself to be an important arm of American imperialism through offensive wars in the Balkans and Afghanistan? Should Canada remain in this alliance?

These were some of the questions that were discussed at a debate sponsored by Peace Alliance Winnipeg on April 4, 2009 at St. Matthews Anglican Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

The event was moderated by Terry MacLeod, host of CBC Winnipegs Information Radio.

Panelists

Dr. Henry Heller is a professor of history at the University of Manitoba. He is author of The Cold War and the New Imperialism: 1945-2005, published by Monthly Review Press in 2006.

Dr. James Fergusson is director of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies and professor of political studies at the University of Manitoba. He is an expert on Canadian defence policy and lectures regularly to schools of the Canadian Armed Forces.

The play list for the 12-part video is available here.

Freedom for Gaza Rally

Jan. 24, 2009: About 50 Winnipeggers braved -20 C temperatures and a biting wind to rally for Freedom for Gaza in front of the Canadian Grain Commission building on Main Street in Winnipeg. The rally, organized by Peace Alliance Winnipeg, Canadian Muslims for Palestine and the Canada Palestine Support Network, was one of several held in Winnipeg in January. The video features a speech by Jeff Halper, a founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions.