For background, as part of the annual arms show, Lockheed-Martin hosts an "Hour of Good Cheer" where they liquor up the people who they hope will buy their products. What is wrong with this?
War is nothing to cheer about.
Procurement of these toys by the government takes money away from Children, Health, Education & the Environment (as well as delayed maintenance and salaries for CF personel)
We believe that attendance at such an event should constitute a violation of the conflict of interest guidelines (both because of the deliberate impairment of judgement, and because of the acceptance of a gift.)
Purchase of these products has a miniscule economic multiplication effect on the domestic economy versus application of these funds to the economic stimulus package.
Please come to a rally to call for the indictment of Condoleezza Rice for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Let’s show Condi that Canadians care about the rule of law, respect international law, and want truth and justice - please come to the Cunard Center, 961 Marginal Rd. in Halifax on Thursday, December 10 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Rice was the National Security Advisor and the Secretary of State who supported the illegal U.S. war and occupation of Iraq that has devastated the country and has tortured, injured, killed and raped Iraqis. The Chief Prosecutor for the Nuremburg Trials Benjamin Ferencz called the US War in Iraq "a supreme crime against humanity and an illegal war of aggression against a sovereign nation." (Ironically, Dec. 10th is International Human Rights Day).Find out more: http://www.eventgroup.ca/productDetails/1102645/1036743/1000832 Organized by Halifax Peace Coalition, Food Not Bombs, and Student Coalition Against War. For more info, visit: www.hfxpeace.chebucto.org / Email:
Tues. Dec. 8 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. in Room 224, Student Union Building, Dalhousie University, 6136 University Avenue, Halifax.
Taxi to the Dark Side is an important 2007 documentary film that won the 2007 Academy Award for Documentary Feature. It focuses on the tragic murder of an Afghan taxi driver named Dilawar, beaten to death by American soldiers while being held in extrajudicial detention at the Bagram Air Base. The film examines US CIA and military policies. This film is important for Canada – there is a public inquiry into Canada’s military delivering Afghan detainees into alleged torture. Donations appreciated. Organized by Halifax Peace Coalition, Student Coalition Against War, and NSPIRG. For more info, visit: www.hfxpeace.chebucto.org / Email:
1. Wednesday, December 2 from 7:30-9:00 p.m. at the Chaplaincy Acadia University, Wolfville.
2. Thursday, December 3 from 12:30-2:00 p.m. at Lord Dalhousie Room, Henry Hicks Building (Administrative Clock Tower Building) at Dalhousie University in Halifax
3. Thursday, December 3 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at the Seton Auditorium, Seton Academic Building, Mount Saint Vincent University, 166 Bedford Highway in Halifax
Free, public talk.
Former Senator Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C. will talk on "Obama and the End of Nuclear Weapons" and speak on his new book "Creative Dissent: A Politician Struggle for Peace." Douglas Roche is an author, parliamentarian and diplomat, who has specialized throughout his 35-year public career in peace and human security issues. He is the former Chairman of the United Nations Disarmament Committee and the Middle Powers Initiative. Mr. Roche has recently been meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on the UN 5-point Action Plan for nuclear disarmament. The author of 19 books, his latest Creative Dissent: A Politician's Struggle for Peace will be for sale. Organized by the Halifax Peace Coalition (HPC), Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace, and Mount Saint Vincent University. For more info, visit: www.hfxpeace.chebucto.org / Email:
TUES. DEC. 1 AT 7:30 PM Room 224, Student Union Building, Dalhousie University, 6136 University Avenue
Free public screening on Tues. Dec. 1 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. in Room 224, Student Union Building, Dalhousie University, 6136 University Avenue, Halifax. Please come to watch this important new film “Rethink Afghanistan” by Brave New Foundation. Rethink Afghanistan is a 2009 documentary about the ongoing war in Afghanistan. This full-length documentary campaign features experts from Afghanistan, the U.S., and Russia discussing critical issues like military escalation, how escalation will affect Pakistan and the surrounding region, the cost of war, civilian casualties, and the rights of Afghan women. Donations appreciated. Organized by Halifax Peace Coalition, Student Coalition Against War, and NSPIRG. For more info, visit: www.hfxpeace.chebucto.org / Email: halifaxpeacecoalition_AT_gmail.com
SAT., NOV. 21 AT 1PM Cornwallis Park (in front of the Westin Hotel, 1181 Hollis Street)
Please join the peace community to call for Canadian troops out of Afghanistan and out of NATO. Come from 1-2pm at Cornwallis Park (in front of the Westin Hotel, 1181 Hollis Street) in Halifax. Outside the German Marsall Fund’s International Security Forum Conference where MP Peter Mackay and US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates will be speaking: http://www.gmfus.org/halifax/index.html Organized by New Media Services, Halifax Peace Coalition, Student Coalition Against War, NSPIRG and SALSA. For more info, visit: www.hfxpeace.chebucto.org / Email: halifaxpeacecoalition_AT_gmail.com
FILM: Locked Up Abroad: Iraq TALK: Unembedded War Reporting in Iraq & Afghanistan
Thursday, October 22 7:30 - 9:00 PM Alumni Hall, New Academic Building University of King's College, Halifax (Campus Entrance off 6350 Coburg Rd.)
Co-hosted by the School of Journalism, University of King's College
Scott Taylor, a former professional soldier, has been editor and publisher of Esprit de Corps, an Ottawa-based magazine since 1988. Since August 2000, Scott has made a total of 21 trips into Iraq to report on the effects of the UN sanctions, the ravages of depleted uranium following the 1991 Gulf War, and the war and occupation by the United States. In September 2004, he was held hostage in northern Iraq. Locked Up Abroad is a new film about his harrowing ordeal. Scott has made two unembedded trips into Afghanistan over the past two years. In the course of those visits he has interviewed former warlords, Taliban leaders, senior members of the Karzai administration, civilian aid workers, foreign contractors, ex-Special Forces troops and top NATO officials. Taylor regularly appears in the Canadian media as a military analyst and has a weekly column in the Chronicle-Herald newspaper.
Organized by the Halifax Peace Coalition (HPC). For more information, visit: www.hfxpeace.chebucto.org / Email:
November 21, 2009 7-9pm Multipurpose Room, Rosaria Student Centre, Mount Saint Vincent University, 166 Bedford Highway in Halifax
Come to hear courageous Afghan MP Malalai Joya and author of the new book "Woman Among the Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice". Free talk from 7-9pm at the Multipurpose Room, Rosaria Student Centre, Mount Saint Vincent University, 166 Bedford Highway in Halifax. Donations welcome for the Malalai Joya Defence Fund and Tour. Organized by Halifax Peace Coalition, Student Coalition Against War, the Canada Palestinian Association, Food Not Bombs, NSPIRG and SALSA. For more info, visit: www.hfxpeace.chebucto.org / Email: halifaxpeacecoalition_AT_gmail.com
Malalai Joya, a woman from Afghanistan who sat in the Afghan parliament will be speaking in Halifax.
Film Screening and Discussion for *International Keep Space for Peace Week (October 3-10)
<span class="date_of_event">Tuesday, October 67:00 - 9:00 PM
Just Us! Café
5896 Spring Garden Rd.
Halifax
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A free public showing of an important film for International Keep Space for
Peace Week. The film features Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power
in Space Coordinator Bruce Gagnon, Noam Chomsky and Apollo 14 astronaut
Edgar Mitchell talking about the very real dangers of moving the arms race
into space. The one-hour production features archival footage, Pentagon
documents, and clearly outlines the U.S. plan to "control and dominate"
space and the Earth below. Noam Chomsky talks about how the U.S. intends to
use space technology to control the Earth and reminds the viewer that the
U.S. refuses to negotiate a global ban on weapons in space. He also speaks
about the role of the media in suppressing this important current issue.
Find out how the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are fought by space. The
screening is co-organized with the Nova Scotia Voice of Women. For more
information, please contact the Halifax Peace Coalition at
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Thursday, September 10 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. at the Cunard Centre (next to Pier 21)
Please join us in our protest of the Lockheed Martin Hour of Good Cheer.
For background, as part of the annual arms show, Lockheed-Martin hosts an "Hour of Good Cheer" where they liquor up the people who they hope will buy their products. What is wrong with this?
War is nothing to cheer about.
Procurement of these toys by the government takes money away from Children, Health, Education & the Environment (as well as delayed maintenance and salaries for CF personel)
We believe that attendance at such an event should constitute a violation of the conflict of interest guidelines (both because of the deliberate impairment of judgement, and because of the acceptance of a gift.)
Purchase of these products has a miniscule economic multiplication effect on the domestic economy versus application of these funds to the economic stimulus package.
<span class="date_of_event">Wednesday, Sept. 97:00-9:00 PM
Just Us! Café
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Halifax</span>
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‘MYTHS FOR PROFIT' is a dramatic, exposé documentary which explores
'Canada’s role in Industries of War and Peace’. Through diverse interviews
and case studies this documentary unveils the specific interests and profits
that are made by certain corporation, individuals and agencies within
Canada. The Canadian government and the military would like us to believe
that we are altruistic peacekeepers helping people around the world. But is
this accurate? 'MYTHS FOR PROFIT' examines how these misconceptions are
maintained and who stands to gain by perpetuating them. By understanding the
systems of power in Canada we can move forward in challenging how they
operate and collectively create change. Learn about US weapons companies
lobbying our government. Find out about the expansion in Nova Scotia of
Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest weapons manufacturer. Help with our
campaign: Lockheed Martin Get Lost! Free but donations appreciated. All
Welcome. For more information, please contact the Halifax Peace Coalition at
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Thursday August 6 3:30-5:30 World Peace Pavilion, Alderney Landing, Dartmouth Waterfront Park to the east of the Ferry Terminal
Remembering the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Halifax explosions of 1917 and 1945
3:30-4:00 pm Paper crane folding, painting
4:00-5:30 event participants include: Joan Smith - Mi'kmaq Drum Song; Kojo, Raging Grannies; Poet and Minute of Silence - Roger Davies; Singers Bob Anthony; David Roback with Sandy Greenberg; Dramatic readings "Childhood Memories" - Halifax Explosion 1917 and Bedfor Explosion 1945. All welcome to this free public event. This event is held to commemorate the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan in August of 1945 and to call for global peace and the abolition of nuclear weapons.
Organized by the Nova Scotia Voice of Women, Halifax Peace Coalition and Physician for Global Survival.
Tuesday, August 4 6:30-8:30 pm Helen Creighton Room, Alderney Gate Public Library 60 Alderney Drive (Alderney Landing), Dartmouth
With Director Eric Bednarski in attendance
A free public screening of "The Strangest Dream", a new award-winning film about the history of nuclear weapons and the disarmament movement. It profiles nuclear physicist Joseph Rotblat, who worked on the Manhattan Project but then dedicated his life to nuclear abolition and later won the Nobel Peace Prize. This screening is held to commemorate the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan in August of 1945 and to call for global peace and the abolition of nuclear weapons. The director Eric Bednarski, a Halifax-based film-maker, will answer questions after the film.
Organized by the Nova Scotia Voice of Women, Halifax Peace Coalition and Physician for Global Survival.
Sunday, June 7 2:00-4:00 PM Just Us Caf<E9>! 5896 Spring Garden
Read and Discuss!
Please join the Halifax Peace Coalition in our second annual book club café. We will be discussing two books: the anti-war classic War is a Racket by US General Smedley Butler, one of the most decorated American Generals, written in 1935; and we will also be discussing Yves Engler’s new book, The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy. The books can be purchased at Outside the Lines Bookstore, 6265 Quinpool Rd, Halifax (902) 422-3544. You can also buy the book through Amazon www.amazon.ca please give yourself 2 weeks. There will also be a special screening of Conscience Canada's short-film: Work for Peace, Stop Paying for War.
Free. All welcome. Organized by the Halifax Peace Coalition. For more information, please contact HPC: hfxpeace_AT_chebucto.ca
Monday, June 1 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm Room 105, Weldon Law Building, Dalhousie
* Featuring a special performance by the Halifax Theatre Collective*
Adil Charkaoui, a Montreal teacher and father of three children, has been at the forefront of an important struggle for justice in Canada for over six years.
Arrested in 2003 under an immigration "security certificate", Charkaoui spent two years in prison and four years under draconian conditions, pending a court hearing of his certificate which, to date, has never taken place. The interim conditions forced his mother or father to accompany him each time he left home, prevented him from using any phone except the one in his home, and imposed many other restrictions on him. All of that time, he has lived under the threat of deportation to Morocco, where Immigration Canada recognizes that he would be at risk of torture or death.
Charkaoui has never been charged with any crime nor had any trial whatsoever. Under the security certificate process, specific allegations and the information used against the detainee can be kept secret. In February 2007, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the security certificate legislation was unconstitutional, but left the law in place until February 2008, when Parliament ratified almost identical new security certificate legislation.
In February 2009, the Federal Court finally lifted most of the interim conditions imposed on Charkaoui. However, Charkaoui is still forced to wear a GPS-tracking bracelet. He also continues to live under the label of "suspected terrorist" - which has cost him his job and much else - and under the threat of deportation to torture. Charkaoui thus continues his struggle to clear his name and achieve justice in Canada.
Charkaoui is among five men in Canada who are subject to security certificates. Over the coming months, some of their cases will be reviewed in Federal Court under the new, but no less unjust, security certificate legislation.
Timeline
* 1995 Charkaoui family (Adil, his sister, mother and father) moves to Canada as permanent residents * May 2003 Charkaoui arrested and imprisoned without charge or trial * February 2005 Charkaoui released from prison but placed under draconian conditions (still without charge or trial) * February 2007 Supreme Court of Canada strikes down security certificate legislation, but leaves law in place for a year * February 2008 New security certificate legislation ratified by Parliament; new security certificates issued against Charkaoui and four others * June 2008 Supreme Court rules that CSIS can no longer destroy evidence * February 2009 Federal Court releases Charkaoui from almost all his conditions
Contact: (902)-488-6071
Organized by Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group (NSPIRG) & the Halifax Peace Coalition. For more information, please email: hfxpeace_AT_chebucto.ca or web: http://www.hfxpeace.chebucto.org
Tuesday, May 19 from 7:00-8:45 PM Dalhousie Student Union Building 6136 University Avenue
‘MYTHS FOR PROFIT' is a dramatic, exposé documentary which explores
'Canada’s role in Industries of War and Peace’. Through diverse interviews and case studies this documentary unveils the specific interests and profits that are made by certain corporation, individuals and agency within Canada. The Canadian government and the military would like us to believe that we are altruistic peacekeepers helping people around the world. But is this accurate? 'MYTHS FOR PROFIT' examines how these misconceptions are maintained and who stands to gain by perpetuating them. By understanding the systems of power in Canada we can move forward in challenging how they operate and collectively create change.
Free but donations appreciated. All Welcome. Organized by the Halifax Peace Coalition. For more information, please email: hfxpeace_AT_chebucto.ca or web: http://www.hfxpeace.chebucto.org
Friday May 8, 2009 12noon-1pm Halifax Spring Garden Main Branch Public Library
This Friday, May 8th the Voice of Women for Peace will hold its annual Mother's Day Peace vigil in front of Spring Garden Public Library from noon-1pm.
Join us as we honour Mother Earth by calling for a complete ban of Uranium mining in Nova Scotia. We will be distributing pamphlets and asking people to sign petitions.
All are welcome: young and old, female and male! Rain or shine.
PS - if anybody is able to bring an additional clipboard, please contact ruthbishop08_AT_gmail.com.
Saturday, May 9 12:00-1:00 PM Spring Garden Public Library 5381 Spring Garden Road, Halifax
Bring your lunch and your babies and join us in our Mothers' Day Peace Picnic. Did you know that Mother's Day is Peace Day? In 1870, Julia Ward Howe founded Mothers' Day with her Mother's Day Proclamation, which was a call for disarmament and peace. There will be music and a craft for kids - to help design a "Tree of Peace on Mother Earth". The children's messages will be sent to Ottawa. The event is free and open to everyone (fathers welcome too!). Weather-permitting. Organized by the Halifax Peace Coalition. For more information, please email: hfxpeace_AT_chebucto.ca
Scott Taylor, Esprit de Corps Editor, Chronicle Herald Columnist & Journalist, will be speaking on his new book “Unembedded: Two Decades of Maverick War Reporting” and his recent trip to Afghanistan.
TRURO Tuesday, April 14th 7:30-9:30 p.m. Riverview Room, Jenkins Hall Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus in Truro For more information, please call Dick Cotterill Ph. (902) 897-0699.
WESTVILLE Wednesday, April 15th 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30) Westville Municipal Building Auditorium 2042 Queen Street, Westville For more information, please contact: Steven MacLean, Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library Ph. 902-755-6031
WOLFVILLE Thursday, April 16th 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Beveridge Arts Centre, Room 244, Acadia University 10 Highland Avenue, Wolfville (Venue is located at the corner of Highland & Main.) All welcome to this free, public event. For more information about this event, please contact: Wendy Trimper, Annapolis Valley Regional Library Toll free - 866-922-0229.
HALIFAX Friday, April 17 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Alumni Hall, University of King's College 6350 Coburg Rd., Halifax All welcome to this free, public event. Organized by the Halifax Peace Coalition. Co-sponsored by the King's College School of Journalism. For more information, please visit: http://www.hfxpeace.chebucto.org
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
in:
Students Coalition Against War
(SCAW)