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By Theresa Wolfwood Slender, slight, young and stunningly beautiful, Malalai Joya could be a model, actress or media celebrity. But as soon as she started to speak to an overflow crowd of hundreds in a big UVIC auditorium, we know we were in the presence…

by Sumeet Grover. The Disobedient Objects exhibition is on display at the Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, London, until 1st February 2015. It narrates at least one hundred years of world history to remind us that in the multitude of global societies, one phenomenon repeats…

A tribute by Theresa Wolfwood with photos by the author On June 14, 2012 the world lost a great peace activist, scholar and scientist. I lost a friend and constant source inspiration when Rosalie died at the age of 83 years. She was frail from…

Western Sahara is Africa’s last colony; it was occupied by the Spanish in 1884 and has been occupied by Morocco since 1975. The home of a tough and determined people, the Saharawi, the people of Western Sahara, have been fighting and working for their independence…

Elizabeth Mayne is a Victoria artist who has exhibited widely in Canada, South Africa, New Zealand and USA. Her work reflects her interest in the human interaction within society and with the physical environment. She has also organized many group shows based on variations of…

Mohamud lives in Korogocho, one of the sprawling areas around Nairobi where more than one million poor people live in crowded handmade houses with few sanitary services, facilities or utilities.  Mohamud works with community groups on issues of food security, health, child welfare and safety….

Introduction Thalia Campbell of Wales was the inspiration and teacher for these banners. Theresa and Thalia met on 1995 Peace Train to Beijing Women’s Peace Forum. Thalia had many beautiful handmade banners. Several years later BBCF invited her to Victoria to give a banner-making workshop….

by Oona Padgham Why flags? While the trusty banner has its place at demonstrations and protests, flags have many advantages to banners. Banners can be cumbersome and difficult, especially in windy weather. You need two people to carry a banner. In cold weather, keeping that…

The recent events in Egypt show that people can create social change if they unite for peace & social justice. The activists who changed Egypt and ended 30 years of repression did not come together out of the blue. Women, workers, students, activists have been…

Story and photos by Theresa Wolfwood NADA ELIA  CALLS  FOR ACTION “I am a black South African, and if I were to change the names, a description of what is happening in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank could describe events in South Africa.”…