PROTEST THE ARMS TRADE:
Ten Hours Against State Terrorism
#CANSECdemo #CloseCANSEC
Wednesday, May
27, 8 am to 6 pm
(come for some or all of the day if you
can)
EY Centre, 4899 Uplands
Dr., Ottawa
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A Nonviolent Protest at
CANSEC-15
Canada’s
largest weapons fair, selling weapons and surveillance equipment.
Host to some of the world’s worst
human rights violators and torturers.
They come to buy!
Learn more.
PANEL DISCUSSION
Bill C-51: Real security
or a creeping police state?
Thursday, 12 March 2015, 7:00 pm
Ottawa Public Library Auditorium
120 Metcalfe Street
Presenters
· Abdullah Almalki, Canadian citizen, tortured in Algeria because RCMP sent them false allegations that he was an "imminent threat."
·
Matthew Behrens, Columnist, Founder of Homes Not Bombs
·
Denis Lemelin, National President, Canadian Union of
Postal Workers
·
Elizabeth May, MP, Leader of the Green Party of Canada
RALLY:
The
Public Safety Committee is meeting on Bill C-51.
JOIN
A SHORT RALLY!
Wednesday, March 11
Parliament Hill
12 noon
Come
out to tell the committee we are not
prepared to give up our rights! Bring
signs and banners.
Stop the attack on Iraq
Don't Bomb Syria
Join the Anti-War Movement
Saturday, October 25th
1 PM
Human Rights Monument
(corner of Lisgar and Elgin)
Bring your peace/anti-war banners, placards, etc.
CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL AGAINST WAR ON SYRIA
Saturday, September 7, 5 PM
Human Rights Monument (Elgin at Lisgar Street)
Solidarity
Syria jointly with anti-war activists, people of all faiths, the Syrian
Canadian Club (SCC) and Syrian League of Canada will be gathering
for a candle light Vigil against the War on Syria.
President
Obama continues to seek support in Congress and G20 countries for
military action against Syria. At the same time, opposition
grows and contains new voices. Pope Francis has asked to make
Saturday, September 7 a day of fasting and to hold vigils for peace in
Syria and the Middle East (Read his statement). Peace groups in Ottawa and across the World are responding to this positive call for peace.
We unite in understanding that outside interference and war are not the
answers to the tragic events unfolding in Syria! As stated by
Pope Francis “May a powerful cry for peace go up from every land!”
RALLY AGAINST
WAR ON SYRIA
Saturday, August 31, 5 PM
Human Rights Monument (Elgin at Lisgar)
March to the U.S. Embassy
Oppose the imminent US-led attack on Syria!
We must state in the strongest terms: HANDS OFF SYRIA!
Please join us with your banners and signs.
Regardless
of what one thinks of either the Syrian government or of the opposition
forces, we know from recent experience that:
-
NATO and its allies have and will continue to lie about the use of
Weapons of Mass Destruction to justify "humanitarian" intervention.
- NATO-led attacks, justified as a "responsibility to protect" (R2P)
civilians, have resulted in tens of thousands of civilian deaths. The
death toll from military attacks in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya can be
counted in the hundreds of thousands.
Read the call to action from the Canadian Peace Alliance
Diplomacy-not military action-is the solution.
Organized by Syria Solidarity, Nowar-Paix, and the Ottawa Peace Assembly
For more information: nowar.paix at gmail.com
BOOK LAUNCH
 Thursday, October 4
7 pm
251 Bank Street
Come listen to author and activist Yves Engler
discuss his new book
The Ugly Canadian — Stephen Harper's Foreign Policy
and the need to build a foreign-policy focused coalition to
STOP HARPER'S CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
Come early to get your "Stop Harper's Crimes" stickers.
 1st Ever Richard Nixon Award
To Stephen Harper
He Stands on Guard for the 1%
Presented on September 27, 2012 by Yves Engler, Author
Information about the award ceremony
 6th OTTAWA PEACE FESTIVAL
NOWAR-PAIX Panel Discussion
"Peace, Youth Activism and Social Media"
Wednesday. Sept. 26
7.00-9.00 pm,
233 Gilmour Street
CANSEC IS HERE!
Join
us to raise
awareness: 
Wednesday, May 30 at noon
Outside the Bank of Montreal
269 Laurier between Bank and O'Connor.
Help
distribute leaflets that connect the banks to nuclear weapons to CANSEC
participants as well as "Peace and Prosperity, not War and Austerity"
postcards. Download here.
Bring your CANSEC banners.
The 12 Year Tour
Two Events on Saturday, May 12, 2012
Rally: 1 pm at the Human Rights Monument
(Corner of Elgin and Lisgar)
Speakers:
Mohammad Mahjoub
Alex Neve (Amnesty International)
Sean McKenny (Ottawa District Labour Council)
Denis Lemelin (Canadian Union of Postal Workers)
Shelina Merani (Muslim Presence) |
Panel: 2:30 pm, Auditorium at
Ottawa Public Library, 120 Metcalfe St.
Speakers:
Yavar Hameed, Public Counsel
Mohammad Mahjoub
Representative of the Justice for Mahjoub Network
Free Admission |
For
12 years, Mohammad Mahjoub, a refugee from Egypt, has been detained in
Canada without charge under a security certificate on the basis of
secret information.
For the first time since his
arrest in June, 2000, he is able to travel outside of Toronto. He is
touring Ottawa, Montreal, Kingston, Guelph, London, Kitchener-Waterloo,
and Toronto. Ottawa is his first stop. Come out to hear his story.
Speaking tour coordinated by Justice for Mahjoub Network: www.supportmahjoub.org
Book Launch of "an extraordinary expose"
PAVED with GOOD INTENTIONS:
Canada's development NGOs from idealism to imperialism.
 By Nikolas Barry-Shaw and Dru OJA Jay
Thursday, April 26, 7 pm
T.A.N. Coffee, 317 Wilbrod St.
"NGOs
are as Canadian as hockey," a 1988 Parliamentary report declared. Few
institutions embody the image of Canada's international benevolence
like non-governmental organizations devoted to development abroad. But
do the actions of Canadian NGOs genuinely match this perception?
Ranging from poverty in Africa to turmoil in Haiti, from
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to the Afghanistan war, Paved with Good
Intentions uncovers the darker side of the role played by NGOs.
Learn more about the book at www.pavedwithgoodintentions.ca
Sponsored by: 
PROTEST AND VIGIL FOR THE PANJWAI MASSACRE
 Organized by Afghans for Peace, Ottawa and nowar-paix
MEET AT THE SPIDER
National Gallery of Canada
Sunday, March 25
12:30 PM
March through the Market to the US Embassy.
The
inhumane, cowardly killings of 9 children, 4 men, and 3 women in
Panjwai, Kandahar, Afghans for Peace Ottawa in a collective effort
along with NOWAR-PAIX, The Ottawa Peace Assembly, Ploughshares Ottawa
and the Afghan Student Union of the University of Ottawa have joined in
protest.
It is time that the
community in Ottawa stood up and spoke as one united, strong,
collective voice in the face of the injustices faced by the Afghan
civilians in Afghanistan.
 Panel Discussion
Dissent In Democracy
Wednesday, September 28
7 pm, PSAC Building, 233 Gilmour
Steven Staples - Rideau Institute, long-time political activist and campaigner
Jay Heisler - Veteran G8 Summit Protester and Researcher, St. Paul University
Derek James - Aboriginal Activist, Trade Unionist, and Political and Civil Disobedience Dissent Expert
Yavar Hammed - Human Rights Lawyer and Advocate
Moderator: Larry Rousseau, NoWar-Paix member and Trade Unionist
THE RIGHT DID WRONG —
How Stephen Harper’s government destroyed Canada’s reputation as an honest broker
and lost the vote for a seat at the UN Security Council.
Presentation by Yves Engler – Canadian Author and Activist
 Tuesday, February 15, 2011
7 pm
PSAC Building, 233 Gilmour at Metcalfe
No admission charge; Refreshments
Yves Engler is a Montréal activist and author. He has four published books: The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy (Shortlisted for the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non Fiction in the Quebec Writers’ Federation Literary Awards), Playing Left Wing: From Rink Rat to Student Radical and (with Anthony Fenton) Canada in Haiti: Waging War on The Poor Majority and Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid.
Yves
has made numerous presentations in Ottawa and is an excellent
speaker. We invite you to a provocative and insightful evening.
Sponsored by nowar-paix.
Slideshow and Discussion
Tuesday, December 7, 7:30 pm
91A Fourth Ave, east of Bank Street
Playwright and director Arthur Milner
traveled through the West Bank in June, 2010 on a twelve day tour
organized by Independent Jewish Voices. His slide show
presentation is based on this trip.
We
will be carrying the “world’s longest banner” from the PM’s office
through the market area, chanting and distributing “END IT; DON’T
EXTEND IT” postcards.
4th ANNUAL OTTAWA PEACE FESTIVAL
Nowar-Paix Events
Sept. 30 - Public Forum: Dissent in Canadian Democracy
7 pm, P.S.A.C. Building, 233 Gilmour Street
Panelists include:
Denis Rancourt, activist professor dismissed from the University of Ottawa
Lia Tarachansky, reporter for The Real News Network.
Yavar Hameed, Human Rights Lawyer
See the poster here.
Sept. 21 - Oct. 2 An Outdoor Peace Exhibit, 250 Range Rd.
RETHINKING AFGHANISTAN:
CANADA'S "WITHDRAWAL" IN 2011
Tuesday, May 18, 7 PM
91A Fourth Ave in the Glebe
Speaker: Raymond Legault of Échec à la Guerre
Discussion Follows
Check out the document "Canada’s Role in the Occupation of Afghanistan
BOOK LAUNCH
Meet and hear Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta, the author of REFUSING TO BE ENEMIES:
Palestind Israeli Nonviolent Resistance to the Israeli Occupation"
Tuesday April 27, 2010
7:00 PM
Friends' Meeting House
91-A Fourth Avenue (in the Glebe)
Information on the book and author
Brought to you by nowar-paix, Independent Jewish Voices, and the Ottawa Quakers.
Premier Ottawa Screening of the Documentary "Ghosts"
"Ghosts" was awarded the "Prix du Public"
at the Montreal Human Rights Film Festival 2010.
Co-sponsored by Amnesty International and Nowar-Paix
 Three
Canadian men; Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad El Maati and Muayyed Nureddin
were detained and tortured for months and years in Syria and, in Ahmad
El Maati's case, Egypt. Upon their release, they return to Canada and
try to find answers to why they were detained in the first place.
This
is a documentary about how fragile the balance between democracy, human
right and national security can be in the post 9/11 era. The film also
focuses on the effects of torture on the human mind and spirit.
Monday, April 26 2010
7:00 pm
Ottawa Public Library Auditorium
120 Metcalfe
Panel Discussion Follows
RETHINKING AFGHANISTAN
ARE WOMEN BETTER OFF?
Video and Discussion
Monday, April 12, 7 PM
Friends (Quaker) Meeting House, 91A Fourth Avenue
BOOK LAUNCH FOR
YVES ENGLER'S NEW BOOK
 Wednesday, 10 March, 7:00 PM
Chinese Community Centre
397 Kent Street at Florence
Not wheelchair accessible
Canadian foreign policy is the most pro-Israel in the world, Engler argues
Sponsored by nowar-paix.
Endorsed by:
Not In Our Name (NION)
Jewish Voices Against Zionism - Ottawa
Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) - Ottawa
Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) - Carleton
FORUM ON 'CORPORATISM AND PEACE'
Thursday, September 24 7 pm
150 Isabella Street
at O'Connor
9th floor, Executive Boardroom of the National Component, PSAC
Part of the 3rd annual Festival of Peace
Hosted by nowar-paix
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STOP BUSH'S SURGE!!!
 All
over the world, people will demonstrate on Jan. 27 in solidarity with
the US Peace Movement to call on the US government to stop the Bush
administration from sending more troops to Iraq. The newly elected
Democratic Congress, now in power because of the unpopularity of the
war in Iraq, is reluctant to refuse funds for Bush's escalation.
THE WORLD MUST LET THEM KNOW THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ACT!
Saturday, 27 January, 1 PM
Corner of Sussex and York
DECEMBER 10, INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY:
On December 10, at 1 pm on Parliament Hill, help us send a clear message during this election:
 STOP SECRET TRIALS IN CANADA ABOLISH SECURITY CERTIFICATES
NO DEPORTATION TO TORTURE
LET THEM GO, OR GIVE THEM FAIR TRIALS
Wear orange, if you can, in solidarity with the security
certificate,five whose garb has consisted of orange prison jumpsuits,
except for court appearances, for periods of time ranging from 2 to 6
years.
 CANADIAN PEACE ALLIANCE 20TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE
CHALLENGING CANADA'S ROLE IN EMPIRE
WORKSHOPS ON STRATEGY FOR THE MOVEMENT, AND INFORMATION SESSIONS ON WAR, MILITARIZATION, IMPERIALISM AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
Speakers include Michel Chossudovsk, Riad Saloojee, Steven Staples,
Debbie Grisdale, Richard Sanders, Jean St. Vil and many more.
See the full program.
HAITI DEMONSTRATION: Saturday, November 12, 2005 on Parliament Hill. Associated with the CPA Conference.
CONDI, GO HOME!!!
WAR RESISTERS WELCOME! WAR CRIMINALS NOT!
Rally Monday, 24 October, 6 PM
24 Sussex, Prime Minister's Residence 
Let
the Canadian Government know how much we disagree with Pierre Pettigrew
when he says, "No two countries in the world share a more close-knit
partnership than Canada and the U.S. Our two countries work side by
side every hour of every day in areas vital to both our
interests. However, it is face-to-face engagements that allow us
to consolidate that work, and to represent our respective nations on a
more personal level. I am very pleased to welcome Secretary Rice."
Bring your placards and noise makers.
Let the Canadian government know that we oppose all the Bush government stands for!
Posters and Handbills for "Condi, Go Home" demonstration
 TOGETHER AGAINST WAR-ENSEMBLE CONTRE LA GUERRE.
Saturday, September 24, 12 noon, Confederation Park
Information Fair, Speakers at Confederation Park, Parliament Hill, U.S. Embassy
Preliminary Events
1) 10 a.m., Kozayiti/Ottawa Haiti Solidarity Forum
Paul "Loulou" Chery, the General Secretary of the Confederation des
Travailleurs Haitiens, PSAC Building, 233 Gilmour (at Metcalfe)
2) 11 am, Student Coalition Against War (SCAW) Rally,
Morriset Library, University of Ottawa.
See Photo Report at YaYaCanada
SPECIAL NOWAR-PAIX MEETING
MAKE WAR AND POVERTY HISTORY:
THE UK MOVEMENT AFTER THE G8 AND THE LONDON BOMBINGS
Monday, July 25, 7pm
Room 123, Simard Hall, 60 Université, University of Ottawa (map)
Special Guest: Dylan Penner of Toronto Stop the War and ACTivist Magazine
who was in Gleneagles and will show a short video of the protests
there. The meeting will be an opportunity for a conversation and
discussion about the London bombings and the G8 protests in Gleneagles,
and the political implications of these events for the UK movement and
our own. Please join us! For further information email info@nowar-paix.ca.
The NO ONE IS ILLEGAL MARCH ON OTTAWA HAS ARRIVED.
LET'S GIVE A BIG WELCOME!!
 Participants
are marching from Montreal to Ottawa in solidarity with all non-status
persons in Canada, and in support of the main demands of the Solidarity
Across Borders network:
- the regularization of all non-status persons in Canada;
- an end to the deportation and detention of migrants;
- and the abolition of security certificates.
OTTAWA EVENTS WHEN THE MARCH ARRIVES ON SATURDAY, 25 JUNE
- 12 Noon.
All who can, meet the marchers at Marquis Park on Montreal Rd., just
west of Ogilvie Rd. and accompany them the last 8 kilometers to
Parliament Hill. (see map)
- 4 PM. Arrival at Parliament Hill. Marchers, non-status persons will speak.
- 6 PM. Celebration, Minto Park (rain location Jack Purcell Community Centre) Food, Music, Open Microphone
PHOTOS OF MARCH
CKUT Interview with Sophie Harkat
JUNE 8: NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION TO END CANADIAN DEPORTATION TO
TORTURE AND TO ABOLISH SECRET TRIALS
See photos at yayacanada.com
 HAITI FLAG DAY MAY 18
Two events:
11:30am
at 200 Promenade du Portage, Gatineau (Hull sector). Information picket
and leaflet session in front of the offices of CIDA, the Canadian
International Development Agency.
1:30pm at the French Embassy, Sussex Drive. Re-Affirming Haiti's Resititution Demands of France. More information.
 CONFRONT THE NATIONAL INSECURITY COMPLEX!
Canada’s National Security Policy is Contrary to Human Rights
Street Theatre and Demonstration during Opening of Symposium
8:00am, Wednesday, May 18th, Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa
See photos at yayacanada.
MARCH
19, 2005!!! WORLD-WIDE MASS ACTION.
SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE US LED INVASION OF IRAQ.
See
photos from March 19 action against Iraq Occupation at yayacanada.
M19 - End the Occupation PAGES .
 Fundraiser
- Sunday March 20, 2005 - 8pm, with David
Rovics
Rainbow Bistro - 76 Murray in the Byward Market (Download
Poster)
$10 at the door. $8 advanced ($5 students/unwaged)
Advance tickets at Octopus
Books, OPIRG
Ottawa U., OPIRG
Carleton
NO
TO BUSH PAGES
HAITI
EVENTS RECAP
NO
TO BMD PAGES.
TEACH-IN:
IMPERIALISM, WAR AND RESISTANCE.
Panels: Nature of Imperialism Today; Canada & the New World Order;
Strategies for Resistance. Saturday, March 12 12:30-6:00pm,
122 Lamoureux Bldg. University of Ottawa, 145 Jean-Jaques Lussier
St. (See map) (Download
Poster)
PUBLIC
PANEL ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN HAITI -- ONE YEAR AFTER THE COUP.
Thursday,
March 10, 6:30 pm, Tom Brown Arena Hall, 143 Bayview Rd. (at corner
of Scott St.),
two blocks west of Preston (see
map)
International panelists will be discussing the recent one-year anniversary
of the coup d'etat that overthrew the democratically-elected government,
and the current human rights disaster unfolding in Haiti. (See
details)
 EVENT:
DID CANADA PARTICIPATE IN "THE BETRAYAL OF HAITI"?
Presentation, film, discussion by journalist, Kevin
Pina who resides in Port-au-Prince and provides cutting edge
reporting of the situation in Haiti. Jean St-Vil, an Ottawa-Gatineau
based activist and journalist from the Haitian diaspora will moderate.
A fervent critic of the Bush Administration, St-Vil addressed Ottawa's
anti-war demonstrations on March 20th, 2004 and the No to Bush demonstrations
on November 30th, 2004.
Tuesday, February 8th, 7pm, Tom Brown Arena Hall - 141 Bayview Rd (corner of Scott St and Bayview, two blocks west of Preston St off
Scott) (see map) There
is an O-Train stop and Expressway stop right beside Tom Brown Hall,
and plenty of free parking. More
information. Download English Poster. French Poster
 Photos
of Nov. 30th Protests against Bush from Indymedia
Video
from the BBC
10,000
to 15,000 Rally against Bush
DETAILS
AT NO TO BUSH
MISSILE
DEFENCE PROTEST! Saturday, 27 November, 1 PM, Parliament Hill.
UNITE AGAINST STAR WARS AND DARTH VADER (A.K.A. GEORGE W.
BUSH)
 In advance of George W. Bush's visit to Canada on Nov. 30, we must
send a strong message to Paul Martin that Canadians want nothing
to do with BMD. We ask people of all ages, religions and ethnicities
to spell "NO BMD" with their bodies. Download
poster.
US
AND COALITION OUT OF IRAQ! Saturday,
20 November, 1 PM.
Gather at Parliament Hill. Rally
and March to the U.S. embassey.
 More
than 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died because of the Iraq war and
occupation. The U.S. bombing of Najaf, Sammarah, Sadr City in Baghdad,
Fallujah and other areas outside of the political control of the
occupying forces brings further death to innocent civilians. .Because
Paul Martin’s Liberals are intent on deeper integration with
the United States, there is a danger that they will decide to “answer
the call for peace keeping” in Iraq. This would be a tragedy,
since the situation in Iraq has nothing to do with peace keeping
and reconstruction. It is about occupation, influence, and oil.
We must continue to remind the Martin government that we consider
the war and occupation in Iraq to be illegal and immoral and that
we want Canada to stay out. Posters,
Handbills.
Reflections on the Referendum in Venezuela: An Eyewitness
Account
Thurs,
Oct. 28, 2004 / 7-9 pm, Ottawa Public Library Auditorium downstairs
120 Metcalfe St.
Marta Harnecker's documentary on present-day Venezuela. Speakers Nicolas
Lopez, Latin American Bolivarian Circle of Toronto and Greg Albo,
York University
Both Lopez and Albo spent time in Venezuela during the dramatic
referendum victory for President Hugo Chavez. They will share their
perspectives on the referendum campaign, and what is next for the
"Bolivarian Revolution" still unfolding in Venzuela. Poster
to download. The Socialist
Project - Ottawa Cosponsors: NOWAR-PAIX, Punto De Encuentro,
Café Justicia
 CALLOUT—CROSS-CANADA
DAY OF ACTION AGAINST MISSILE DEFENCE OCTOBER 2ND, 2004
What: CIRCUS AND PARADE
AGAINST MISSILE DEFENCE!
When: 1PM, October 2, 2004. Parade leaves for Parliament
Hill at 1:15, arriving at the Hill at 2:15, after passing the U.S.
Embassy for "Chalk and Awe".
Where: Minto Park (Corner of Elgin and Gilmour)
Why: To tell Prime Minister Paul Martin to keep
Canada out of the U.S. missile defence program!
Speakers: Renowned Canadian author Mel Hurtig, NDP MP Alexa McDonough, Bloc
Quebecois MP Claude Bachand, Defence Analyst Steven Staples (Polaris
Institute)
What
to Bring: Bring your banners, circus costumes, puppets,
and your ideas for a better way to keep Canada safe. Bring friends
and family, dogs, cats.
Cities across Canada are responding to the Canadian
Peace Alliance call to find creative ways to say NO to Missile
Defence, NO to Star Wars on October 2. Details
of Ottawa event. Posters, stickers, fliers to download and print. For more information, email: stopBMD@yahoo.ca
or phone: 565-5959.
REPORTBACK:
Opposing War is Not a Crime: Canadians Protest the Republican National
Convention
 After
a five-hour delay at the US Border, during which some activists
were racially profiled and others were abritraily denied entry,
a delegation of about 200 Canadians, including nine from Ottawa-Hull,
protested the Republican National Convention in New York City on
August 29th. Come out and hear how the group was received by the
US movement againt the Bush agenda!
Thursday, Sept. 16, 7 pm
McNabb Community Centre, community room
180 Percy Street at Gladstone
Download
poster
See
pictures of the march
TALK
BY SALMA YAQOOB : BRITAIN'S ANTI-WAR
MOVEMENT
 Thursday,
June 24, 7:30 pm
JK Wylie Board Room,
233 Gilmour in the PSAC building
Salma Yaqoob is a leading national figure in the British anti-war
movement and chairperson of the Stop
the War Coalition in Birmingham, Britain's 2nd largest city.
For more information contact Jessica
Squires. Download poster.
SECURITY
CERTIFICATES
 
A
PLAY: CRIES FROM THE LAND
 Tuesday
May 18 - Friday May 21, 2004 , 8pm
The Amphitheatre, Room 1124,
St. Paul University, 223 Main St.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at Octopus Books, CKCU Radio,
St. Thomas Church, St. Paul's Anglican Church.
CRIES FROM THE LAND is a play celebrating the tireless efforts of Israelis and Palestinians
who work together for peace. (See
Details)
DEMONSTRATION:
STOP THE DEPORTATION OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEES!
THURSDAY MAY 13th 11:30am - 1:30pm
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Jean Edmonds Towers
365 Laurier Avenue West (Intersection of Laurier and Kent St.)
The ongoing
struggle of over 40 Palestinian refugees, facing deportation from
Canada, will once again be taken to the streets of Ottawa. The Coalition
Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees
is calling for your solidarity and participation as we take the
struggle of the Palestinian refugees to the Federal offices of Citizenship
and Immigration Canada. See
photos.
PROTEST:
CANADA/ISRAEL WEAPONS & DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE
 Wednesday,
May 12th, 8:30am
Front of Westin Hotel, 11 Colonel By Dr. (Between Rideau & Daly)
See photos and
report.
Join us as we welcome the warmongers!
We will roll out a "Wall" Carpet for conference participants!
(Special guest: The Dis-Honourable Art "Eggs" Eggleton
as Humpty Dumpty)
Participate in the Raging Grannies Peace Symposium and song circle.
BENEFIT
FOR MOHAMED HARKAT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 8 PM
Rainbow Bistro, 76 Murray
St. Wednesday, April 21, 8pm. Rainbow
Bistro, 76 Murray St. Norman
Nawrocki, Cabaret Performance Artist. Opening acts: The
Vanity Press, Yavar Hameed, a local performer, and French singer,
Carolle Bertrand. Advanced
tickets available at Octopus Books, Ottawa Folklore Center and all
outlets of Bridgehead Coffee. More
information
REGIME
CHANGE IN THE AMERICAS--U.S. IMPERIALISM ON THE MOVE
 |
Sunday,
April 4, 2-5 pm, 101 Azrieli Theatre, Carleton University
(Building 31 on Campus
Map)
Pre-emptive war in Iraq; U.S. orchestrated coup in
Haiti; Attempted coup in Venezuela; U.S. Military build-up in
Colombia; Ongoing threat to Cuba.
Join a teach-in about these issues and help strategize a response.
Panel includes Jean St. Vil, activist and journalist, Justin
Podur, International Solidarity Movement, Mario Garcia, Minister-Counsellor
of the Cuban Embassy.
Download and print handbills (front and back) and a poster. |
BUSH
AND BLAIR LIED. THOUSANDS DIED. One year later, the world still
says NO to war!
1pm Saturday
March 20, Parliament Hill. Together Against War / Ensemble contre la guerre.
See reports
and photos at www.yayacanada.com.
Other great photos from March 20
Downloadable PDF Posters:Colour
11"x17" (can be shrunk to fit 8.5"x11").
Black & White 8.5"x14" with endorsements. Handbills (four
per 8.5"x14" page; can shrink to 8.5"x11") Endorsing
Groups
National
Days of Action in Support of Mohamed Cherf, March 9 and 12: Defending
Mohamed Cherfi, Defending the Principle of Sanctuary. These actions were called
to protest the violation of church sanctuary in the arrest of Mohamed
Cherfi and to demonstrate outrage at yet another attack on immigrant
and refugee rights. The first demonstration was well covered by
both radio and television. Read
a full report.
 Saturday,
February 7: Crash a Parliament Hill wedding!
Paul Martin's priorities are wrong: He can’t say yes to same-sex
marriage, but is ready to say yes to George Bush's star wars madness.
Paul Martin Jr. just can't seem to say no to George Bush Jr. --
a bad start to a relationship that affects us all. We invite you
to the "uncivil union" of Jr. and Jr. on Parliament Hill a week
before Valentine's Day. As Paul Martin promises to love, honour
and help pay for a new arms race, we all need to stand up for world
peace. The happy couple prefers expensive weapons to more traditional
gifts. So please bring cardboard missiles (as effective as missile
defense but much cheaper and safer) inscribed with your personal
message about their commitment to drag Canada into a new arms race.
A Missile
"Defense" (Star
Wars) participatory theatrical protest event by NOWAR-PAIX
and the Ottawa Raging Grannies.
 Protesting Missile "Defense": If you missed the February 7 "uncivil union" theatrical protest or wish
to relive the laughs, we have the acclaimed
script, more photos,
a review and a TV news story (3
mb .mpg file).
He must have seen our script: Defence Minister
David Pratt now says there is no deadline for Canada to join the U.S. missile
defence scheme, contradicting his earlier statement that Canada
must join by October.
Hey Paul Martin:
Canadians Still Say No to Star Wars!
FRIDAY DECEMBER 12, 9:00 AM, Sussex Dr at Mackay
Despite the Canadian government’s assurances that it has not decided to
participate in the Ballistic Missile Defence initiative, it is already
negotiating with the US. As Martin and his new cabinet arrive for their swearing
in, NOWAR-PAIX and supporters will be there to send a message: CANADIANS STILL
OPPOSE STAR WARS.
Join us 9:00am Friday, December 12 beside the traffic circle on Sussex Drive
near the entrance to Rideau Hall as we mark Paul Martin’s ascension.
Halloween Direct Action to Stop Secret Trials in Canada
National Headquarters of CSIS in Ottawa, Friday, October 31
Report
from Homes not Bombs
International
Day Against the Occupation Of Iraq
Rally Saturday October 25, 12 noon at the U.S. Embassy (Sussex at York)
Raging
Grannies' Photos and Report from Oct 25 march in Washington DC
 In
the 5 months since our last international day of action, the global peace-loving
majority has been proven right; the warmongers have been proven liars. No WMDs found in Iraq, just deprivation and a cruel military
occupation. It's
time to come together again...
Photos
and coverage of September 27 2003 rally
March to
End Security Certificates: Monday August 25 at 11am
Peaceful march against security certificates with families and supporters of the five men currently being detained.
Meet at The Canadian Tribute to Human Rights (Elgin Street at Lisgar)
Under Occupation: Palestine, Iraq
and Canada
Panel Discussion at Ottawa Public Library Main Branch (Laurier at Metcalfe)
Tuesday August 26, 7:00 to 10:00 pm
Film
"The Eye of the Day": Thursday July 24 at 7pm
Club SAW, 67 Nicholas St (Arts Court), Ottawa
Ottawa premiere of Indonesian
documentary followed by reception with food, music and discussion about
peace initiatives and the crisis in Aceh,
Indonesia. Free admission, donations accepted to support a local activist volunteering with Peace Brigades International in
Aceh.
NO BUSH PARTY: Friday July 4 at 5pm
 A
picnic at the
Rockcliffe Park Pavilion (map) in Ottawa with music, games, speaking out and a march to the U.S. ambassador's garden party.
Join us as we oppose the occupation of
Iraq, Missile "Defence" and the erosion of civil
liberties.
Downloadable
bilingual PDF posters (400K): Colour and Black & White
RESIST-DANCE: Artists Against War Peace Benefit Concert
Thursday June 19 at 8pm
The Mercury Lounge, 56 Byward Market Square, $8 at the door
Exposing the Real Paul Martin
Saturday June 7,
4:00 to 5:00pm
Main Entrance, Ottawa Congress Centre (Colonel By Dr.)
Join the Raging Grannies and others as we leaflet in front of the Liberal Leadership Forum.
Protest the position of Paul Martin and the Liberal government to join
in the Bush administration's Missile Defence. [FLYER]
Expose Paul Martin
web site
from The Hill Times: Martin's endorsement of
missile defence a victory for corporate lobbyists
For more information: TheRealPaulMartin2003@yahoo.ca
 THE PEACE CONCERT
Friday June 6 at 7:00pm
Café Alternatif, Basement of Simard Hall, University
of Ottawa (map).
Presented by Ottawa-Outaouais Students Against the War
[Details
and groovy posters]
Featuring local dancers & musicians.
$5 minimum donation at door. All proceeds to Oxfam Canada
All ages welcome.
* ROUND
TABLE DISCUSSION ON PALESTINE AND ISRAEL: May
22nd, 7:00pm. St. Paul's University, room 103. This is a round table
discussion for groups and individuals working on anti-war, anti-racism,
human rights, democracy and civil liberty issues within the context
of Palestine and Israel. The idea is to lay out the work that is being
done by various groups, and explore the potential for possible collaboration
and cooperation. NOWAR/PAIX is hosting the evening. Pamphlet
*
EXPOSING THE LIES!! What George Bush's regime is really all
about! Tuesday April 22, 2003 7:00pm. University of Ottawa, 161 Louis
Pasteur, Colonel By Hall, Room C03. Organised by Anti-Capitalist
Community Action. digitalindependence@riseup.net | (details)
* DIRECT ACTION AGAINST THE IRAQ WAR, UK High Commission, Ottawa, March 21, 2003 |
THE BLACK BOOK OF CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY
HUMAN RIGHTS RALLY
The
Raging Grannies, Nowar-paix and the PGA block teamed up to have a march
of victims of war and a noisy rally during a black-tie dinner where
deals were being made to spend our money or more military and
surveillance equipment. Sessions such as this, sponsored by CADSI
(Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries) promotes
increased militarism in Canada.
OTTAWA PEACE FESTIVAL
International Anti-War Protests
