White poppies. Sometimes something rings a little bell amid the gloom, like a bird singing after a catastrophe, or a light in a raging storm. It's a symbol of peace, first introduced in Britain by the Co-operative Women's Guild in 1936. The notion that hope for peace might live, however, is apparently so outlandish that the symbol is little known and only makes rare appearances, as it did in P.E.I. this Remembrance Day, and always seems to upset someone.
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Let's make September 11 a day without war
The ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States should serve as a moment to reflect on tolerance, says Amy Goodman.
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Norman Finkelstein: A question of principle and practicality
Dr. Norman Finkelstein is a renowned American political scientist who specializes in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Zionism and political aspects of the Holocaust. An ardent critic of Israeli and U.S. policy and supporter of Palestinian human rights, Dr. Finkelstein has devoted his academic life to exposing and challenging spurious scholarship on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He is the author of a number of notable books including Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict, The Holocaust Industry and Beyond Chutzpah.
Global Day of Action on military spending
Date: Monday, April 15, 2013 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location
Spring Garden Public Library
5381 Spring Garden Rd. Canada
Halifax, NS
Canada
44° 38' 36.9672" N, 63° 34' 29.4384" W
See map: Google Maps
Monday, April 15, 2013
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Spring Garden Library, 5381 Spring Garden Rd., Halifax
Organized by the Halifax Peace Coalition and the Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace to raise awareness about the $1.7 trillion spent globally on war and weapons. In Canada, the federal government spends $22 billion on the military and only $1 billion on the environment. In Nova Scotia, the provincial government is spending hundreds of millions to Irving to build new warships at the Halifax shipyard. We will call attention to the provincial and federal government’s spending on militarism and the planned spending of $25 billion on warships and $1 billion on armed drones. For more information please visit www.demilitarize.org
Free film screening MLK: A CALL TO CONSCIENCE
Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location
55 Willowbend Ct. Canada
Halifax, NS
Canada
44° 39' 25.7616" N, 63° 38' 57.7176" W
See map: Google Maps
FREE FILM SCREENING
In recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
MLK: A CALL TO CONSCIENCE
Wednesday, January 23
7:30 -9:00 p.m.
Room 302,
Student Union Building, Dalhousie University,
6136 University Ave., Halifax
Filmmaker and PBS Host Tavis Smiley gives greater insight into Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr.'s anti-war and social justice views and deconstructs his
most important but least known speech Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the
Silence (copies of the speech will be available at the screening). The film
also puts Dr. King's legacy in a contemporary context, particularly in light
of growing poverty and inequality and the recent wars in Iraq and
Against Austerity and War
Date: Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), Room 5-260
252 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON
Canada
43° 40' 4.4004" N, 79° 23' 54.1392" W
See map: Google Maps
Join Communist Party of Canada leader Miguel Figueroa and Young Communist League leader Johan Boyden in a presentation and discussion concerning the threat of war with Iran and the fight for a People's Agenda in Canada.
Remembering Art Pape: How one life can make a difference
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How does one life make a difference?
Take Art Pape, my lifelong friend, who died of cancer last week, at 70. We met at Holy Blossom Temple religious school in a Grade 2 class (possibly, "Jewish Heroes through the Ages"), wearing little suits and chatting caustically about how disorganized things were. He was, of anyone I've known, the most clearly destined for success and stardom from early on.
