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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Sust-Mar!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please find below a list of 17 upcoming events (lots of good ones!) and 7 action items. Please feel free to share widely.
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is so incredibly shameful that Canada’s closest ally, the U.S., is continuing to blockade Cuba making the people suffer without supplies of fuel, food, and other necessities like it has done with Gaza and Canada has no courage to condemn
what the Trump administration is doing and provide Cuba what is needed. Please sign the petition at the bottom of this list.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My article “Rising nuclear dangers move Doomsday clock closer to midnight” was published in Rabble.ca (before New START Treaty expired).
<a href="https://rabble.ca/politics/world-politics/rising-nuclear-dangers-move-doomsday-clock-closer-to-midnight/">
https://rabble.ca/politics/world-politics/rising-nuclear-dangers-move-doomsday-clock-closer-to-midnight/</a>). Canada should use its new found “middle power” as Carney described for peace and disarmament not supporting US & NATO’s nuclear deterrence and warmaking.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In solidarity for peace, earth & justice,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tamara<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WEBINAR: "Meeting the Moment: Resistance, Abolition, and Disarmament"<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, February 11th, at 5:00 PM Pacific, 8:00 PM <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In this speaker series, we will bring together two speakers to create a space together where we can centre connection, resistance, and agency, in order to make sense of and confront militarism in our present moment.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lovely Umayam will present on "Resistance, Art, and Research in a Fracturing World"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">& Ray Acheson presenting on "Disarming State Violence with Abolition" and Lovely presenting on "Resistance, Art, and Research in a Fracturing World".
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please register in advance for the session here: <a href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/Mw7DqEsmQyS9twtJNSMYdA#/registration">
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/Mw7DqEsmQyS9twtJNSMYdA#/registration</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WEBINAR: “Resisting CANSEC: Strength through Peace”<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">February 11 at 7:00 pm ET.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We are pleased to be working with the Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC-Quakers) on a webinar on February 11 at 7:00 pm ET.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The webinar relates to the CANSEC arms show that will take place on May 27-28 this year at the EY Centre in Ottawa.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The speakers include Brent Patterson of Peace Brigade International, Kelsey Gallagher from Project Ploughshares and Mel Burns from the Canadian Friends Service Committee.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">More details and to register: <a href="https://pbicanada.org/2026/02/06/pbi-canada-and-cfsc-quakers-collaborate-on-webinar-on-the-cansec-arms-show-february-11/">
https://pbicanada.org/2026/02/06/pbi-canada-and-cfsc-quakers-collaborate-on-webinar-on-the-cansec-arms-show-february-11/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WEBINAR: 4th Anniversary of Ukraine War: End it Now, or It Could End Up in a Nuclear War!<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, February 12, 7 – 8:30PM (ET)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Organized by Massachusetts Peace Action<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Ivana Nikolic´ Hughes will discuss the urgent need for a negotiated end to the Ukraine War, even with significant concessions to the Russians given the increasingly dire military situation facing the Ukrainians. This would prevent
the US or NATO from escalating with new long-range missiles, troops, or attacks on Russian shipping and other targets– such as the alleged Ukrainian 90-drone ‘decapitation’ attack in late December on one of Russian President Putin’s homes– to try to avoid
a total Ukrainian defeat. Such escalation could trigger WWIII, and a catastrophic nuclear war.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">More info: <a href="https://masspeaceaction.org/event/4th-anniversary-of-ukraine-war-end-it-now-or-it-could-end-up-in-a-nuclear-war/">
https://masspeaceaction.org/event/4th-anniversary-of-ukraine-war-end-it-now-or-it-could-end-up-in-a-nuclear-war/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>WEBINAR: Will Carney’s Davos Speech Help Build a Better International Order?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">February 12, 2026<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Organized by the Quincy Institute<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A discussion with David Lametti, ambassador and permanent representative of Canada to the United Nations, on how Ottawa sees the possible pathways ahead — and whether a better international order can emerge from today’s turbulence. Zachary
Paikin, deputy director of QI's Better Order program, will speak with the ambassador.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">More info: <a href="https://quincyinst.org/events/will-carneys-davos-speech-help-build-a-better-international-order/">
https://quincyinst.org/events/will-carneys-davos-speech-help-build-a-better-international-order/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WEBINAR: At the Crossroads of Development, Power, Identity and Peace<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">February 12, 11 am ET<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Our webinar topic is At the Crossroads of Development, Power, Identity and Peace. Shakti Saran, Founder Shaktify will be in conversation with Khadija Taoufik Moalla, PhD., a senior Development, Human Rights, Gender and Leadership consultant
driving global impact. The objective of this webinar is two-fold. First, the endeavour is to learn from Khadija’s journey on dealing with deep rooted social issues while the second objective is to relate her work to the larger SDG story and how the development
narrative can be recast to deliver lasting peace besides equality for all. We will discuss the challenges of identity and violent extremism in North Africa and the Middle East and how these manifest in cross-thematic, vicious social and political issues. Additionally,
we will cover the role of a citizen in democracy; the future of SDGs and how the global development landscape can be transformed.
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you would like to learn more about this webinar and register, visit:
<a href="https://shaktify.in/at-the-crossroads-of-development-power-identity-and-peace/">
https://shaktify.in/at-the-crossroads-of-development-power-identity-and-peace/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WEBINAR: Building an Anti-Imperialist Resistance to the War on Iran<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Feb 13, 2026 01:00 PM ET<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Organized by the US Peace Council. Register: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/USPCWebinarOnIran">
https://tinyurl.com/USPCWebinarOnIran</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Join the US Peace Council for this urgent discussion featuring Ajamu Baraka (USPC Secretariat) and Nina Farnia (Anti-Imperialist Scholards Collective). This webinar will examine sanctions, hybrid warfare, Zionist expansion, and the role
of propaganda and information warfare in manufacturing consent for imperialist intervention.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>WEBINAR: Jenny Clegg - Storming the Heavens: Peasants and Revolution in China, 1925-1949.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">10am US Eastern<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Join us in person or online for a discussion of Jenny Clegg's Storming the Heavens: Peasants and Revolution in China, 1925-1949. Clegg is an excellent speaker and expert on China.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The book launch will be held at Marx Memorial Library. This event will feature a discussion of the book’s themes with the author along with China specialists and leading Marxist scholars, followed by a Q&A session and book signing. Organized
by the International Manifesto Group. Register: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-jenny-clegg-storming-the-heavens-tickets-1980588424293">
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-jenny-clegg-storming-the-heavens-tickets-1980588424293</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WEBINAR: Violence, Love and Hope in Israel-Palestine<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sun February 15 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EST<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Organized by Massachusetts Peace Action<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sari Bashi, internationally renowned human rights lawyer and the executive director of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel. Sari lives in a mixed Israeli-Palestinian family, which is the subject of her new memoir, Upside-Down
Love. Sari will share her perspective on the ceasefire in Gaza, the escalating violence in the West Bank, and the opportunities emerging for transformative change.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">More info and to register: <a href="https://masspeaceaction.org/event/violence-love-and-hope-in-israel-palestine/">
https://masspeaceaction.org/event/violence-love-and-hope-in-israel-palestine/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>ONLINE MEETING: Zoom Peace Planning Meeting for “Road to NATO’s 5%” Protest”, Panel Discussion “Canadian Foreign Policy” in Ottawa, CANSEC protests in May etc.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Time: Feb 16, 2026 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Join Zoom Meeting, Organized by WILPF-Canada. All welcome. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88592008914?pwd=KhcaoWskEGjbOcPcQ0Suyz22DuJw0R.1">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88592008914?pwd=KhcaoWskEGjbOcPcQ0Suyz22DuJw0R.1</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Meeting ID: 885 9200 8914<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Passcode: 770825<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Important strategy meeting to plan actions and events in Ottawa against military spending and the arms fairs. Organized by WILPF-Canada and VOW.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>ACTION: Close the Loopholes<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Feb 17th Cross-Country Day of Action: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Momentum is building to #CloseTheLoopholes!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The No More Loopholes Act will go to a vote in Parliament at the end of February. The critical window to act to pressure MPs to vote for it is right now. It's time to push MPs to pick a side: Will they continue to funnel unrestricted and
unregulated arms to Trump’s illegal wars, ICE’s campaign of terror, and Israel’s ongoing genocide? Or will they listen to the Canadian public and ensure that Canadian military exports are aligned with international law? Stay tuned for details:
<a href="https://armsembargonow.ca/nomoreloopholes/">https://armsembargonow.ca/nomoreloopholes/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WEBINAR: North American LNG - A Global Discussion<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Feb 18, 2026 11:00 AM ET<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">IEEFA is hosting a virtual briefing on Feb 18 at 11 EST on their new North America LNG Tracker and the implications of major LNG expansion during a LNG supply glut and softening demand. RSVP for the webinar here. RSVP:
<a href="https://ieefa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8kxHl6LiSgeCzvxomUyAXQ?utm_campaign=35785811-North%20American%20LNG%20Export%20Tracker&utm_content=367630379&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lcp-105912591#/registration">
https://ieefa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8kxHl6LiSgeCzvxomUyAXQ?utm_campaign=35785811-North%20American%20LNG%20Export%20Tracker&utm_content=367630379&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lcp-105912591#/registration</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WEBINAR: Kennedy’s Coup: How Diem’s Assassination Became Our Foreign Policy Albatross<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">February 17, 2026<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Organized by the Quincy Institute<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">More info and to RSVP: <a href="https://quincyinst.org/events/kennedys-coup-how-diems-assassination-became-our-foreign-policy-albatross/">
https://quincyinst.org/events/kennedys-coup-how-diems-assassination-became-our-foreign-policy-albatross/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In a stunningly detailed new book, ex-Los Angeles Times reporter and author Jack Cheevers pieces together heretofore unseen government cables and memos gleaned from dozens of Freedom of Information requests, eyewitness accounts, and the
rich history of Vietnam to bring the story of how the Vietnam War became a killing fields for millions and the worst US foreign policy failure of the 20th Century. Focusing on the key years of 1961-1963, Cheevers pinpoints the exact moments where the Kennedy
Administration could have made the right decisions but due to factionalism in his own administration and among agencies, including the CIA, the US Military, and State Department, he succumbed to the worst instincts and chose coup. The rest as they say, is
history. The author joins National Security Archive fellow Arturo Jimenez-Bacardi to talk about his book, as well as the Archive’s work in this tumultuous period just before Kennedy’s own assassination, in what promises to be a rigorous discussion. Kelley
Beaucar Vlahos, editor-in-chief at Responsible Statecraft, will moderate.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WEBINAR: Inside the Anti-China Warmaking Machine<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thu February 19 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Organized by Massachusetts Peace Action<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">More info and to RSVP: <a href="https://masspeaceaction.org/event/inside-the-anti-china-warmaking-machine/">
https://masspeaceaction.org/event/inside-the-anti-china-warmaking-machine/</a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Join us for a panel discussion moderated by Kenneth Yee where our speakers, Marcus Breen, Duncan McFarland, and Ting Huang, will provide an overview of the ways in which the U.S. government generates negative media coverage about China
in order to manufacture consent for war. Our speakers will discuss examples of recent US Government programs that have used media to reflect poorly on Chinese economic and social development, and reinforce negative impressions of China.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Our panelists will discuss the China-focused Committees in the U.S. House and explain how the activities of these Congressional China Committees shape public perception about China. This webinar will also provide context on U.S.-China relations
more broadly and analyze the Trump administration’s foreign policy directives and how they fit into the recent National Security Strategy.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WEBINAR: Celebrating the revolutionary contributions of scholar Michael Parenti<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Saturday 21 February, 2pm GMT / 9am US Eastern / 10pm China<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Join us for an online event celebrating the life and work of Michael Parenti, a towering figure in Marxist scholarship and activism. Fantastic line-up of speakers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We will discuss Parenti’s profound impact on the study of imperialism, war, propaganda, fascism, and the difficulties of socialist construction, as well as his unwavering commitment to the global class struggle.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Organized by International Manifesto Group / Critical Theory Workshop<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Co-sponsored by United National Anti-War Coalition, Iskra Books, Manifesto Press, Friends of Socialist China. More info and register here:
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/celebrating-the-revolutionary-contributions-of-michael-parenti-tickets-1982713482399">
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/celebrating-the-revolutionary-contributions-of-michael-parenti-tickets-1982713482399</a>
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<b>WEBINAR: Trump, America, and Rupturing the World Order: Causes and Consequences<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thu, Feb 26<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Organized by Science for Peace<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Speaker Dr. Jeffrey Sachs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">More info and to register: <a href="https://www.scienceforpeace.org/events-1/trump-america-and-rupturing-the-world-order-causes-and-consequences">
https://www.scienceforpeace.org/events-1/trump-america-and-rupturing-the-world-order-causes-and-consequences</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WEBINAR: Child’s Play: Making Social Meaning in Kids’ Zones and War Zones<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">March 25 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">More info and to RSVP: <a href="https://balsillieschool.ca/event/childs-play-making-social-meaning-in-kids-zones-and-war-zones/">
https://balsillieschool.ca/event/childs-play-making-social-meaning-in-kids-zones-and-war-zones/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What should we make of a warplane as a playground feature or war museums hosting children’s birthday parties? Intuitively, we might expect that weapons of war would be difficult to reconcile with the dominant social imaginary of childhood
as a time of innocence and with the usual view of children as cherished objects of protection. And yet, the repurposing of war matériel for play, the billing of military performances as child-friendly leisure activities, and other mundane encounters with militarized
material and performative cultures are recurrent in the lives of children far from zones of conflict – instances of what a growing community of scholarship in International Relations and adjacent specialties investigates as the militarization of childhood.
Building from this work, I reverse the analytical standpoint, inquiring into the ‘childing’ of militarism: a meaning-making process through which the encoded social meaning of childhood contributes to normalizing and naturalizing war and militarism. Beginning
from the puzzle of an M113 armoured personnel carrier, seemingly out of place as an object of children’s leisure, the article develops conceptual insights into childing as a key modality in the governance of social worlds in which martial practices and our
present global political rendition more broadly are intelligible.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>WEBINAR: Virtual Women’s Momentum Assembly for a Just Fossil Fuel Phaseout<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, March 31, 1:00 - 5:00 PM EDT<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Interpretation available in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Register: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oUL1y0NKQNaM44gvYwM7OA">
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oUL1y0NKQNaM44gvYwM7OA</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Organized by WECAN International: <a href="https://www.wecaninternational.org/woma-2026">
https://www.wecaninternational.org/woma-2026</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>TAKE ACTION!<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<b>TAKE ACTION: Global Days of Action to #CloseBases on February 21-23<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">World BEYOND War call on individuals and organizations around the world to join the Global Days of Action to #CloseBases on February 21-23, 2026, by organizing events at military base sites or other locations near you. Find out more and
take action: <a href="https://worldbeyondwar.org/closebases/">https://worldbeyondwar.org/closebases/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WEBINAR: </b>Boiling Point: How America Brought War to Ukraine<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tue February 24 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Organized by Massachusetts Peace Action<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">More info and to RSVP: <a href="https://masspeaceaction.org/event/boiling-point-how-america-brought-us-to-war-in-ukraine/">
https://masspeaceaction.org/event/boiling-point-how-america-brought-us-to-war-in-ukraine/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On this, the fourth anniversary of the Ukraine war, award winning author and foreign correspondent Stephen Kinzer brings to light the roots of the conflict and the U.S. role in helping to instigate the war. He will examine the Russian invasion,
the continuing dangerous U.S. and European Ukraine policies, and prospects for ending the war in 2026.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stephen Kinzer is an award-winning author and foreign correspondent who has covered more than 50 countries on five continents. His articles and books have led the Washington Post to place him “among the best in popular foreign policy storytelling.”
He was Latin America correspondent for The Boston Globe, and then spent more than 20 years working for the New York Times, with extended postings in Nicaragua, Germany, and Turkey. He is a visiting fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies at
Brown University. His numerous books include Overthrow, All the Shah’s Men, The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles and Their Secret World War; The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain and the Birth of American Empire and Poisoner in Chief. His
latest book (to be released this fall is Boiling Point: How America Brought War to Ukraine. Hence, the title of this webinar. He is now a Boston Globe columnist, providing deep insight into U.S. foreign policy.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>TAKE ACTION: Canada: Defy Trump. Sell oil, food, and medicine to Cuba!<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Canada’s closet ally, the US, is seeking to starve Cuba into submission. Please take a minute to call on the Canadian government to defy this flagrant violation of international law by selling oil, food and medicine to the Caribbean nation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sign and share widely: <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/letters/canada-defy-trump-sell-oil-food-and-medicine-to-cuba?clear_id=true&link_id=11&can_id=74c4dbb37978f364fb05018dc0753288&source=email-just-in-time-for-ramadan-medjoul-from-palestine-are-here-dont-buy-apartheid&email_referrer=email_3087969&email_subject=canada-defy-trump-sell-oil-food-and-medicine-to-cuba&&">
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/canada-defy-trump-sell-oil-food-and-medicine-to-cuba?clear_id=true&link_id=11&can_id=74c4dbb37978f364fb05018dc0753288&source=email-just-in-time-for-ramadan-medjoul-from-palestine-are-here-dont-buy-apartheid&email_referrer=email_3087969&email_subject=canada-defy-trump-sell-oil-food-and-medicine-to-cuba&&</a>
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<b>TAKE ACTION: Support the Manifesto: No to Global NATO – Yes to Common Security<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Open for organizational and individual endorsement. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Organized by the International Peace Bureau with support from peace groups around the world.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Learn more and sign here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfgonKk5YQGEYmB3WRxJGVO2wwOUoQ3R4w6aPU-aPBCro5x5w/viewform">
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfgonKk5YQGEYmB3WRxJGVO2wwOUoQ3R4w6aPU-aPBCro5x5w/viewform</a>
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<b>TAKE ACTION: Have your organization stand with the UN <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The United Nations is facing an unprecedented financial crisis that threatens its ability to function within months. This is not a technical budget issue. It is the result of deliberate political choices by powerful Member States to withhold
funding, and it risks undermining multilateralism at a time of deep global crisis.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Feminist civil society and allied organisations working with and around the UN have come together to issue a joint statement calling for urgent action to prevent collapse, defend multilateral cooperation, and ensure that UN reform is not
driven by financial coercion.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Sign on here:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> </span><a href="https://forms.gle/AsVXJR9ZtQ4b1UHC8" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">https://forms.gle/AsVXJR9ZtQ4b1UHC8</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>TAKE ACTION: Sign petition for Renewables not Oil & Gas Development<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sign and share the parliamentary e-petition for the federal government to prioritize renewable energy not fossil fuel:
<a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7114" target="_blank">
<b>https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7114</b></a>
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<b>APPLY!</b> Rotary International World Peace Fellowship 2027 Application open, learn more and apply here:
<a href="https://my.rotary.org/peace-fellowship-application">https://my.rotary.org/peace-fellowship-application</a>
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