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
Saturday, April 4, 2009 from 1pm until 2pm. Intersection of South Park and Spring Garden.
Intersection of South Park and Spring Garden Rd. Halifax Join our crosswalk banner action and leaflet. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will mark its 60th anniversary on April 4 and 5, 2009. At the same time, demonstrations will take place all over the world calling for an end to NATO’s war in Afghanistan. The Halifax Peace Coalition, New Socialists, Halifax-Dartmouth District Labour Council will be participating in pan-Canadian and international demonstrations on April 4 to demand an end to the NATO-led occupation that has already killed thousands of Afghan civilians and threatens to bring war to the entire region. It’s also time to abolish the Cold-War Relic NATO.
THE STRANGEST DREAM A NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA PRODUCTION Directed by Eric Bednarski Producer Kent Martin Written by Eric Bednarski & Barry Cowling
The film will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Eric Bednarski and NFB executive producer Kent Martin. Monday, March 9, 2009 | 7 pm (doors open at 6:15) FREE Oxford Theatre 6408 Quinpool Road Halifax
The Strangest Dream tells the story of Joseph Rotblat, the history of nuclear weapons and the efforts of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs – which he co-founded – to halt nuclear proliferation. Nuclear physicist Joseph Rotblat was branded a traitor and spy after walking away from the Manhattan Project, builders of the first atomic bomb. But, with Bertrand Russell, he went on to help create the modern peace movement, and eventually to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Thursday, February 19 12:00-12:30 p.m. Halifax Public Library, 5381 Spring Garden Rd. Halifax
On the First Official Visit of US President Obama
YES WE CAN:
Stop the War in Afghanistan & Stop the Bombing of Pakistan
Take Urgent Action on Climate Change
Bring Omar Khadr Home
Meet our Millennium Development Goals
Please come to our public rally to welcome U.S. President Barack Obama to Canada, his first official international visit of his presidency. Across the country, Canadians will be sending the President and our Prime Minister Stephen Harper the message that "YES WE CAN" have a world without war and that we can work together to take action on climate change and create a truly sustainable future.
Organized by the Halifax Peace Coalition. Email: hfxpeace_AT_chebucto.ca
Tuesday, January 13, 7:30 pm Scotiabank Auditorium Dalhousie University 6135 University Ave., Halifax
. Jewish Israeli author and speaker about non-violent strategies to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict . Co-founder Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (www.icahd.org) . On Free Gaza flotilla that first broke the Gaza siege in August 2008 . Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by American Friends Service Committee Sponsored by Canadians, Arabs and Jews for a Just Peace
and Independent Jewish Voices www.independentjewishvoices.ca
Nova Scotia Public Interest Group www.nspirg.org 240-2782
Thursday, January 15 7:30 - 9:30 PM Rm. 224, Student Union Dalhousie University, 6136 University Ave. Halifax
Free. All Welcome. Don't miss this important film. Learn more about the "Canada First Defence Strategy"
Acclaimed filmmaker Eugene Jarecki, creates a sense of urgency and moves beyond the headlines to uncover the deeper answers behind the American war machine in WHY WE FIGHT - Winner of the Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005. Inspired by Dwight Eisenhower's legendary farewell speech, filmmaker Jarecki surveys the scorched landscape of a half-century's military adventures, asking how, and revealing why he believes that the nation of, by, and for the people has become the savings-and-loan of a system whose survival depends on a state of constant war. Jarecki explores the gap between perception and reality, and is concerned not only with the viewpoint of Americans, but also with the perspective of those on the receiving end of the US war machine.
We must question Canada's new military transformation "Fight with the Canadian Forces"? Why does Canada spend 20X more on the military than on the natural environment? Why are we fighting with the US-led NATO and killing in Afghanistan? Why was the Canadian public not consulted on the Canada First Defence Strategy that commits the federal government to spend $490 BILLION on the military over the next 20 years? Watch the film and find out more.
*Anniversary of former President General Dwight Eisenhower's Address on the Military Industrial Complex on January 17, 1961*
Organized by NSPIRG and the Halifax Peace Coalition
or www.halifaxpeacecoalition.ca
Saturday, December 20 1:00-2:00PM Victoria Square Park (Corner of South Park St. and Spring Garden Rd.)
Please join us for a solemn vigil to mark the tragic death of 103 Canadians soldiers, 2 aid workers and 1 diplomat and thousands of innocent civilians in Afghanistan. This is the season of peace, so it is important that we take time out of our busy schedules to express our grief and to continue our call for an end of Canada's participation in the war/combat mission in Afghanistan. In December, the United Nations has again raised concern about civilian death from foreign troops and the International Council on Security and Development's study has found that the security situation in Afghanistan has worsened dramatically. We will have a short vigil at the park and then we will march slowly and silently down Spring Garden Road. We will have a special reading of Malalai Joya's latest speech. Malalai came to Halifax last fall and she is the courageous Afghan parliamentarian who was ousted unjustly from the government for her criticism of the corrupt Karzai government and the foreign occupation in her county. She wants peace for the women, men and children in Afghanistan. Please support Malalai's message and come to our vigil and wear black. Signs welcome. Let's show our government that Canadians are concerned about the soldiers' death and show Afghans that we are care about the hardships they are suffering.
Organized by the Halifax Peace Coalition. For more information: Web: www.hfxpeace.chebucto.org Email:
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Thursday, December 4th, at 7:00 pm The Potter Auditorium Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building 6100 University Ave, Halifax, NS Presented by the Metro Interagency on Family Violence and the Dalhousie Women's Centre.
In his new book, The War on Women: Elly Armour, Jane Hurshman, and Criminal Domestic Violence in Canadian Homes, Vallée uses Armour's life story and other case studies, including Hurshman's, to prove the need for a dramatic shakeup in North American legislative, law-enforcement, and judicial approaches to domestic criminal violence. Stephen Lewis wrote an impassioned foreword for the book, urging the creation of a fully funded United Nations international agency for women that would provide "a tremendous force for advocacy and intervention" and would "inevitably move toward the recognition that domestic violence is its own holocaust....We're not just fighting for women's human rights; we're fighting for women's lives."
With Thanks to: The Nova Scotia Deputy Minister's Interdepartmental Committee on Family Violence The Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women The Westin Hotel
Thursday November 27th 7pm Room 303 of the Dalhousie Student Union Building *Refreshments Provided, Childcare Available*
A panel discussion looking at the role Halifax plays in supporting the machinery of war. Come hear discussion on military recruitment, "No Harbour for War", the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, and the Dal Lockheed Martin funding, as well as to discuss ways to resist war locally. Featured panelists include: Andria Hill Lehr, whose son was deployed to Afghanistan and who has been a vocal critic of the war. She is also the author of A Mother's Road to Kandahar. Tamara Lorincz, a local peace activist with the Halifax Peace Coalition and the co-recipient of the 2005 International Peace in Space Award. Kaleigh Trace and Jesse Robertson, members of the Student Coalition Against War. Tony Seed, editor and publisher of Shunpiking Discovery Magazine and Shunpiking Online.
Monday, November 24 7:30-9:00 PM Room 105, Dalhousie Law School, 6061 University Avenue Come to watch Evo Morales Ayma, the President of Bolivia, give a profound speech at the United Nations this past September. Learn about the incredible Bolivian Indigenous Peoples' Movement, the new constitution
Friday, October 24: 7-9pm Room 105, 6061 University Avenue Dalhousie University
Join us for a free public talk with Scott Taylor, publisher and editor of Esprit de Corps Magazine and weekly columnist for the Chronicle Herald, as he discusses his recent experiences in Afghanistan and why the current military mission in Afghanistan will not work.
Saturday, October 25th: 1-3pm Beginning at Victoria Park (corner of Spring Garden and South Park), Ending at Grand Parade
Come out, take to the streets, and demand an END to the war in Afghanistan, an END to increased military spending at the expense of our social and environmental programs, and unite with others across Canada taking a stand in solidarity! as part of the National Day of Action. Bring drums, noisemakers, and snazzy slogans to tell the Conservative Minority that we need to negotiate a withdraw now, before another soldier or civilian is injured or killed. We need to take care of our fraying social programs and our fragile environment before we consider investing $490 billion in our military over the next twenty years. We need to make these priorities heard loud and clear, so come out and demand an END to this madness!
FILM NIGHT at the YWCA ON BARRINGTON: a presentation of "Helen's War" (documentary about Helen Caldicott) and "If you Love This Planet" from 7-9pm, September 18th at the YWCA on Barrington. Co-sponsored by the HPC and Physicians for Global Survival. Free. All welcome!
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)
