[sust-mar] 24 upcoming events for peace, earth & justice, 5 petitions to sign & important resources to share

[Tamara Lorincz]

Hello and Happy New Year Sust-Mar,

Please find below a list of 24 upcoming consultations and events. There are also a few action alerts to sign. Please distribute widely.

*Note: the situation in Ukraine in worsening. Please take immediate action:
Sign Petition: Call on Trudeau Government to De-Escalate Crisis Between NATO And Russia over Ukraine, No More Weapons And Soldiers To Eastern Europe!
Organized by the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, World Beyond War, Just Peace Advocates & dozens of peace & justice groups, activists and academics across the country!
Read our public statement to Prime Minister Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Joly here: https://www.foreignpolicy.ca/ukraine
Sign the petition here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ukraineconflict?clear_id=true
Please share on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ForeignPoli_C/status/1483608127790534662

*On Friday, January 21, our Minister of Foreign Affairs Joly will be hosting a meeting on Haiti. To understand the depths of the cruelty of Canadian policy toward Haiti over two decades, please watch this important documentary "Haiti Betrayed": https://haitibetrayedfilm.com/

Remember, January 29, is the National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action Against Islamophobia.

In solidarity for peace, earth & justice,
Tamara

CONSULTATIONS:
*Please note that the deadline for submissions to the Public Engagement Consultation on Canada's 2030 Emission Reduction Plan has been extended to January 21st, 11:59 pm. More info: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/climate-plan/net-zero-emissions-2050.html
*Please tell the government that you don't want it to spend $19 billion for fossil-fuel powered fighter jets and $77 billion for diesel-powered warships (life-cycle costs will be much more approx. $350 billion). We need a green, peace care economy for a just transition not a war economy.

UPCOMING EVENTS:
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WEBINAR: Blood & Water; Film Screening & Panel
Thur. Jan. 20, 7 p.m. ET
Organized by Water Allies
Join Water Allies for a film screening of Blood & Water, a story of reclamation. The film is a self-narrated documentary exposing new light on the modern-day impact and generational trauma caused by residential schools. Layla Black is Mohawk, Turtle Clan from Six Nations on the Grand River. After the film, Layla Black & panelists will share their stories from Land Back and how through connecting with water they have been able to reclaim their culture.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/blood-water-film-screening-panel-event-registration-245941998137

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TESTIMONIO: CANADIAN MINING IN THE AFTERMATH OF GENOCIDES IN GUATEMALA
This Friday January 21 at @ 3:30 PT
With Drs. Catherine Nolin and Grahame Russell
Organized by UNBC
zoom link: https://t.co/WCcxeZYNyq
book website: https://t.co/BxLQSi3zgF
order your copy: https://t.co/Dt3YS9bDDz

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STUDENTS AGAINST NUCLEAR WEAPONS: A VIRTUAL FORUM
Sat. January 22, 2022 from 1-3 PM
With Green MP Elizabeth May and Reaching Critical Will Disarmament expert Ray Acheson
Student-led forum with support by Science for Peace & Voice of Women
Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsc-CgpjoiE9eVoJ--ILU194RJFYtlPotU?_x_zm_rtaid=BWXs980ORKOxZmE5w77w0g.1642608420111.36bb96962d4c2bcc2e0bc410616c0992&_x_zm_rhtaid=182
The forum focuses on the humanitarian implications of the renewed nuclear-arms race and the potential of the United Nations' Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons to build a world free of the menace of nuclear war. Elizabeth May and Ray Acheson are the keynote speakers.
Elizabeth May served as leader of the Green Party and is currently a Member of Parliament. As an environmentalist, writer, activist, and lawyer, Ms May advocates for social justice, the environment, and human rights.
Ray Acheson is an author and advocate for the abolition of nuclear weapons. The author of Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy, Acheson is a leader in the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017 for its work in pressing for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
This forum is a student-led initiative advised by activists working on nuclear weapons issues at Science for Peace and Canadian Voice of Women for Peace. The forum is interactive, with opportunities for audience participation.
If you are a university student, please join in and share your views on the development and promotion of this forum and the potential student organization. To join up or ask questions, contact Kyla at studentnukeforum at outlook.com.  Please follow our posts on Twitter @nuke_forum

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WEBINAR: THE WORLD STANDS UP TO SANCTIONS
Sun. Jan. 23, AT 1 PM ET
Online event
Great line-up of speakers on important topic. More info and to register: https://bit.ly/3rF8yPT

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ONLINE EVENT: LIVE FROM EL-BIREH, A VIRTUAL CONVERSATION WITH AMIRA HASS, HAARETZ JOURNALIST
SUNDAY, January 23 AT 12 PM - 1:30 PM ET
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-nuZkNM2TBCn2rIdlnOFVg
"On a thousand fronts and more, Israel is fighting against the Palestinians. Armed soldiers and policemen, bureaucrats and inspectors, architects, right-wing non-governmental organizations - all are soldiers of the state, and they are too many to count. The vanguard and rearguard in every battle: the State Prosecutor's Office, the legal advisers and the judges," wrote Amira Hass recently in her regular Haaretz column about Palestinian affairs and Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands and the war it is waging on Palestinians.

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WEBINAR: Trudeau's Failed Coup in Venezuela
Sun. Jan. 23, 7 p.m. ET
Organized by the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute
Jan. 23 marks the third anniversary since Juan Guaidó declared himself president during an outdoor rally in Caracas. The US and Canada immediately recognized Juan Guaidó. The Canadian Foreign Policy Institute will be hosting a discussion about the Liberal's failed bid to replace the elected government of Venezuela. What does Guaidó's failure mean for US and Canadian influence in the region? What will it take for the Liberal's to stop recognizing Guaidó, lay the Canadian-led Lima Group to rest, and remove their sanctions on Venezuela?
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HgfXJxcTTTWrXEf7EPlglA

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WEBINAR: PROSPECTS FOR PEACE IN KOREA IN 2022
Mon January 24 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST
Organized by Massachusetts Peace Action
Peace on the Korean Peninsula has long been a cherished wish of the Korean people for seven decades after the Korean armistice agreement. Since the breakdown of the Hanoi summit in February 2019, peace talks between the U.S. and North Korea remain at a stalemate.  In March 2022, South Korea will hold a presidential election. Will the door of peace on the Korean Peninsula be reopened? Join us to hear the insights of two experts on the prospects for peace on the Korean Peninsula in 2022.

Simone Chunimone Chun, Ph.D., researcher in US foreign policy in the Korean Peninsula; former Assistant Professor at Suffolk University; currently a member of Korea Peace Network, associate at Korea Policy Institute and Board of Advisors at CodePink.   She will speak on the upcoming South Korean presidential election and the Korea peace movement.

Jessica LeeJessica J. Lee is a Senior Research Fellow on East Asia at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Her research interests include U.S. foreign policy toward the Indo-Pacific region, with an emphasis on alliances and North Korea. Her thirteen-year career in Washington includes positions in the House of Representatives, a Korean American civic organization, and consulting firms. She will discuss U.S. foreign policy goals on the Korean Peninsula and East Asia.

Sponsored by the New England Korea Peace Campaign; moderated by Seung Hee Jeon, visiting assistant professor of Korean at Boston College and co-chair of the NEKPC. Register and more info: https://masspeaceaction.org/event/prospects-for-peace-in-korea-in-2022/

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WEBINAR: Meet the Big 5: How the Military-Industrial Complex Controls Politics
Mon January 24 @ 7:00 pm EST - 8:00 pm EST
Organized by Massachusetts Peace Action
(*The US Military Industrial Complex has a huge influence in Canada!)
We talk a lot about the military-industrial complex, but what exactly is it, who makes it up, and why are they so important? A new coalition groups opposing their local war companies has joined together to form the War Industry Resisters Network, focused on corporate control over US foreign policy. The political influence of several weapons manufacturers has made these companies extravagantly wealthy, all while the United States has wasted trillions of dollars on military adventurism and destroyed large parts of the Middle East and Central Asia, killing at least hundreds of thousands and displacing tens of millions. More info and register here: https://masspeaceaction.org/event/meet-the-big-5-how-the-military-industrial-complex-controls-politics/

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WEBINAR: Contingency Base Canada: War-Making Infrastructures & Military Grow-Ops
Tue, January 25, 2022 from 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST
With Anthony Fenton, Tyler Shipley, Sara Matthews, and Paniz Khosroshahy
Writing for The Breach in June 2021, Martin Lukacs reported on Canada's creation of a global network of contingency bases. In referring to Canada as a "contingency base" nested in historical and contemporary practices of state and military violence, this session provides a chance to unpack Canada as a staging point for settler colonialism and global capitalism. Using and working with the frame of the contingency base, we interrogate Canadian military affairs in relation to infrastructures of war-making, military operations, and the political economy of war.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/contingency-base-canada-war-making-infrastructures-and-military-grow-ops-tickets-239748723887

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WEBINAR: ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM: A STORY OF COLONIZATION AND ECOCIDE
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 AT 7 PM - 8:15 PM EST
The purpose of this webinar series, co-hosted by RAVENTrust and Stop Ecocide Canada, is to educate and raise awareness on using international law, and specifically a crime of ecocide, to uphold Indigenous rights and environmental protection.
In this third discussion, we will hear stories from the frontlines, centered on environmental racism, the ongoing impacts of colonisation and how it connects with ecocide, the mass destruction of nature.
Register here: https://forms.gle/aern3M4vddvVpicr5

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HOUSING FOR PEOPLE - NOT PROFIT!
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 AT 7:30 PM - 9 PM
Register and more info: https://bit.ly/33tZghz

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WEBINAR: "POSING AS CANADIAN: HOW BIG FOREIGN OIL CAPTURES CANADIAN ENERGY AND CLIMATE POLICY"
Thursday, January 27 at 7:30 PM ET
With speaker Gordon Laxer, organized by the Council of Canadians
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwuceGhrDkpHdJeX36ACBvUFKB-8UtyPirF
Join political economist Gordon Laxer in a webinar on his new report exposing the disturbing power and influence of multi-national foreign oil corporations on Canadian climate and energy policy, Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 7:30 pm.
Published by the Council of Canadians and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, "Posing as Canadian: How Big Foreign Oil Captures Canadian Energy and Climate Policy" reveals how foreign fossil fuel interests influence Canadian governments. The event is jointly hosted by Climate Action Muskoka (CAM), Environment Haliburton! (EH!) and Seniors for Climate Action Now! (SCAN!).  The report found that foreign-owned corporations fund about 97 per cent of the revenue of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) - the apex oil and gas lobby group in Canada. A 2018 law bans foreign entities from meddling in Canadian elections. But, if corporations list their headquarters in Canada, they can register as third-party advertisers for elections. Executives of foreign-owned oil corporations have made sizeable contributions to political parties and politicians who favour their agenda. The report recommends closing the loophole. More info and to register: https://www.environmenthaliburton.org/

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WEBINAR: A HISTORY OF WESTERN REGIME CHANGE IN SYRIA
With journalist Vanessa Beeley
SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2022 AT 9 AM - 10:30 AM EST
Organized by the Peace Alliance Winnipeg and Regina Peace Council. More info and to register: https://bit.ly/3Ah5JbB

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WEBINAR: A Better Way in the Middle East, with Trita Parsi
Mon January 31 @ 7:00 pm EST
Organized by Massachusetts Peace Action
With decreased U.S. presence in the Middle East, diplomatic efforts in the region have rapidly increased, fostering talk and cooperation. The Baghdad dialogue, as it is known, has allowed Middle Eastern nations to stand on their own, shedding their dependence on the U.S. and American military involvement.
On Monday, January 31st, we will be joined by Trita Parsi to discuss how the Baghdad dialogue is essential in mitigating America's influence in the Middle East. He will discuss his article, in which he details the importance of such independent diplomacy and the unfavorable alternative of the Abraham Accords both for the U.S. and Middle Eastern nations. In his own words: "[I]f the Biden administration is serious about reducing America's military footprint in the Middle East, then the choice between the Baghdad dialogue and the Abraham Accords is clear. The former will rely on regional resources and leadership without American involvement. The latter will give new life to Middle Eastern rivalries that are bound to drag the United States back into the quicksands." Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcud-2gpj4tH9Z8SmvwwWYj8js2mINqMiQE

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WEBINAR: REDUCING THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WAR: REBUILDING A BROADER MOVEMENT
Sat January 29 @ 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm EST
Annual nuclear disarmament conference organized by Massachusetts Peace Action
Excellent speakers. More info and register here: https://masspeaceaction.org/event/reducing-the-threat-of-nuclear-war-rebuilding-a-broader-movement/

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WEBINAR: "Ink Not Blood: Poets against war and militarism"
January 30 at 7PM ET
This month, CFPI is thrilled to be hosting "Ink Not Blood: Poets against war and militarism". Please join us on January 30 at 7PM ET for what is sure to be a delightful evening of anti-war poetry and discussion featuring former Toronto Poet Laureate and Parliamentary Poet Laureate, George Elliott Clarke, and prolific author and poet Gary Geddes.
Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_COrKl-myTdC4f117zuOO6w

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WEBINAR: How Cities Fail Women: Towards Safety and Inclusion in a Feminist City
Date: Monday, January 31 Time: noon to 1 p.m. Cost: free Location: online on Zoom
In our first session, Leslie Kern, author of Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World, will examine how cities have long failed women by refusing to acknowledge gender differences in the ways people move, work, live, and play in urban environments. She contends that Women have often been excluded or sidelined in planning, policymaking, and consultation processes regarding transit, housing, jobs, and safety; and will explore best and emerging innovative practices for improving safety from gender-based violence in our cities.
Register and more info: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QVYzpXZXSnCHpihA57ybjA

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WEBINAR: On the Brink: Understanding the Ukraine Crises & Paths Toward a Just Peace
With Dr. Richard Sakwa
Thu February 3 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST
Organized by Massachusetts Peace Action
Richard Sakwa is Professor of Russian and European politics at the University of Kent and associate fellow of the Russia and Eurasia program at Chatham House. He is renowned for his nuanced and incisive analysis of Russian politics and society. He served as the head of the University's Politics and International Relations department and has published widely about Soviet, Russian and post-communist affairs, including Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands and is the author of many books and articles. A leading authority on Russian affairs. More info and register here:  http://masspeaceaction.org/event/on-the-brink-understanding-the-ukraine-crises-paths-toward-a-just-peace/?emci=f4479f0f-7c75-ec11-94f6-c896650d4442&emdi=868d66b8-ed76-ec11-94f6-c896650d4442&ceid=272926

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WEBINAR: Canada at a Crossroads on China "Work Together or Perish Together" featuring Noam Chomsky
Friday, February 4, 2022
1pm Pacific/4 pm Eastern
In aiming to "develop and launch a comprehensive Indo-Pacific strategy" and strengthening ties to the US, the Trudeau government has signalled its intent to join US-led war preparations in the Asia Pacific and provoke China. Join world-renowned linguist and lifetime anti-war activist Noam Chomsky in a webinar to consider the pitfalls of closer alignment with the US empire, and why diplomacy and working with China are the only option to meet the global challenges ahead. Either "Work Together or Perish Together".
One of the most cited scholars alive, Noam Chomsky is considered a founder of modern linguistics and has published over 100 books, including his recent "Requiem for the American Dream." Noam Chomsky has been an anti-war, anti-capitalist activist for over 60 years and continues to call to account liberal elites for propping up inherently unjust systems that have brought us to the brink of climate catastrophe and nuclear annihilation. Noam Chomsky taught linguistics at MIT from 1955 to 2017 and is currently a laureate professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona.
This event is presented by Canada-China Focus, a new pan-Canadian, anti-racist project that aims to promote critical conversations and policy initiatives on Canada-China relations. Canada-China Focus is a join initiative of University of Victoria's Centre for Global Studies and the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute.
Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qZNIbZ0LSrmeYYw-b5-m7g

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SAVE THE DATE: The harms & risks of Canada's planned fighter jet purchase
Thursday, February 10 from 7:30-9:00 PM
Organized by the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute (CPFI) and the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF)-Canada
In just a few weeks or months, the Trudeau government will award and sign a contract for $19 billion for 88 new fighter jets. It's the second most expensive procurement in Canadian history. The life-cycle cost is estimated at $77 billion. The federal government will pick one of two bids: either the Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter or the SAAB Gripen fighter jet.
More info and registration details to come.

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WEBINAR: An evening with Dr. Cornel West
Feb 16, 2022 05:00 PM in Vancouver
The CCPA-BC Office and the BC Black History Awareness Society are pleased to co-present an online event with Dr. Cornel West.
Dr. West is an American philosopher, political activist, social critic and public intellectual. He is the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at Union Theological Seminary. He teaches on the works of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, as well as courses in Philosophy of Religion, African American Critical Thought and a wide range of other subjects. He is the former Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University.
He has written 20 books, including Race Matters and Democracy Matters, and for his memoir, Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud. His most recent book, Black Prophetic Fire, offers an unflinching look at 19th and 20th-century African American leaders and their visionary legacies.
Dr. West is a frequent guest on Democracy Now. He has a passion to communicate to a vast variety of publics in order to keep alive the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.-a legacy of telling the truth and bearing witness to love and justice.
More info and register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_K3VJNThZSX2cP5ifey0iFQ

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ONLINE DEBATE: CAN WAR EVER BE JUSTIFIED? MARK WELTON VS. DAVID SWANSON
Start: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 * 3:30 PM * Eastern Standard Time (US & Canada) (GMT-05:00)
Organized by World Beyond War
https://actionnetwork.org/events/online-debate-can-war-ever-be-justified-mark-welton-vs-david-swanson?clear_id=true
Speakers:
Dr. Mark Welton is Professor Emeritus at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He is an expert in International and Comparative (U.S., European, and Islamic) Law, Jurisprudence and Legal Theory, and Constitutional Law. He has authored chapters and articles on Islamic law, European Union law, international law, and the rule of law. He was Past Deputy Legal Advisor, United States European Command; Chief, International Law Division, U.S. Army Europe.

David Swanson is an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is a Co-Founder and Executive Director of World BEYOND War and campaign coordinator for RootsAction.org. Swanson's books include Leaving WWII Behind, Twenty Dictators Currently Supported by the U.S., War Is A Lie and When the World Outlawed War. He blogs at DavidSwanson.org and WarIsACrime.org. He hosts Talk World Radio. He is a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and was awarded the 2018 Peace Prize by the U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation.

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ICYMI: U.S.-Russia Relations: Can 'Strategic Empathy' Be A Way Forward? By the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8_NXNeE6kA
Why don't we try empathy and care in our foreign policy?

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ICYMI: This was an excellent webinar "Yes Canada arms and funds Israel", watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_6Gxjc-AKM


TAKE ACTION
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SIGN PETITION: CALL ON TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT TO DE-ESCALATE CRISIS BETWEEN NATO AND RUSSIA OVER UKRAINE, NO MORE WEAPONS AND SOLDIERS TO UKRAINE
Organized by the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, World Beyond War, Just Peace Advocates & dozens of peace & justice groups, activists and academics across the country!
Read the public statement here: https://www.foreignpolicy.ca/ukraine
Sign the petition here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ukraineconflict?clear_id=true

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SIGN PETITION: STOP CANADIAN GOVERNMENT FUNDING OF GROUPS GLORIFYING NAZI COLLABORATORS
Sign it here<https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/defund_nazi-glorifying_grps/?link_id=8&can_id=08297aacfa6299b1025e006dffcf983d&source=email-write-to-canada-revenue-agency-cra-regarding-illegal-subsidies-to-israeli-military&email_referrer=email_1414978&email_subject=sanctions-kill-webinar-de-escalate-conflict-regarding-ukraine-support-palestinian-human-rights-organizations-and-more>.
Read more: Richard Sanders, "Defunding the Myths and Cults of Cold War Canada:
Ongoing state support for East European émigré groups with deep fascist roots,"
Press for Conversion!  Issue 70, 2021.   Cold War Canada: https://www.thecanadafiles.com/articles/defunding-the-myths-and-cults-of-cold-war-canada

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SIGN PETITION: CANADA MUST TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO END THE INJUSTICE AGAINST DR. HASSAN DIAB
Organized by the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group
https://iclmg.ca/diab-letter/

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SIGN PETITION: STOP MOHAMED HARKAT'S DEPORTATION TO TORTURE
Organized by the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group
https://iclmg.ca/stop-harkat-deportation/

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SIGN PETITION: Global Appeal to Nine Nuclear Governments, Abolish all Nuclear Weapons
Organized by World Beyond War
Target: The presidents, prime ministers, and legislatures of China, France, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States
This is an appeal from the people of the world to nine nuclear governments to each commit to a nuclear policy of no first strike, not ever, not for any reason; and to sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and to collectively agree to immediately begin disarming on a schedule to completely eliminate all nuclear weapons from the earth no later than August 6, 2045.
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/global-appeal-to-nine-nuclear-governments

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