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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Hello everyone, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">24 upcoming events, actions and petitions including book launch "Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy" with Ray Acheson on May 25 & many more! Please see below and feel free to share.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">In case you missed it, WILPF’s webinar “Reality or Rhetoric? Canada’s Feminist Foreign Policy”:
<a href="http://www.wilpfvancouver.ca/">http://www.wilpfvancouver.ca/</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Note: Mothers' day is peace day. Read the Mother’s Day peace proclamation by Julia Ward Howe:
<a href="https://www.plough.com/en/topics/culture/holidays/mothers-day/the-original-mother-s-day-proclamation">
https://www.plough.com/en/topics/culture/holidays/mothers-day/the-original-mother-s-day-proclamation</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Have a nice Mother’s Day for Peace weekend,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Tamara<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(1)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>VOW 2021 MOTHER’S DAY PEACE AWARDS
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">May 8th, at 7pm-8:30pm ET. Wonderful women across the country being recognized for their work and leadership on peace. Register here:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpf-CprD0iGdKLONZ89CxdW968w3yvHw8K">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpf-CprD0iGdKLONZ89CxdW968w3yvHw8K</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(2)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>WEBINAR: TRUDEAU FORMULA WITH MARTIN LUKAS<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">WEDNESDAY May 12th, 2021 01:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">“After a decade of Stephen Harper, the arrival of Justin Trudeau felt like a relief.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">But as Canadians reckon with the gulf between the dazzling promise of Trudeau’s election and the grim reality of his government, journalist Martin Lukacs makes the case that ‘real change’ was never part of the
agenda. Drawing on investigative research and first-hand reporting, he reveals that behind the latest wave of Trudeaumania was a slick status-quo political machine, backed by a cast of corporate elites and lobbyists who expected a pay-off from Liberal rule
in Ottawa. Martin Lukacs is an investigative journalist who has covered Canadian politics for more than a decade. He has been an environmental writer for The Guardian, and was a co-author of The Leap Manifesto. He is now a Contributing Editor for the new Canadian
news service “The Breach.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Organized by Time4Action on Climate Change.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Register in advance for this webinar:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0jeKquNYRHWN_2SjY8d84Q">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0jeKquNYRHWN_2SjY8d84Q</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(3)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>ASIA EUROPE PEOPLE’S FORUM (AEPF) starting May 17<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Starting on May 17th; AEPF13 will be an exciting series of interlinked dialogues, workshops, actions, policy debates and open spaces! Register:
<a href="https://aepf.info/">https://aepf.info/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">More than 40 activities will be taking place during these 8 days, with a range of excellent speakers from across Asia and Europe. Programme;
<a href="https://aepf.info/aepf-13-programme/">https://aepf.info/aepf-13-programme/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">The following speakers have already confirmed for our opening session: Vandana Shiva (India), Jeremy Corbyn (UK), Sai Sam Kham (Myanmar), Lidy Nacpil (The Philippines) and Charles Santiago (Malaysia)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(4)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>WEBINAR: THE GLOBAL ASCENDANCY OF CHINA<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Canadian Club of Kingston's next webinar - Thu May 13 (1:00 pm) - is on The Global Ascendancy of China. The speaker is retired diplomat Gar Pardy. The webinar is free and open to non-members. If you're interested,
here’s the registration link: <a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dj9IP7IwTzSWyB-XtYb2XQ">
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dj9IP7IwTzSWyB-XtYb2XQ</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(5)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>WEBINAR: BAN KILLER DRONES <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">DRONE PROLIFERATION, BORDER SURVEILLANCE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">and the PERSECUTION of DRONE WHISTLEBLOWER DANIEL HALE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Sunday, May 16, 2021 11a.m.-12:30p.m. Eastern Time (US)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Register:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUld-ygqzwtHtY7Tw6ZYy__GsySoHki_87Z">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUld-ygqzwtHtY7Tw6ZYy__GsySoHki_87Z</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">*Canada is planning on spending $5 billion for new armed drones:
<a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canadian-military-laying-groundwork-for-arrival-of-armed-drones-1.5415255">
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canadian-military-laying-groundwork-for-arrival-of-armed-drones-1.5415255</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(6)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>WEBINAR: AFGHAN WOMEN SPEAK ABOUT US TROOP WITHDRAWAL<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Tuesday, May 18, 2021<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">9:30 a.m. EDT <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Organized by Notre Dame Peace Studies<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">“Only the citizens of Afghanistan have the right and responsibility to lead their country.”
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">With these words, President Joe Biden announced the decision to withdraw United States troops from Afghanistan by September 2021. This panel provides a space to listen to the concerns and aspirations of Afghan
women in light of the U.S. announcement. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Five Afghan women from different generations and backgrounds, and serving as government officials, scholars, and representatives of civil society and political parties, will offer their views on the challenges
for the security, freedom, and dignity of Afghan communities and Afghan women in particular.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Hosted by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and its Mediation Program and Peace Accords Matrix.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Panelists:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Ghizaal Haress<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Ombudsperson, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; Assistant Professor, American University of Afghanistan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Palwasha Hassan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Executive Director, Afghan Women's Educational Center; Founding Member, Afghan Women's Network<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Fawzia Koofi<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Member, Peace Negotiation Team with the Taliban and the President of Movement of Change for Afghanistan; Member of Parliament in Kabul<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Heela Najibullah<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Peace Accords Matrix (PAM) Representative in Afghanistan; Doctoral Student, University of Zurich; Peace Researcher; Author, Reconciliation and Social Healing in Afghanistan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Habiba Sarabi<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Member, Peace Negotiation Team of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; Former Governor, Bamyan Province; Former Minister of Women's Affairs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Laurie Nathan (Moderator)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Director, Mediation Program; Professor of the Practice, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Register now: <a href="https://notredame.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OJMOwMfUS9aV_mQ5kReulw">
https://notredame.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OJMOwMfUS9aV_mQ5kReulw</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(7)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>BOOK LAUNCH: Viviremos: Venezuela Vs. Hybrid War</b><br>
May 20, 2021 at 7:30pm - 8:30pm (EDT)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">On Thursday May 20, join editors and contributors for a discussion of the book Viviremos: Venezuela Vs. Hybrid War. For the Venezuelan people the word “Viviremos” (we will live) is a forceful proclamation to uphold
and defend their dignity and sovereignty in the face of a brutal hybrid war carried out by the United States and its allies. That is why in this webinar we will explore the concept of Hybrid War and how it is being resisted by the Venezuelan people.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Find out more and register here: <a href="https://www.codepink.org/05202021">
https://www.codepink.org/05202021</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(8)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>BOOK LAUNCH “BANNING THE BOMB, SMASHING THE PATRIARCHY”<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Author and activist Ray Acheson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Tuesday, May 25, 2021<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">7:00 pm ET via Zoom<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">To register: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvdOuvrDooGdO3h4Lkx_kUzbOPYuuaWAK1">
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvdOuvrDooGdO3h4Lkx_kUzbOPYuuaWAK1</a> Please join us for the Canadian launch of Ray Acheson’s new book “Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy”. Ray is the Director of Reaching Critical Will, the disarmament program
of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and has written this important book on new nuclear disarmament.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">The story in this book offers a look inside the antinuclear movement and its recent successful campaign to ban the bomb. From scrappy organizing to winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017 and achieving a landmark
UN treaty banning nuclear weapons, Ray Acheson narrates the journey of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and developments in feminist disarmament activism.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">The event is organized by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, Science for Peace and WILPF-Canada.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(9)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>TELL OUR PRIME MINISTER NO NEW ARMED DRONES<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Please retweet our VOW tweet “Prime Minister Trudeau, don’t buy $5 billion on armed drones, invest in a feminist leadership for peace, disarmament and a care economy.”
<a href="https://twitter.com/TamaraLorincz/status/1390761973726470152">https://twitter.com/TamaraLorincz/status/1390761973726470152</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">See the news story here: <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canadian-military-laying-groundwork-for-arrival-of-armed-drones-1.5415255">
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canadian-military-laying-groundwork-for-arrival-of-armed-drones-1.5415255</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(10)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>WEBINAR: “FROM WEAPONS FAIRS TO WAR ZONES: UNRAVELING THE WAR MACHINE”<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">#NOWAR2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE: JUNE 4-6, 2021. Register now!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><a href="https://nowar2021.worldbeyondwar.org/">https://nowar2021.worldbeyondwar.org/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(11)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>SECOND INTERNATIONAL PEACE BUREAU WORLD PEACE CONGRESS
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Barcelona this October 15-17. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Check out this promotional video with Dr. Noam Chomsky:
<a href="https://youtu.be/yfMSOOKghd8">https://youtu.be/yfMSOOKghd8</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Please share on Facebook here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/IPBWPC/videos/254257923059145">
https://www.facebook.com/IPBWPC/videos/254257923059145</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">And Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/IPBWPC2021/status/1380074463102963719">
https://twitter.com/IPBWPC2021/status/1380074463102963719</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">More info: <a href="https://www.ipb2021.barcelona/">
https://www.ipb2021.barcelona/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(12)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>DEBATE IN THE TORONTO STAR: CANADA SHOULD WITHDRAW FROM NATO<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Please read my argument that was published in the Toronto’s Star’s “Great Debate”:
<a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/the-saturday-debate/2021/05/01/the-saturday-debate-should-canada-leave-nato.html">
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/the-saturday-debate/2021/05/01/the-saturday-debate-should-canada-leave-nato.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Notice, two men write the counter-argument that Canada should stay in NATO.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(13)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>CANADA NOW RANKED 13<sup>TH</sup> HIGHEST FOR MILITARY SPENDING
<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) latest report on trends in military expenditures, Canada is ranked 13th highest in the world for military spending at $22.8 USD = $30 billion
CAD. (<a href="https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/fs_2104_milex_0.pdf">https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/fs_2104_milex_0.pdf</a> )<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(14)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>CANADA NOW RANKED 17<sup>TH</sup> HIGHEST FOR ARMS EXPORTS<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">According to SIPRI’s latest arms transfers report, Canada is ranked 17th highest in the world for arms exports in 2020. The top three countries that Canada exports weapons to are: Saudi Arabia, UAE and Australia
(<a href="https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/fs_2103_at_2020_v2.pdf">https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/fs_2103_at_2020_v2.pdf</a> ). Canada does not disclose its arms exports to the United States, if it did, the US would be our
first destination. Canada needs an agenda for disarmament. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(15)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>EXCELLENT WEBINAR ON CONFLICT BETWEEN UKRAINE/NATO AND RUSSIA<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">In case you missed it: Webinar discussion about the dangerous US/NATO/Russia/Ukraine maneuvers.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Speakers are Bruce Gagnon, Elizabeth Murray, Yuri Sheliazhenkol, Reiner Braun<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">I was especially moved by Elizabeth’s speech.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Elizabeth Murray served as Deputy National Intelligence Officer for the Near East in the U.S. National Intelligence Council before retiring after a 27-year career in the U.S. government, where she specialized in
Middle Eastern political and media analysis. She is a member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)that was founded to challenge the Bush administration’s false claims about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. She travelled to Russia and Crimea
in 2016 with Citizen’s Initiative. She serves as Member-In -Residence of Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action in Washington state.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><a href="https://www.no-to-nato.org/2021/05/webinar-discussion-about-the-dangerous-us-nato-russia-ukraine-maneuvers-2021-05-05-video/">https://www.no-to-nato.org/2021/05/webinar-discussion-about-the-dangerous-us-nato-russia-ukraine-maneuvers-2021-05-05-video/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(16)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>WATCH POET & SPOKEN WORD ARTIST EL JONES PERFORM “NOT ONE MORE DROP”<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Poet El Jones recites her poem #NotOneMoreDrop during World Beyond War webinar.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">"Military budget keeps exploding like a nuclear reactor while the livelihood of ordinary people broken into fractures."
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Watch her recite her powerful poem here:
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=187336006570629">https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=187336006570629</a>
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<b>ICYMI: Video: Conversation on Russia, U.S., Peace, and War, with Vladimir Kozin and Ray McGovern<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Check out this important recent conversation on conflict between US and Russia:
<a href="https://worldbeyondwar.org/video-conversation-on-russia-u-s-peace-and-war-with-vladimir-kozin-and-ray-mcgovern/?link_id=1&can_id=438b89ea63c299137ec80f405e1a4d53&source=email-today-webinar-you-signed-up-for-on-russia-and-us&email_referrer=email_1167832&email_subject=video-of-webinar-that-happened-today-on-russia-and-us">
https://worldbeyondwar.org/video-conversation-on-russia-u-s-peace-and-war-with-vladimir-kozin-and-ray-mcgovern/?link_id=1&can_id=438b89ea63c299137ec80f405e1a4d53&source=email-today-webinar-you-signed-up-for-on-russia-and-us&email_referrer=email_1167832&email_subject=video-of-webinar-that-happened-today-on-russia-and-us</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Upcoming study tour to Russia 2022!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(18)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>STOP THE STATE VIOLENCE IN COLOBMIA<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Sign Codepink petition here calling on US to stop funding human rights abuses in Colombia;
<a href="https://www.codepink.org/esmad?utm_campaign=colombia_leahy&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink">
https://www.codepink.org/esmad?utm_campaign=colombia_leahy&utm_medium=email&utm_source=codepink</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Please consider signing on to this letter to Biden from professors and scholars concerned with state violence in Colombia:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSddpj-paz5gaa3mEKubY1ZDcX9o5CpNxxVaJg0SlZ4aFZAmUw/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSddpj-paz5gaa3mEKubY1ZDcX9o5CpNxxVaJg0SlZ4aFZAmUw/viewform</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Watch this important, excellent interview on Democracy Now about protests in Colombia:
<a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2021/5/6/colombia_protest_general_strike">https://www.democracynow.org/2021/5/6/colombia_protest_general_strike</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(19)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>EXCELLENT ARTICLE ON COLOMBIA<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Article about the historical intervention of U.S in Colombia through Plan Colombia and the possible scalation of conflict between Colombia and Venezuela and therefore, between Colombia's 'ally' the U.S and Venezuela's
'ally' Russia.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><a href="https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/04/16/colombia-an-ideal-u-s-client-state-in-the-western-hemisphere/">https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/04/16/colombia-an-ideal-u-s-client-state-in-the-western-hemisphere/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Written by Angelo Cardona, Co-founder and President
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Ibero-American Alliance for Peace<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><a href="http://www.alianzaibero.com">www.alianzaibero.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><a href="http://www.angelocardona.com">www.angelocardona.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(20)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>PANDEMIC CRISIS IN INDIA – SUPPORT WOMEN FRONTLINE WORKERS<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">This is a good, credible organization to support in India.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Supporting Frontline Women in India.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Canadian women are involved in fundraising for it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">International Gandhian Institute for Nonviolence and Peace Canada (IGINP Canada)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/supporting-frontline-women-in-india?viewupdates=1&rcid=r01-162024648224-fcd2b23637414ed8&utm_medium=email&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_email%2B1137-update-supporters-v5b">https://www.gofundme.com/f/supporting-frontline-women-in-india?viewupdates=1&rcid=r01-162024648224-fcd2b23637414ed8&utm_medium=email&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_email%2B1137-update-supporters-v5b</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(21)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>DID YOU KNOW THAT CANADA IS CO-LEADING FEMINIST MOVEMENTS & LEADERSHIP ACTION COALITION AT UN?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Canada is co-lead of the Feminist Movements and Leadership action coalition:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><a href="https://search.open.canada.ca/en/qp/id/wage,WAGE-2020-0014">https://search.open.canada.ca/en/qp/id/wage,WAGE-2020-0014</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2021/03/minister-gould-participates-in-global-gathering-for-gender-equality-and-reaffirms-support-for-womens-rights-organizations.html">https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2021/03/minister-gould-participates-in-global-gathering-for-gender-equality-and-reaffirms-support-for-womens-rights-organizations.html</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">*Let’s demand the federal do more and invest in a fund to support feminists movement and leadership in Canada.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Generation Equality Forum Beijing +25, Paris Conference June 30-July 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><a href="https://forum.generationequality.org/">https://forum.generationequality.org/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(22)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT ARTICLE: “The Xinjiang Genocide Allegations Are Unjustified”<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">By international legal expert William Shabas & political economist Jeffrey Sachs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">I took an international law class at Dalhousie University with William Schabas<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><a href="https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/biden-should-withdraw-unjustified-xinjiang-genocide-allegation-by-jeffrey-d-sachs-and-william-schabas-2021-04">https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/biden-should-withdraw-unjustified-xinjiang-genocide-allegation-by-jeffrey-d-sachs-and-william-schabas-2021-04</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Another analysis challenging Uyghur genocide charges:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><a href="https://thegrayzone.com/2021/03/17/report-uyghur-genocide-sham-university-neocon-punish-china/">https://thegrayzone.com/2021/03/17/report-uyghur-genocide-sham-university-neocon-punish-china/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(23)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN MENG WANXHOU CASE<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">MAY 20 – SPECIAL YOUTUBE EVENT FOR MENG<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">On May 20, an all-star panel discusses the latest in the Meng Wanzhou case. In addition, how the case relates to anti-China propaganda and the rise in anti-Asian racism will be explored.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Find out more and register here: <a href="https://hamiltoncoalitiontostopthewar.ca/">
https://hamiltoncoalitiontostopthewar.ca/</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>EXTENDED! SIGN OUR OPEN LETTER TO POPE FRANCIS TO PRAY AGAINST FIGHTER JETS (DEADLINE May 31)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">We invite you to add your name to our open letter Pope Francis to pray with us that the Government of Canada led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who is Catholic will not buy new fighter jets and instead will invest
in the “care for our common home”. You don’t have to be Catholic to sign on, everyone is welcome.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Sign the Open Letter here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwl1Cflxldx993tbjCqMR1hIY-LSDcDqEy3nfMuHawITzTMw/viewform">
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwl1Cflxldx993tbjCqMR1hIY-LSDcDqEy3nfMuHawITzTMw/viewform</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">The Pope has made peace a priority for his papacy. Every January 1st, the Pope gives his World Peace statement. In 2015, he released an important encyclical urging action on climate change. In his Easter address
this year, the Pope said “The pandemic is still spreading, while the social and economic crisis remains severe, especially for the poor. Nonetheless – and this is scandalous – armed conflicts have not ended and military arsenals are being strengthened.”
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(Pope Francis, Easter Message, Urbi er Orbi, 4 April 2021)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">*Please share widely our appeal for signatures on our open letter to Pope Francis, we want to get 1,000 signatures by Monday, May 31.<o:p></o:p></p>
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