Yemen: The War We Won’t Ignore
On March 27th, a delegation from Montréal for a World BEYOND War delivered letters, a declaration, and demands on behalf of more than a million Canadians to Global Affairs Canada. #WorldBEYONDWar
On March 27th, a delegation from Montréal for a World BEYOND War delivered letters, a declaration, and demands on behalf of more than a million Canadians to Global Affairs Canada. #WorldBEYONDWar
From March 25-27, the Yemeni community and peace groups marked 8 years of the brutal Saudi-led intervention in the war in Yemen by holding coordinated actions across Canada. #WorldBEYONDWar
Toronto is also the seat of Canadian finance. For anticapitalist organizers or those involved in mining injustice that means this city is sometimes known as the “belly of the beast”.
On June 28, 2022 Montreal for a World BEYOND War joined several other Montréal peace groups to protest NATO at Complex Guy Favreau in downtown Montréal. The Montreal rally was one of many No to NATO rallies this week in response to the NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, where there was a massive demonstration.
Statement by Montreal for a World BEYOND War calling on the Canadian government take meaningful action for peace in Ukraine.
On April 26 World BEYOND War Board member Sakura Saunders and Advisory Board member Yves Engler spoke at an International Solidarity Forum hosted by Canada’s largest union.
Anti-war organizers in Toronto just put up a billboard of a “corrected” Lockheed Martin ad on Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s office building.
Nova Scotia’s Maritime pride in her shipbuilding heritage has been called on to promote a new legacy for Lunenburg, according to CBC’s Brett Ruskin. The article entitled “Handcrafting history continues in Lunenburg as aerospace company builds parts for F-35 jet” implies that making jet parts in Lunenburg connects to the great Maritime tradition of shipbuilding.
March 26 marked seven years of the war in Yemen, a war which has claimed the lives of almost 400,000 civilians. Protests in six cities across Canada held by the #CanadaStopArmingSaudi campaign marked the anniversary while demanding Canada ends its complicity in the bloodshed.