Challenging Canada’s War Plane Purchase
On October 15, 2020, World BEYOND War and Canadian Foreign Policy Institute hosted a webinar about the social, ecological, and economic impact of Canada’s plan to purchase new fighter jets.
On October 15, 2020, World BEYOND War and Canadian Foreign Policy Institute hosted a webinar about the social, ecological, and economic impact of Canada’s plan to purchase new fighter jets.
November 11, 2020, is Armistice Day 103 — which is 102 years since World War I was ended at a scheduled moment (11 o’clock on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 — killing an extra 11,000 people after the decision to end the war had been reached early in the morning).
Our rational and technological prowess, in combination with market-based power structures, has brought us to the brink of catastrophe. Can movement politics be part of a solution?
America’s role in the world is badly in need of reevaluation and refurbishment.
A grassroots coalition of Canadian peace activists marked the October 2 International Day of Non-Violence with a protest demanding the federal government cancel plans to spend up to $19 billion on 88 new fighter jets.
A constituent writes to U.S. Senator Ed Markey to try to set him straight on nuclear weapons, despite the power of the nuclear lobby.
On September 21st, International Day of Peace, we invite you to join people across Canada in acting to #StopArmingSaudi through various in-person and online solidarity actions.
Now is the time to link the Black Lives Matter Movement with the Peace and Justice Movement, to shout “Demilitarize” “Defund the Police” but also “Defund the Military” as protesters march at the intersection between militarism at home and militarism abroad.
By Pete Shimazaki Doktor and Ann Wright, Honolulu Civil Beat, September 6, 2020 As members of Veterans for Peace, an organization of U.S. military veterans
