Fredericton Peace Coalition

Agustín Ríos Cruz is an odontologist (graduate of the Benito Juárez University of Oaxaca) and member of the CODEP-APPO (Coordinadora de Defensa de los Pueblos). Agustín Ríos had taken the charge of investigating the environmental impacts of mining projects, both open-pit mines and industrialized tunnel mining. His work was spurred by the presence of a number of projects developed by Canadian mining companies in the Valley of Ocotlán. These projects have proceeded without any consultation with local indigenous communities.

L’Afrique de l’Ouest a une abondance en ressources naturelles lucratives. La plupart des pays de l’Afrique de l’Ouest dépendent des revenus provenant des industries extractives. Plutôt que profitables, ces ressources naturelles ont des effets dévastateurs sur la stabilité socioéconomique, politique et environnementale. Les industries extractives sont cause de corruption accrue. Ce secteur est aussi source des conflits armés et de violence dans la plupart des régions riches en minerai.

The Abu Halima family’s agony began when the family was taking shelter from Israeli missiles in the foyer of their two-floor home in the Jabaliya area of the northern Gaza Strip on 11 January when two white phosphorous bombs struck.

The 2nd Annual Fredericton Palestine Film Fest invites all to a film about Palestine every Thursday in May in Fredericton.

When: 7pm, Thursdays in May
Where: Renaissance College, 811 Charlotte St., Fredericton
Discussion following film.
Admission by donation.

May 28 – PALESTINE BLUES. A film by Nida Sinnokrot. 2005, 80 min. Following the repercussions of Israel’s security wall and settlement expansion throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Focusing on the village of Jayyous and its non-violent campaign against the wall, Palestine Blues documents the heroic victories and tragic defeats of this farming community’s fight for survival. http://www.palestineblues.com/

Organized by Fredericton Palestine Solidarity, Jews for a Just Peace, the Fredericton Peace Coalition and Cinema Politica Fredericton.

Over the next few weeks, MPs have the opportunity to ask questions in Parliament about the Canada Colombia Free Trade Agreement. After that, there will be a vote on the law needed to put the deal into force. So it is very important to make sure your MP is aware of the human rights crisis in Colombia and your strong feelings about the urgent need for an independent human rights impact assessment of the free trade agreement before considering implementation.

Please phone or write a short, polite, personally-worded message to your MP.
The email of Keith Ashfield, MP for Fredericton, is: Ashfield.K@parl.gc.ca

More than half of Canadians want to end Afghan Mission to end by 2011

Email Harper and tell him to stop the deployment of CF-18 fighter bombers to Afghanistan.

The 2nd Annual Fredericton Palestine Film Fest invites all to a film about Palestine every Thursday in May in Fredericton.

When: 7pm, Thursdays in May
Where: Renaissance College – 811 Charlotte St.
Check out the schedule of films here.
Check out our poster here.
Discussion following film.
Admission by donation.

May 21 – Territories
A film by Mary Ellen Davis. 2007, 65 min. Filmed in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (West Bank and East-Jerusalem), at the border between Mexico and the United States (States of California and Baja California), New York and Southern Ontario in Canada. Through Larry Towell’s lens…Palestinians form a procession around the coffin of a child killed by Israeli bullets. These are territories in dispute. In Mexico, Mennonite communities resist modernity and retain their culture of peace and spirituality – territories of the soul. Nonetheless, drought and globalization force them into poverty and migration – territories as land. Impassible walls and fences are built to separate people ­ forbidden territories.

Organized by Fredericton Palestine Solidarity, Jews for a Just Peace, the Fredericton Peace Coalition and Cinema Politica Fredericton.

Democracy Now!: Sri Lanka’s quarter-century-long civil war is in its final throes, with the militant Tamil separatist group the Tamil Tigers, or the LTTE, almost completely defeated. The Sri Lankan military said today that the fifty-four-year-old leader of the LTTE, Velupillai Prabhakaran is dead. Army Commander Sarath Fonseka announced that the army had “liberated the entire country by liberating the north from terrorists.” On Sunday, the LTTE said it was “prepared to silence its guns” and admitted that the fighting had reached a “bitter end.”

Ninety-three children and 25 adult women are among a list of 140 names of Afghans who villagers say were killed in a battle and U.S. air strikes last week, causing a crisis between Washington and its Afghan allies.