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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
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.


Organized by NOWAR-PAIX and the Ottawa Peace Assembly.
www.nowar-paix.ca | www.ottawapeace.org



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!”


 

Don't Attack Syria

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 

book coverThursday, 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.


Harper Award1st 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


peace dove6th OTTAWA PEACE FESTIVAL

    September 21 - October 02, 2012 (See full schedule)

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:                 Poster

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

With Mohammad Mahjoub

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


sponsors


Book Launch of "an extraordinary expose"

PAVED with GOOD INTENTIONS:  
Canada's development NGOs from idealism to imperialism.

Book coverBy 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: sponsors


PROTEST AND VIGIL FOR THE PANJWAI MASSACRE

posterOrganized 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.


Event flyer


PosterPanel 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

HarperTuesday, 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

title

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. 


END IT – DON’T EXTEND IT!!

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 12:45 pm
PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE (South-west corner of Elgin and Wellington)

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.


Islamophobia event


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

G20 protests

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

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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"

Book cover

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

GhostsThree 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?

Afghan woman

Video and Discussion
Monday, April 12, 7 PM
Friends (Quaker) Meeting House, 91A Fourth Avenue


BOOK LAUNCH FOR
YVES ENGLER'S NEW BOOK

Canada And Israel: Building Apartheid.

Book CoverWednesday, 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


Peace SignPeace SignSTOP ARMS TRADE ON CITY PROPERTY
Join the Peace Surge Now

IT IS NOT TOO LATE!!

PACK THE COUNCIL CHAMBER!!!

Wednesday, 24 June
Ottawa City Council Meeting
City Hall, 110 Laurier Ave., West

The Council meeting starts at 10:00 a.m..  The meeting agenda will be posted on Friday.  As soon as we have it, we will post an estimate of the time of the CANSEC vote.  We ask you to come and wear something white to identify yourself as a supporter of the ban.  The city councillors who have helped us with this process will continue to champion the ban.  They need our help!

We need letters to Councillors!
Take a moment to let your councillor know
that you want no more arms trade shows on city property!
Find your councillor here.

We have identified "Swing-Vote" Councillors
We must reach them before next Wednesday, 24 June.
Find out who they are and what to do here.


 

BENEFIT

Thursday, September 11, 2008, 7 pm
Bytowne Theatre

Winner of the OSCAR for best documentary of 2007

TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE

Proceedings went to nowar-paix and the Justice for Mohamed Harkat Committee


Taxi to the Dark Side



BOOK LAUNCH

black bookTHE BLACK BOOK OF CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY
By Yves Engler

May 6, 2009, 7:00pm
Montpetit 202, University of Ottawa
Event is Free!

Yves Enlger will debunk myths regarding Canada's historic role as peacekeeper on the world stage, giving particular emphasis to Canada's role in Afghanistan in light of a wider context of Canadian imperialism. Sponsored by Student Coalition Against War, nowar-paix, OPIRG


Abousfian AbdelrazikHUMAN RIGHTS RALLY

BRING ABOUSFIAN ABDELRAZIK BACK TO CANADA!

Friday, 12 September, 12 Noon
Human Rights Monument (Elgin at Lisgar)

Abousfian Abdelrazik, a Canadian citizen, is currently in limbo in the Canadian Embassy in Sudan, with the Canadian government obstructing every effort to bring him home.  His lawyer, Yavar Hameed, needs public support in his effort to bring Abousfian back. 

Speakers at the rally included Paul Dewar, Monia Mazigh and Yavar Hameed.  They indicated the extent to which the government is repeating the same shameful behaviour as in the Mahar Arar case!



CANSEC--
CANADA'S LARGEST WEAPONS FAIR

skullThe 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.

Check out the photos.


 

End It

m15 march

International Day of Action  

WORLD AGAINST WAR
SATURDAY, MARCH 15

On March 15, people across Canada demonstrated that the peace movement is stronger than ever even though the Liberals caved in to the Conservatives and voted to extend the war in Afghanistan until 2011. 

Check out the coverage!
This is what democracy looks like!

Video:  "Harper, We're Your Nightmare"
Photos from YayaCanada
Toronto Star
Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa Sun


Benatta

Benamar Benatta spent nearly five years in detention centres in Buffalo and Brooklyn, even though he was cleared of any links to terrorism. (CBC)  Read Article.
See new article in the Citizen.

An Evening with Benamar Benatta
Canada's First 9/11 Rendition to Torture

Tuesday, January 29, 7:30 pm
Public Service Alliance of Canada
233 Gilmour Street- (at Metcalfe)

Demand a Public Review for Benamar Benatta

Vigil and Walk to Prime Minister’s office to Present Petitions demanding a public review.
Wednesday, January 30, at 10:30 am
Meet at Centennial Flame, Parliament Hill.


Don't nuke Iran

RALLY AGAINST WAR ON IRAN

Saturday, December 15, Noon
Meet at the corner of Sussex and York (map)
Join us for a short rally and walk through the market to hand out leaflets to demand:
HARPER SPEAK OUT: NO TO U.S. WAR ON IRAN! 
BREAK THE SILENCE!  NO MORE DISASTROUS WARS!

Peace sign

TWO ACTIONS:

October 26, 2007. SPOTLIGHT ON THE MERCHANTS OF DEATH.
See video, story, and pictures at ActivistMagazine.com

October 27, 2007. MARCH TO BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW. 
Pictures and videos coming soon!


 

Peace SignOTTAWA PEACE FESTIVAL

Working together toward a culture of peace.

Celebrate the United Nations International Day of Peace on Friday, 21 September, and the United Nations International Day of Nonviolence on Tuesday, 2 October.

The festival runs from 20 September to 2 October. It starts at Ottawa City Hall at 6 PM on Thursday, followed by numerous events throughout all the days of the festival. Sponsored by the Department of Peace. See their News and Successes page for information about festival events.


IRAN:  THE NEXT WAR?
with Prof. Michel ChossudovskyIran map

Tuesday, June 5, 7 PM
Ottawa Public Library Auditorium
Admission Free

Professor of Economics at the University of Ottawa since 1968, Michel Chossudovsky is the author of  The Globalisation of Poverty and the New World Order (2nd ed., 2003) and America's "War on Terrorism" in the Wake of 9/11 (2nd ed., 2005).
He is Director/Directeur of the Centre for Research on Globalization/Centre de recherche sur la mondialisation at www.globalresearch.ca.  (Prof. Chossudovsky's books can also be purchased, in hard copy or PDF format, directly from globalresearch.ca.)

Download the poster.      Download the flyers.



MARCH 17 DAY OF ACTION IN OTTAWA/GATINEAU
peace on earthInternational Anti-War Protests
Fourth Anniversary of Iraq Invasion.

Ottawa/ Gatineau event draws 300.

Photos and a report by YaYaCanada

Photos by Shannon


Bush and Condi Lied

NO TO CONDI
NO TO BUSH'S AGENDA
NO TO GUANTANAMO
NO TO SECRET RENDITION
NO TO TORTURE
NO TO ILLEGAL WARS
NO TO THE SECRET SPP

CONDOLEEZA RICE VISITS OTTAWA
with the Homeland Security Secretary.
COME AND HELP US SAY -- CONDI GO HOME!!!

Friday, 23 February, 3:30 PM
Lester B. Pearson Building,
125 Sussex Drive (map)
Bus 3 from the Rideau Centre (7 minute ride) at 14:45 15:05 15:27                     
BRING YOUR SIGNS AND NOISE MAKERS!

The Council of Canadians will be there serving Bridgehead hot chocolate to all and telling us about the secret deals being made. 
Family friendly.

   

STOP BUSH'S SURGE!!!

Bush PortraitAll 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.
Information: justicepourmohamedharkat@yahoo.ca
SEE THE REPORT ON THE HARKAT DEMONSTRATION AT YAYACANADA

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

  1. 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)
  2. 4 PM. Arrival at Parliament Hill. Marchers, non-status persons will speak.
  3. 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
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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 

Downloadable posterIn 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 occupationIt's time to come together again...  

Photos and coverage of September 27 2003 rally
Details for Sept 27 rally (1pm Parliament Hill)

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

concert_poster_1.jpg (311227 bytes)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