Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Tarachansky and her family moved to Israel in 1991, residing in Ariel, one of the most controversial settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. With The Real News Network, she has produced dozens of video chronicles of current events in Israel-Palestine and the struggle for a just peace. For a sample, go to http://leichik.webs.com/apps/videos/
Organized by the Canadians, Arabs and Jews for a Just Peace, Independent Jewish Voices, the Halifax Peace Coalition and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.
Monday, January 16 7:00pm-8:30 pm Student Union Building Dalhousie University (Room TBD) 6136 University Avenue, Halifax
Free public screening to mark Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day. Filmmaker PBS Host Tavis Smiley gives greater insight into Dr. King's anti-war views and deconstructs his most important but least known speech "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence". This 2010 film puts Dr. King's legacy in a contemporary context, particularly in light of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. A must see! Organized by the Halifax Peace Coalition, Films on Critical Issues, Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group, the Canadian Department of Peace Initiative, and Occupy NS. All welcome! More information www.halifaxpeacecoalition.ca
Peaceful protest in recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day & to mark the 51st anniversary of U.S. President Eisenhower's Farewell Address 1961 warning against the military-industrial complex. In front of the entrance to the Stadacona Base on Gottingen St., Halifax. Lockheed Martin, US weapons giant, has an office inside the base. Speak out against Canada's growing militarism and to express our opposition to the planned purchase of the $29 billion stealth fighters. Occupy NS is planning to join us! SAY NO TO LOCKHEED MARTIN'S F-35 FIGHTER JETS - INVEST IN EDUCATION, GREEN JOBS & KIDS! Organized by the Halifax Peace Coalition. Co-sponsored by Occupy NS. All welcome! More information www.halifaxpeacecoalition.ca
Monthly meeting 2nd Monday of every month. (Next January 9, 2012)
Halifax Peace Coalition (HPC) meeting on Mon. Monday, January 9 at 7:00-8:30pm, at Room 211, Dalhousie Computer Science Building, 6050 University Ave All Welcome. Come, plan for peace! More info: www.halifaxpeacecoalition.ca or Join us on Facebook “Halifax Peace Coalition”. Email us at: hfxpeace_AT_chebucto.ca
*Note*: Venue changed for January, February, and March meetings while Just Us! Cafe is on Winter hours.
Saturday, November 19th, 2 pm will leave from the park across from the Westin Hotel, 1181 Hollis St.
- Occupy NS March of Shame, Downtown Halifax Cornwallis Park (otherwise known as Halifax Peace & Freedom Park) March of Shame following the anti-war rally – will leave from the park across from the Westin Hotel, 1181 Hollis St. and through downtown.
Saturday, November 19th, 1 pm Westin Hotel, 1181 Hollis St.-
Anti-War Rally at the 3rd Annual Halifax International Security Forum, Cornwallis Park (otherwise known as Halifax Peace & Freedom Park), across from the Westin Hotel, 1181 Hollis St. This is a rally to condemn NATO and Canada’s militaristic approach to foreign and defence policies. Please come to say NO to the planned purchase of the $29 Billion F-35s. Canada should not be welcoming war criminals: NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Stephane Abrial, the US Defence Secretary Leo Panetta, and Israel’s Ehud Barak etc… Join the 99% who want peace & justice in the world! Speakers include spoken word poet El Jones, professor Isaac Saney, Halifax Peace Coalition rep Tamara Lorincz, Voice of Women rep, Occupy NS rep, Canadians Arabs & Jews for Just Peace rep, etc... Find out more about this war conference here: http://halifaxtheforum.org/
Organized by: Ad Hoc Cmte Against the Halifax War Conference & the Halifax Peace Coalition. For further info: noharbourforwar_AT_hotmail.com
Scott Taylor, Esprit de Corps Journalist and Author
Thursday, October 27 7:00 - 9:00 PM KTS Lecture Hall, 2nd floor, New Academic Building. University of King's College, Halifax (Campus Entrance off 6350 Coburg Rd.)
Free public talk & film screening
Scott Taylor, a former professional soldier, has been the editor and publisher of Esprit de Corps since 1988; this year marks the magazine's 20th anniversary. As a war correspondent, he has reported from global hot spots including Kuwait, Cambodia, Western Sahara, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. Taylor will provide his first-hand observations of events leading up to the rebel incursion in Libya and subsequent overthrow of Gaddafi in the context of the challenges faced by journalists reporting the "truth" from war zones. This year, Taylor released an investigative documentary about Lockheed Martin's F35 Joint Strike Fighters. In 1996, he was awarded the Quill Award for his outstanding contribution to Canadian communications. He lives in Ottawa.
Organized by the Halifax Peace Coalition (HPC). Co-hosted by the School of Journalism, University of King's College. For more information, visit: www.halifaxpeacecoalition.ca / Email:
October 11, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. McNally Auditorium, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax
Free public lecture by Lia Tarachansky, Israeli-Canadian journalist
Lia Tarachansky is a video-journalist and Middle East correspondent for The Real News Network (www.therealnews.com.)
Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Tarachansky and her family moved to Israel in 1991, residing in Ariel, one of the most controversial settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. With The Real News Network, she has produced dozens of video chronicles of current events in Israel-Palestine and the struggle for a just peace. For a sample, go to http://leichik.webs.com/apps/videos/
Organized by the Canadians, Arabs and Jews for a Just Peace, Independent Jewish Voices, the Halifax Peace Coalition and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 from 7:30-9:00 p.m. Room 307, Student Union Building, Dalhousie University
Come and watch the 2010 documentary “Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space” in recognition of International Keep Space for Peace Week. Organized by the Halifax Peace Coalition and the Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group (NSPIRG). Free public film screening. All welcome.
Thursday, September 29 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Room 104, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, 6061 University Avenue, Halifax
A critical look at development & aid projects in Haiti since the earthquake plus an update on the newly released Wikileaks cables about Haiti ROGER ANNIS, coordinator of the Canada Haiti Action Network
Come to hear Roger discuss development & aid projects in Haiti since the earthquake plus give an update on the newly released Wikileaks cables about Haiti. Roger Annis is a coordinator of the Canada Haiti Action Network (CHAN) and its Vancouver affiliate, Haiti Solidarity BC. In June 2011, Roger led a 10-day fact-finding and solidarity delegation to Haiti. This free, public discussion is organized by the Halifax Peace Coalition.
Wednesday, September 21 from 7:00-8:30 p.m. Just Us Café, 5896 Spring Garden Road, Halifax
Free public film screening to mark International Peace Day. "Peace One Day" charts the remarkable 10-year journey of award-winning filmmaker Jeremy Gilley to establish an annual Peace Day on 21 September. The camera follows Jeremy as he galvanises the countries of the world to recognise an official day of ceasefire and non-violence.
Tues. April 12, 2011 12 noon Spring Garden Library in Halifax
Part of the international day of action to call for the redirection of spending on war and weapons to social and environmental needs. More details about local event to come. Organized by the Halifax Peace Coalition and the NS Voice of Women for Peace: www.halifaxpeacecoalition.ca See also: www.demilitarize.org
Saturday, March 19 1pm Halifax Public Library, Spring Garden Roard, Halifax, NS
Please join Chuck and HPC on Saturday at 1:00 pm at the Halifax public library for the peace vigil to end the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan. It marks the 8th anniversary of the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq and coincides with events taking place around the world to end the wars and seek justice. Check out these events: http://www.answercoalition.org/national/index.html
Esprit de Corps journalist Scott Taylor Talk & Film Screening “Afghanistan: Outside the Wire” on Apr. 7 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at Alumni Hall, King’s College, 6350 Coburg Rd., Halifax. HPC is co-hosting this event!
TOUR DATES: * Weds. March 16, 7:00-9:00 p.m., Community Rm., New Glasgow Public Library, 182 Dalhousie St. New Glasgow. * Th. March 17, 12:00-2:00 p.m., Riverview Room of Jenkins Hall, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, College Road, Bible Hill. * Th. March 17, 7:00- 9:00 p.m., Rm. 241, Beveridge Arts Centre, Acadia University, 10 Highland Ave.,Wolfville. * Fri. March 18, 12:00-1:30 p.m., Rm. 1107, Mona Campbell, Dalhousie University, 1459 LeMarchant St., Halifax. * Fri. March 18, 7:00-9:00 p.m. at Sobeys 255, Sobeys Bldg., 903 Robie St. Saint Mary's University, Halifax. * (*Vigil for Justice for Iraq) Sat. March 19, 1:00-2:00 p.m. at Halifax Public Library, 5381 Spring Garden Rd., Halifax
Event description: Free, public talk and film screening with Chuck Wiley, the most senior U.S. military officer to become a war resister in Canada. Chuck was with the U.S. Navy for 17 years and deployed to Iraq on the USS Enterprise. In 2007, he refused to redeploy to Iraq and came to Canada as a war resister. He will share his compelling personal story of conscience. Plus there will also be a special screening of the NFB documentary "Breaking Ranks" about four U.S. soldiers seeking sanctuary in Canada. Chuck is on a tour of Nova Scotia to raise awareness of the plight of war resisters in Canada and to mark the 8th anniversary of the illegal war and occupation of Iraq and. Part of the national campaign to "LET THEM STAY". More information at www.resisters.ca
Tour Organizers: Halifax Peace Coalition. Sponsors: New Glasgow Public Library, Students' Union of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Acadia University, Saint Mary's University, SMU-PIRG, and the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies.
About Chuck Wiley: Chuck Wiley is a member of a family with deep military roots: one of his ancestors was a Revolutionary War soldier, and every generation since has had a member who has been proud to defend his country. Until February 2007, Chuck was no exception. Chuck entered the U.S. Army before he had even finished high school. He was in the Navy as a nuclear engineering technician and rose to a supervisory position on the USS Enterprise. In May 2006, the USS Enterprise was deployed as part of Operation: Iraqi Freedom, to provide air support off the coast for troops on the ground in Iraq and carrying out bombing and surveillance missions at their request. This was his first deployment as a Chief Petty Officer; this rank allowed him access to a new range of information about what was happening in Iraq. Chuck says, "Much of this information troubled me on a personal level." He returned to the United States with his ship in November 2006. The ship would be redeployed to Iraq, but Chuck made the decision not to go and was reprimanded for open discussion of his concerns about the war with others in his crew, and threatened with the charge of sedition. So on February 11, 2007, Chuck and his partner Jamie discreetly left Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia and came to Canada.
About the Film: Breaking Ranks is a moving documentary about the plight of four U.S. soldiers seeking sanctuary in Canada as part of their resistance to the war in Iraq. With intimate access to four American military deserters, their lawyers and families, this film documents their experiences as they try to exercise their consciences amidst profound emotional, ethical and international consequences. If deported, they face the venom of mainstream American opinion and one to five years in prison. Filmed over the course of the refugee process, this provocative film explores the meaning of duty as these young soldiers share their personal stories of moral awakening and the burden that it brings. Director: Michelle Mason. National Film Board of Canada (2005).
About War Resisters Campaign Canada: www.resisters.ca - LET THEM STAY For more information about Nova Scotia Tour, please contact Halifax Peace Coalition: (Web) www.halifaxpeacecoalition.ca (Email) hfxpeace_AT_chebucto.ca (Facebook) "Halifax Peace Coalition"
Thursday, March 3 12:00-1:00 pm Halifax Public Library, 5381 Spring Garden Rd. Halifax
Come and be heard on March 3rd! A peaceful information picket and petition drive to call on the federal government to cancel the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Stealth Fighter program. On March 3rd, we will be helping to collect 5,000 signatures across the country against the F-35's. We believe that the federal government should invest in education, health care, affordable housing, and child care not stealth fighters. At our Halifax event, there will be petitions, a performance by the Raging Grannies, and a "paper" stealth fighter launch. Part of the National Day of Action Against the Stealth Fighters. This is timed in advance of the federal budget, to inform the public, and send a message to all the political parties that we do not want them to waste our tax dollars on stealth fighters. All welcome. Organized by the Halifax Peace Coalition and the Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace. More info: www.halifaxpeacecoalition.ca See also: "No Stealth Fighters"www.ceasefire.ca
Thursday, Feb. 24 at 7:30 pm Loyola 177, Loyola Academic Building, Saint Mary's University, Halifax (building next to the Sobeys Building)
A 2004 documentary about the Congo's first democratically elected Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba. One of Africa's great populist leaders who is not well-known in the west and who was assassinated by Belgium with the support of the CIA in 1961. Screening to mark the 50th anniversary of Lumumba's killing. In recognition of African Heritage Month. Free. All welcome. Organized by the Halifax Peace Coalition and SMU-PIRG. More info: www.halifaxpeacecoalition.ca
Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 9:00 pm Loyola 177, Loyola Academic Building, Saint Mary's University, Halifax (building next to the Sobeys Building)
A 2007 documentary by journalist and filmmaker Kevin Pina. Pina challenges the contemporary view of Haiti, revealing the hidden role of the 'international community' in Haitian politics. This provocative and lively film takes the viewer into parts of Haiti where few Western journalists dare to tread. In the process of chronicling the role of the foreign interference in Haiti. In recognition of African Heritage Month. Free. All welcome. Organized by the Halifax Peace Coalition and SMU-PIRG. More info: www.halifaxpeacecoalition.ca
Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 7:30 pm Loyola 177, Loyola Academic Building, Saint Mary's University, Halifax (building next to the Sobeys Building)
This is an important documentary about the history of Haiti and the life of the most popular leader priest to the poor, Jean Bertrand Aristide, who was forced into exile by a coup orchestrated by Canada, the U.S. and France in 2004. In recognition of African Heritage Month. Free. All welcome. Organized by the Halifax Peace Coalition and SMU-PIRG. More info: www.halifaxpeacecoalition.ca
Wed, February 23, 7:00pm - 8:30pm New Glasgow Public Library, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Description: In recognition of African Heritage Month, the New Glasgow Public Library in cooperation with the Halifax Peace Coalition will present the full-length screening of a film by Tavis Smiley, Beyond Vietnam: A Time to break the silence, which was delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4th, 1967 in New York. The little known speech provides great insight into Dr. King's anti - war views and deconstructs the meaning of the speech, as well as putting in into a contemporary context to current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Guest speaker Henderson Paris, Town of New Glasgow Councilor, will be on hand to help introduce the program by offering his reflections and perspective on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches. All welcome to attend.
HPC acts on Canadian policy that fosters
inequity or injustice, root causes of violence. Living in the shadow of
empire, we want a foreign policy that promotes justice, equity, and
peace. We are currently working on Canada's involvement
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