Paul S. Graham
Blog URL http://paulsgraham.ca
Located Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
Tags politics, activism, peace, Canada, social justice, anti-war
Communications, politics, peace and justice
Latest Blog Posts
- Malalai Joya’s video message to Canadian military families on Nov 17, 2009 in Peace War Afghanistan Canadian Peace Alliance Malalai Joya war in Afghanistan
November 17, 2009: Afghan MP Malalai Joya is in Winnipeg as a part of her Canadian tour to convince Canadians they must withdraw their troops from Afghanistan. Afghans, says Joya, must decide what happens in Afghanistan. Foreign intervention must end...
- Malalai Joya will tour Canada in November on Nov 4, 2009 in Miscellany Malalai Joya war in Afghanistan
Malalai Joya has been called the bravest woman in Afghanistan. (I suspect that may be an understatement.) She has repeatedly risked her life to speak out about the violence and poverty brought on by years of occupation and corruption. In November, sh...
- Democracy begins at work on Oct 30, 2009 in Mondragon United Steelworkers worker cooperatives
Because we vote every few years in elections we say we live in a democratic country. Yet every day, the economically active among us walk into work and check their democratic rights at the door. To some extent, the lack of decision-making power in th...
- Afghanistan, Canada and resisting the cult of human sacrifice on Oct 20, 2009 in Peace War Afghanistan Nibbling on The Empire war in Afghanistan War Resisters
Families of Canadian soldiers fighting in Afghanistan can now take comfort in knowing that even if their sons or daughters commit suicide they will receive the very same medal awarded to those killed by enemy fire. If nothing else, the federal govern...
- Peace Prize, Schmeese Prize on Oct 9, 2009 in Peace War Afghanistan Nibbling on The Empire Barack Obama
Barack Obama joins a short list of Nobel Peace Prize recipients whose awards for resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict were, to put it in the kindest way, premature. These include: 1994: Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the PL...
- Iran, nukes and imperial hypocrisy on Sep 26, 2009 in Peace War Nibbling on The Empire Iran Iranian nuclear enrichment nuclear non-proliferation nuclear weapons war with Iran
Dale Cummings’ cartoon (above) in today’s Winnipeg Free Press illustrates the fear-mongering hypocrisy surrounding Iran’s nuclear enrichment program that is being propagated by news media and governments world-wide. If all you saw w...
- A Deserter’s Tale: Joshua Key’s story of horror and hope on Sep 19, 2009 in Peace War Human Rights Nibbling on The Empire Iraq war Joshua Key War Resisters
Joshua Key is an American war resister who fought in Iraq and who sought refuge in Canada because of his war experiences. Author of “The Deserter’s Tale,” Joshua told the story of his recruitment into the U.S. Army, the carnage he w...
