This book by Michael Petrou, an historian and foreign correspondent at Maclean’s magazine, tells the story of the almost 1,700 Canadians who defied Canadian law and volunteered to fight fascism in Spain between 1936 and 1939. Petrou draws on recently declassified documents from the archives of the Communist International, interviews with all surviving Canadian veterans, and visits to the Spanish battlefields and villages where they fought, lived and died. Many of the volunteers were from Manitoba, including more than 150 from Winnipeg. Renegades is published by University of British Columbia Press, in association with the Canadian War Museum. This event is part of the THIN AIR Signature Series collaboration between the Winnipeg International Writers Festival and McNally Robinson.

McNally Robinson Grant Park
7:00 p.m. | Admission: Free

Dinner will be followed by a cultural program and dance. Cash bar.

Kum Koon Garden, 257 King St.
Doors: 6:30 p.m. | Tickets: $25
For reservations and tickets contact Ken at 479-8089

University of Manitoba Investors Group Athletic Centre
Pipe Ceremony 11:00 a.m. | Grand Entry 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Feast 5:00 p.m. – MPR (2ND FLOOR) University Centre

Open to the public (Free Admission)
For more information call the Aboriginal Student Centre at 474-8850

The neo-liberal agenda has put social, economic, human and political rights on the auction block. Join with union, student, community and other activists in the annual Winnipeg Labour Council march to mark International Working Class Day and raise the demand: The World is Not For Sale! – People Not Profits!

Assemble at City Hall at 6:00 p.m.
For more information contact Glenn Michalchuk at 589-7840.

April 28 is dedicated to those workers who been injured, killed or had their health compromised by work related illness. Events begin at 9:00 a.m. as city workers and their unions gather at City Hall. Mike Davidson, President of CUPE 500 is among those scheduled to speak. Workers of Tomorrow Leaders Walk at Noon from the Union Centre to Legislature. Manitoba Federation of Labour candlelight service at 6:00 p.m.

Room 2B, Union Centre, 275 Broadway Ave
Free