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Columnists

Nov 6, 2018

100 years after First World War, a forum for peace opens in Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron sees dangers 100 years after the "never again" promise of 1918 failed to produce peace. In November, France will host a 100th anniversary event: the Paris Peace Forum.

Blog

Oct 12, 2018

Peace movement is on the march again

Penney Kome

Peace organizations haven't been in the news much for a decade or so. But after a year with Trump in the Oval Office, peace is a high political priority again.

Blog

Aug 28, 2018

War is big business. We need a strengthened movement to challenge the arms industry

Brent Patterson

Our struggle for peace and climate justice needs to turn greater attention to the arms industry.

Podcast

Jul 24, 2018

Working to reinvigorate Canada's peace movement

Talking Radical Radio

Longtime peace activists Dave Gehl and Ed Lehman talk about the work of the Regina Peace Council.

Columnists

Mar 22, 2018

Fifteen years after the invasion of Iraq, people are organizing for peace

Amy Goodman

Denis Moynihan

Fifteen years have passed since President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and a coterie of neoconservatives launched the invasion of Iraq with a murderous bombardment of Baghdad.

Podcast

Mar 13, 2018

Thirty-five years of peace activism in Calgary

Talking Radical Radio

Trudy Govier talks about her three and a half decades of working for peace and justice and about the work of the Ploughshares Calgary Society.

Columnists

May 5, 2016

Remembering Father Dan Berrigan, a prophet of peace

Amy Goodman

Denis Moynihan

Daniel Berrigan, a Catholic Jesuit priest, a protester, a poet, a dedicated uncle and brother, died last weekend at the age of 94.

News

Jan 29, 2016

Arguments against Canada's bombing mission exist, but Trudeau hasn't uttered them

Paul Weinberg

Canada's federal government must stand strong in its position to end its combat mission in Iraq and Syria. So why hasn't Trudeau uttered any arguments against the bombing missions?

Columnists

Aug 6, 2015

Nuclear abolition movement commemorates 70th anniversary of Hiroshima

Amy Goodman

Denis Moynihan

The world changed irrevocably 70 years ago, on Aug. 6, 1945, when the United States dropped the first nuclear weapon in history on the civilian population of Hiroshima, Japan.

Columnists

May 21, 2015

A victory for nuclear disarmament: Plowshares activists released from prison

Amy Goodman

For the first time, convictions for sabotage for Plowshares activists in the U.S. have been reversed, a historic moment for nuclear disarmament.

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