[KWPeace-groups] Upcoming events: Nov. 1 "Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade" & Nov. 2 Round Table on the Arms Trade and Disarmament

[Tamara Lorincz]

Hello KW peace!

I wanted to share these two upcoming with you. Andrew Feinstein who is an international authority on the global arms trade is coming to town next week for a film screening of the documentary based on his award-winning book “The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade” on Nov 1. and to lead a round table on Nov 2 (all at BSIA and details are below). The events are free, open to the public and are co-sponsored with Project Ploughshares. 

I’d also be grateful if you could share the announcement below. It’s very timely as the federal government has its Bill C-47 on amendments to the arms export regulations and accession to the Arms Trade Treaty at second reading now, so there’s been a lot of debate in the House. 

I’ve just moved to Waterloo from BC and would appreciate your help spreading the word. 

I will join you at the potluck on Thursday but I will be late because of my son’s running race. I’m looking forward to meeting. 

With thanks and in solidarity for peace, earth and justice,
Tamara

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FREE PUBLIC FILM SCREENING: 
“Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade”
Wednesday, November 1
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Auditorium, Balsillie School of International Affairs, 67 Erb St. Waterloo

Followed by a Q&A with Andrew Feinstein, author of "The Shadow World" and an international authority on the arms trade, and with Cesar Jaramillo, the Executive Director of Project Ploughshares. 

The film reveals how the international trade in weapons – with the complicity of governments and intelligence agencies, investigative and prosecutorial bodies, weapons manufacturers, dealers and agents – fosters corruption, determines economic and foreign policies, undermines democracy and creates widespread suffering.

Hosted by the Balsillie School of International Affairs and co-sponsored by Project Ploughshares. Free, all welcome. To RSVP and for more information, visit BSIA: www.balsillieschool.ca/events
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ROUND TABLE ON THE ARMS TRADE AND DISARMAMENT:  
Assessing the Progress on Controlling Arms from Canada’s Bill C-47 on Arms Exports to the UN’s Arms Trade Treaty
Thursday, November 2
2:30 – 4:30 p.m. 
Room #1-23, Balsillie School of International Affairs, 67 Erb St. Waterloo
 
Join us for an in-depth discussion on the arms trade and disarmament with leading international and national experts. Andrew Feinstein, Executive Director of Corruption Watch UK and author of the book “The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade” will present on the current state of the global arms trade. Kenneth Epps, policy advisor to Project Ploughshares, will provide the Canadian perspective. Find out more about the international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and Canada’s new Bill C-47 on arms exports and Global Affairs Canada’s latest Report on the Export of Military Goods. Learn what the United Nations, international civil society and Canadian non-governmental organizations are currently doing to control the trade in arms.
 
Free, all welcome but limited seating. Organized by the Balsillie School of International Affairs and Project Ploughshares. For more information: www.balsillieschool.ca  Facebook: http://ow.ly/1ls330g8rRZ
 
Speakers: 
 
Andrew Feinstein is the Executive Director of Corruption Watch, a London based NGO which details and exposes the impact of bribery and corruption on democracy, governance
and development. In 2001, Andrew resigned as a Member of Parliament of the African National Congress in protest of the government's refusal to hold an independent and comprehensive inquiry into a multi-billion dollar arms deal which was tainted by allegations of high level corruption. Feinstein is the author of two books "After the Party" and "The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade."
 
Kenneth Epps has researched and written on Canada’s role in the international arms trade for more than three decades. Currently, he is a policy advisor to Project Ploughshares and contributes to the ATT Monitor, a global civil society initiative to critique states’ implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty.