[*Organizing meeting for Tibet demonstration is this Thursday, April 3 at 7pm at 6050 University Avenue at Dalhousie, Room 142 (Teaching Lab 3) to plan and to make a banner.]
Tuesday, March 8
(Dalhousie-FASS/McCain Building) Saturday, March 12
(Saint Mary's University-Burke Theatre) Sunday, March 13
(Saint
Mary's University-Burke Theatre) Monday, March 14
(Dalhousie-FASS/McCain Building)
'Real' reality programming you won't see on TV. An incredible line-up of films on War, Globalization, Peak Oil, 9/11,
Environment, Food Security, Consumerism, Sustainability, Justice,
Money, Urban Design, Peace, Social Justice, Civil Liberties, Media,
Weaponization of Space, Democracy...
Monia Mazigh led an international battle to free her husband, Maher
Arar, from jail in Syria and forced Paul Martin to launch an
inquiry into the government's handling of the case. Monia will be
speaking at the McCain FASS building on University Ave. at 7:30 pm on
Tuesday, March 15 as part of the McKay lecture series. Also March 16, 4:30pm
Monday March 7, 7:30pm
Darrell
Anderson is a former US army soldier who served in Iraq for eight
months, but has refused to return and is seeking refugee status in
Canada. Public meeting in room 105, Weldon law Building, 6061
University Ave.
Monday February 21, 7pm HPC,
the Council of Canadians, and local MP Alexa McDonough are
hosting a Town Hall on Missile "Defense" in the McCain FASS
building on University Ave. Come hear what others have to say
and speak
your mind on this crucial issue.
Tuesday February 15, 7pm On the second anniversary of the largest global
protest when the world came together to say "No War on Iraq", come out
to help plan a People's Summit in Halifax. The summit will
take place in June on the 10th
anniversary of the first P7 People's Summit. It will let us come
together to look at what we have achieved in
the past 10 years and how we can use current possibilities to create
the world we want. Meet at the Weldon Law Building, University Ave. All
welcome!
US Ambassador to Canada Paul Cellucci will be making his last official
visit to Nova Scotia on Thursday and has been invited to a reception at
our legislature by John Hamm. Please join the Halifax Peace Coalition
(who were not invited!) at the Hollis St. entrance to the legislature
from 3:30 to 5:00pm. We'd like to share with Mr. Cellucci, before he
leaves, the many messages we've been presenting over the past two years
and will be lining Hollis St. with all of our banners on missile
defense and the war in Iraq.
The death toll from the Indian Ocean tsunami may exceed 150,000. For a
sense of perspective, this is the number of occupation troops in Iraq. Other comparisons and Oxfam appeal...
In the CBC National newscast of Wednesday, December 1, 2004 the CBC
failed to report that more than six thousand people gathered in the
streets of Halifax to protest George Bush's visit - the largest rally
ever held in Halifax. To view the CBC clip and letters of concern about
the CBC coverage, go to...21 second video of CBC NEWS for December 01, 2004. For alternate coverage, view a photo documentary by Beacon corresponent, Andrew Wright, go to...Bush Visits Halifax December 2004 or coverage of the Halifax and Ottawa protests at the People's Global Action Website.
Police estimated a crowd of at least 7,000 protesters marched through downtown Halifax Wednesday morning to protest U.S. President George Bush's visit to Halifax. The event was organized by a coalition of more than thirty Atlantic peace organizations and was loud but peaceful. Participants came from all around the Atlantic area, taking the day off work or school to tell the American and Canadian governments, "He's Not Welcome, Eh!"
Early Tuesday evening,
cries of "Guilty!" rang from Victoria
Park in downtown Halifax. This was the verdict rendered by the general
public after watching the "trial" of U.S. President George W. Bush. The
play, written by the organization Lawyers Against War, was performed by
members of the Halifax Peace Coalition (HPC).
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:
Four
Days of Not-to-Miss Films!
Students Coalition Against War
(SCAW)