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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Sust-Mar!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hope you are enjoying beautiful sunny weather in Atlantic Canada.
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<p class="MsoNormal">3 petitions to sign & 12 upcoming events for circulate far & wide. Please see below.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In solidarity for peace, earth and justice,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tamara<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please sign our open letter to all Members of Parliament letting them know you are opposed to the Trudeau government’s costly, carbon-intensive fighter jet procurement:
<a href="https://actionnetwork.org/letters/fighterjets">https://actionnetwork.org/letters/fighterjets</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please also sign the parliamentary petition “No TMX pipeline”:
<a href="https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-3541">https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-3541</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please join MiningWatch Canada, Oceans North and other Canadian organizations in calling for a moratorium on deep seabed mining in international waters. Sign the parliamentary petition:
<a href="https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-3483">https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-3483</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Read: Soaring costs threaten DND’s (war)shipbuilding mandate<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">By Alan Williams, July 14, 2021, The Hill Times,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.hilltimes.com/2021/07/14/soaring-costs-threaten-dnds-shipbuilding-mandate/306498?utm_source=Member+-+Hill+Times+Publishing&utm_campaign=b50398c42d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_07_18_10_00&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_207adb2c89-b50398c42d-90712821&mc_cid=b50398c42d&mc_eid=5f8e61fff3">https://www.hilltimes.com/2021/07/14/soaring-costs-threaten-dnds-shipbuilding-mandate/306498?utm_source=Member+-+Hill+Times+Publishing&utm_campaign=b50398c42d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_07_18_10_00&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_207adb2c89-b50398c42d-90712821&mc_cid=b50398c42d&mc_eid=5f8e61fff3</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Read: Singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer joins campaign against fighter jets<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CBC, July 20, 2021: <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/harmer-jets-1.6109848">
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/harmer-jets-1.6109848</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPCOMING EVENTS:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(1)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#050505">Tonight! Join VOW for our “DRINKS AND DISARMAMENT” conversation!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Thursday, July 22<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">7:00-8:00 p.m. ET (4 pm PT / 8 pm AT)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Online open, casual conversation about peace & disarmament.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Bring a drink of your choice, and join us for an open discussion to learn more about how disarmament can transform Canada’s foreign policy! Canada is planning to buy armed drones, fighter
jets, attack helicopters, build warships and export weapons around the world – there’s another way! Let’s disarm and export peace. Come and join our 1-hour online meeting. All are welcome.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Organized by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Click on this link tonight at the start time 7pm ET:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86155063704?pwd=VG1ObnJ1SEVsSXJ6ZkgwelNwQlJoQT09&fbclid=IwAR3x8KrLaQ6HyiC_JudrXNiU6VQnx-o96vu3-32SlK8FgOxyCgKjN5rpk04#success">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86155063704?pwd=VG1ObnJ1SEVsSXJ6ZkgwelNwQlJoQT09&fbclid=IwAR3x8KrLaQ6HyiC_JudrXNiU6VQnx-o96vu3-32SlK8FgOxyCgKjN5rpk04#success</a></span><span style="color:#050505"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">See the event on Facebook as well:
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VOWPeace/photos/a.10158022900211936/10159158191626936/">https://www.facebook.com/VOWPeace/photos/a.10158022900211936/10159158191626936/</a></span><span style="color:#050505">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">For more information, email:
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:info@vowpeace.org">info@vowpeace.org</a></span><span style="color:#050505">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">(2)<br>
<b>WEBINAR “HEAT – B.C. IS ON FIRE!”<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Thursday, July 22, 7 p.m. Eastern Time
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">With leading SA member Florencia Schade speaking from Wetsu’wet’en territory, Gene McGuckin of Eco-socialists of Vancouver, and Gary Porter, Socialist Action British Columbia organizer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Organized by Socialist Action. Link:
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://youtu.be/6383UTNV4K4">https://youtu.be/6383UTNV4K4</a></span><span style="color:#050505">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">(3)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#050505">SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF COLOMBIA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">As we are approaching July 20, the 209th anniversary of Colombian independence from Spain, on behalf of the Anti-Imperialist Alliance (AIA), I am writing to invite you to the upcoming
action which will take place on Friday July 23rd at 3pm at the Embassy of Colombia, Ottawa, 360 Albert street.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">(4)<br>
<b>WILPF CANADA MONTHLY MEETING<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Sunday, July 25th, 2pm PDT</span><span style="color:#050505"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#050505">The Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF) is having its monthly meeting on
</span>Sunday, July 25th, at 2pm PDT. To learn more, become a member or attend a meeting, please email:
<a href="mailto:"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#DD3333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white">wilpf.canada@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Find out more about WILPF Canada: <a href="http://wilpfvancouver.ca/">
http://wilpfvancouver.ca/</a> (there’s also a Nanaimo chapter!)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Find out more about WILPF International (the world’s oldest feminist peace organization):
<a href="https://www.wilpf.org/">https://www.wilpf.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">(5)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#050505">“WHAT IS HAPPENING IN CUBA?” WEBINAR<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">This is the latest panel discussion hosted by the International Manifesto Group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">The Panel will take place Monday, July 26 at 9:00-11:00AM EDT / 8:00-10:00AM CDT / 2:00-4:00PM UK Daylight Time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Click here to register to attend this event and please share widely!</span><span style="color:black">
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-is-happening-in-cuba-tickets-163955498309">
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-is-happening-in-cuba-tickets-163955498309</a></span><span style="color:#050505">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">About this event<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">A major disinformation campaign is re-interpreting the current unrest in Cuba as anti-government, even claiming photos of pro-government demonstrations as anti-government. In fact, its
causes lie in the 60-year old blockade, further tightened by Trump and continued under Biden even during the pandemic. It is asphyxiating Cuba’s normal social and economic development. Cuba has weathered the fall of the Soviet Union and the Special Period
that followed. How are the Government and people dealing with this new challenge?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">The experts on this panel discuss the current situation, misunderstandings about it and what is really going on in Cuba.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Speakers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Arnold August is a Montreal-based author and journalist (MA Poli Sci, McGill University). He has written three books on Cuba: 1. Democracy in Cuba and the 1997-98 Elections, 2. Cuba and
Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion (“A tour de force from an expert who clearly know his field well”, Tony Kapcia, University of Nottingham), 3. Cuba-US Relations (“Any open-minded discussion about the asymmetrical Cuba-U.S. relations should start with this
highly readable, informative book”, James D. Cockcroft, three-time Fulbright Scholar). Arnold, an award-winning journalist, is published in English, Spanish and French in North and South America, Europe and the Middle East.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Claudia Chaufan, Argentinian MD, PhD is Associate Professor of Health Policy at York University, Canada. She researches the geopolitical economy of global health and is actively involved
with organizations working on antiwar, anti-colonial and anti-imperialist struggles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Keith Bolender, award winning journalist and author on Cuba-USA relations, including “Voices From the Other Side”, “Cuba Under Siege” and “Manufacturing the Enemy; The Media War Against
Cuba”. He has written extensively for the past 20 years on Cuban issues for the Toronto Star, The Guardian, Florida Sun Sentinel, the Council for Hemispheric Affairs, North American Council on Latin America, Monthly Review, Progresso Weekly. Lecturer on Cuba-USA
relations throughout North America and the UK, including at the United Nations, European Union and the Scottish National Parliament. Member of the Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA) on their roster of experts for Cuban Affairs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Wendy Holm is an award-winning Canadian Agrologist, Resource Economist, Journalist and Author who has been working with Cuban agricultural cooperatives for 23 years. Since 1999, she has
taken over 1,000 Canadian farmers, chefs and students to Cuba in 57 Delegations to learn about Cuba’s leadership in sustainable farming practices. Organizer of two Havana conferences (2011, 2014) on Cuba's new cooperative path, Wendy also taught a University
of British Columbia field studies course in sustainable agriculture in Cuba every May from 2005 to 2016. During this time, Wendy also organized and led two international projects to support Cuban agricultural cooperatives. The first - an international dairy
project - won a CIDA International Cooperation Award for sustainability. In the second, Wendy worked with Saint Mary's University and Cuban partner ANAP (National Association of Small Farmers) to develop a Cuban version of the Coop Index, a diagnostic tool
to support farm cooperatives as Cuba embarks on its road to a more cooperative, people-centred economy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Claude Morin is a retired professor from the History Department at Université de Montréal where he taught for more than three decades. He holds a doctorate in history from the Université
de Paris-X. His main research fields were colonial Mexico, then Cuba, the Caribbean and Central America in the 20th century. He is the author or editor of six books and some forty articles or chapters in collective works. He has commented and still comments
on Latin American news in the print and electronic media. He also led groups on cultural trips to Latin America.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Moderator: Radhika Desai is a Professor of Political Studies at the University of Manitoba. She is also the Director of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group. She is the author of Geopolitical
Economy: After US Hegemony, Globalization and Empire.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">(6)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#050505">WEBINAR: USA: THREATS TO WORLD PEACE, INTERVENTIONS AND MILITARIZATION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Monday, July 26, 2021 l Time: 12pm/Chile/ ET - USA - 1pm/Brazil - 6pm/Germany l<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Interpretation: English and Spanish<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">REGISTRATION: bit.ly/webinarpeace
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/usa-threats-to-world-peace-interventions-and-militarization">https://actionnetwork.org/events/usa-threats-to-world-peace-interventions-and-militarization</a></span><span style="color:#050505">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">(7)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#050505">FEMINIST RECOVERY: WHAT’S NEXT FOR CHILDCARE IN CANADA?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">I wanted to share information about YWCA Canada's upcoming event on what's next for child care featuring leading gender equity advocates. We'll be reflecting on recent national and global
developments and progress on the care economy. With a Federal election around the corner, we'll also be speaking to what else we should be focusing on to ensure a feminist recovery.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Featuring speakers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">• Martha Friendly - Executive Director, Child Care Resource and Research Unit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">• Amy Juschka - Director of Communications & Advocacy, YWCA Metro Vancouver<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">• Chantelle Krish - Board Director with Minerva Foundation for BC Women, Strategic Advisor on Advocacy, Equity & Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">• Amar Nijhawan - Women's Rights Policy & Advocacy Specialist, Oxfam Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Please join us on Wednesday, July 28th @ 12 noon ET - register here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://bit.ly/WhatsNextForChildCare-YWCA-Canada">https://bit.ly/WhatsNextForChildCare-YWCA-Canada</a></span><span style="color:#050505"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">(8)<br>
<b>NO NEW COLD WAR WITH CODEPINK’S JODIE EVANS<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Wednesday, July 28, 2021 • 7:00-8:00 PM ET<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Register:
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/no-new-cold-war-with-jodie-evans">https://actionnetwork.org/events/no-new-cold-war-with-jodie-evans</a></span><span style="color:#050505"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Jodie Evans, co-founder of CODEPINK, and decades-long political organizer and activist joins us on Wednesday, 7/28 at 7PM to talk about US-China relations, opposition to a new Cold War,
and her global vision for international cooperation and peace. Evans has served as Director of Administration for California Governor Jerry Brown and has travelled across the world advocating for peace and reconciliation in places like Iran, Jordan, and Afghanistan,
as well as North and South Korea.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Opposition to a new Cold War with China is founded in the push for international cooperation over international competition or confrontation. Toxic anti-China rhetoric not only propels
the US closer to conflict with China, but also gives rise to anti-Asian hate crimes and demonizes the Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the US. Join us Wednesday, 7/28 at 7PM to discuss these issues and more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">(9)<br>
<b>HOPE FOR THE EARTH: CANADA, SIGN THE BAN TREATY!<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Start: Friday, August 06, 2021 • 7:00 PM ET<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Online event. Register:
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/hopefortheearth">https://actionnetwork.org/events/hopefortheearth</a></span><span style="color:#050505"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">On the evening of August 6, the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, we invite you to attend Hope for the Earth: Canada, Sign the Ban Treaty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Peace activists and dynamic artists will highlight the importance of Canada's joining the growing number of nations signing the Ban Treaty, and how we can contribute to the elimination
of nuclear weapons. This event will include esteemed speakers, musical performances, Mayoral Proclamations and a lantern ceremony. This event is being hosted by the Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition and World BEYOND War. Registration info will be shared with
both hosts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Speakers and performers include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Setsuko Thurlow is a Hiroshima survivor and co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, ICAN, for its work in achieving the
2017 UN nuclear ban treaty. Kehkashan Basu is a UN Human Rights Champion; iconic youth leader; global influencer; and peace and sustainability campaigner for nuclear disarmament, the environment, and human rights. Ron Korb is a Grammy nominated and multi-award-winning
flautist. Playing a wide variety of indigenous woodwinds from around the world, his compositions evoke imagery of diverse cultural traditions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">Erin Hunt is the Program Manager at Mines Action Canada, an expert in humanitarian disarmament, victim assistance, and Canadian disarmament policy, and a contributor to the International
Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Nathaniel Erskine-Smith is the Member of Parliament for Beaches-East York and a vocal advocate for the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and why Canada should sign the Treaty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#050505">(10)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>THE CIA AND THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL-COMPLEX WITH RAY MCGOVERN<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Start: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 • 7:00 PM ET<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/the-cia-and-the-military-industrial-complex-with-ray-mcgovern">https://actionnetwork.org/events/the-cia-and-the-military-industrial-complex-with-ray-mcgovern</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Join us on August 11th at 7pm EDT for a conversation with Ray McGovern. Ray McGovern is an activist who was previously a CIA analyst for 27 years. Part of his job was to prepare the President’s Daily Brief. Ray is also the co-founder of
Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When Ray retired from the CIA in 1990, he received the Intelligence Commendation Medal “especially meritorious service.” He returned the medal in 2006 saying, “I do not want to be associated, however remotely, with an agency engaged in
torture.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ray will be joining us for a discussion about the military industrial complex, US foreign policy, and his time at the CIA.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(11)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>ONLINE PICKET: US/CANADA HANDS OFF VENEZUELA<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The 6th Monthly Picket US/Canada Hands Off Venezuela is: <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">THURSDAY August 12<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4pm Pacific (Vancouver)/7pm Eastern (Toronto)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Register: <a href="https://www.tinyurl.com/HandsOffVzla">https://www.tinyurl.com/HandsOffVzla</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Organized by Mobilization Against War and Occupation: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MAWOVancouver">
https://www.facebook.com/MAWOVancouver</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ICYMI: “<b>Hidden in Plain Sight: Uncovering the Canada-Israel Weapons and Surveillance Trade</b>.” Watch this webcast hosted by World BEYOND War and Independent Jewish Voices Canada to learn about (and try out) brand new tools to empower
our solidarity for a #FreePalestine and shut down this weapons trade.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/worldbeyondwar/videos/176195684497538/">https://www.facebook.com/worldbeyondwar/videos/176195684497538/</a>
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