[KWPeace-groups] 15 upcoming online events plus 3 petitions to sign for peace, earth & justice

[Tamara Lorincz]

Hello KW Peace!

I hope everyone is doing well during this lockdown. 

Please find below 15 upcoming online events plus 3 petitions to sign below. Please scroll down. 

My article "Spending $19 billion on fighter jets won't fight COVID-19 or climate change"
Instead of buying a new weapons system, the federal government should disarm and invest in a Green New Deal was published a few days ago in Ricochet Media: https://ricochet.media/en/3108/spending-19-billion-on-fighter-jets-wont-fight-covid-19-or-climate-change 

In solidarity for peace, earth and justice,
Tamara

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WEBINAR: GLOBAL GREEN NEW DEAL: FROM CRISIS TO JUSTICE FOR PEOPLE AND THE PLANET 
Tuesday, May 19, 11 a.m. EST 4:00 PM GMT+1/ 11:00 AM EDT/ 8:30 PM IST
With Arundhati Roy and Naomi Klein
More information and to register:
https://www.globalgnd.org/into-the-portal-webinar/  

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WEBINAR: FEMINIST CRITICISM TO UNCONSTRAINED MILITARY SPENDING (NO TO NATO'S 2% GDP TARGET)
Featured speaker: Ray Acheson, Director of Reaching Critical Will
Tuesday, May 19
3:30-5:00 EDT
To register email: ontario at vowpeace.org 
Join Melissa Weale and Tamara Lorincz for a discussion with Ray Acheson on why we oppose NATO and its 2% GDP target and why we must reduce military spending. Ray is the Director of Reaching Critical Will, the disarmament program of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She will share with us her feminist approach to tackling excessive military spending and militarism. Ray and Madeleine Rees recently wrote an important chapter on feminism and military spending in the latest occasional paper entitled "Rethinking Unconstrained Military Spending" for the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs. Tamara will also discuss briefly the NATO defence expenditure report and Canadian military spending. We will also discuss what we must do to move the money from militarism to urgent social and environmental needs. Join the discussion and share your ideas for peace and disarmament. 
*Email ontario at vowpeace.org  to register for this event!*
The UNODA paper is here: https://www.un.org/disarmament/publications/occasionalpapers/unoda-occasional-papers-no-35-april-2020/ 
Organized by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace: www.vowpeace.org
https://www.facebook.com/events/223144648902266/  
Zoom details: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87304807026    

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CANADIAN VOICE OF WOMEN FOR PEACE VIRTUAL MEET AND GREET 
Tuesday, May 19
7:00 PM EDT
VOW Virtual Meet and Greet to network, get acquainted, and get to know each other better in this powerful network. Organized by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace: www.vowpeace.org
Registration is here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/vow-meet-and-greet-tickets-104210556580  

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WEBINAR: PAYING HUMANITY'S DEBT: CUBA, AFRICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN - A TEACH-IN WEBINAR
TUESDAY, MAY 19 8:00 PM (Eastern), 5:00 PM (Pacific)
In Honor of Malcolm X's Birthday
Register for Tuesday, May 19th Webinar on ZOOM: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fCgw1XYWSmK3vfzrP1yF-g 
View Tuesday, May 19th Webinar on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/events/261041165255045/
Lots of fantastic speakers: 
Organizing Committee, International Conference for the Normalization of US-Cuba Relations
us-cubanormalization.org

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WEBINAR: U.S. ARMS SALES IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
Wednesday, May 20 from 1:30pm - 2:30pm
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged global responses and resources. Yet U.S. arms sales continue, including to governments with repressive regimes and considerable human rights concerns. In April 2020 alone, the Trump administration notified Congress of more than $2 billion in potential weapons exports. With COVID-19 prompting the United States and international arms purchasers to reassess their own military expenditures, the current environment may present an opportunity to rethink the United States' approach to global arms sales. Join a discussion on the ways the administration and Congress can revise approaches to the U.S. arms trade of the future.
Speakers:
Brittany Benowitz, Chief Counsel, American Bar Association (ABA) Center for Human Rights
William Hartung, Director, Arms and Security Program, Center for International Policy
Diana Ohlbaum, Senior Strategist and Legislative Director for Foreign Policy, Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
Rachel Stohl, Vice President,Stimson Center
More info and to register go to: https://www.stimson.org/event/u-s-arms-sales-in-the-time-of-covid-19/ 

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WEBINAR: GREEN RECOVERY: HOW TO BUILD A CLEAN ECONOMY
Thursday, May 21st, 2020
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (EDT)
Organized by Environmental Defence: https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/60910/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=eblast&ea.url.id=4726069 

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WEBINAR: MARKETS, FINANCE, TECHNOLOGIES FOR GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY 
Thursday, May 21, 1:15 - 2:15 p.m. EST
Join futurist, Hazel Henderson, and Chris Skroupa in a sixty-minute discussion about transitions to a sustainable society and economy, and how we will produce and distribute goods and services.
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7062609993207247118  

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WEBINAR: OPENING UP -- WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS FOR PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENTS?
Please join us on Tuesday, May 26 at 8 p.m. EST for our next episode, where we will welcome back parliamentary reporter Karl Nerenberg; former NDP deputy leader and author of Outside In: A Political Memoir, Libby Davies; Winnipeg Centre MP Leah Gazan; and executive director of Foodshare Toronto Paul Taylor for this discussion.
With provinces starting to open back up, and revisiting stricter restrictions and measures, our next webinar will ask what are the next steps for progressive movements. How will what we do now have an impact on the future? What about ideas like the universal basic income, or the Green New Deal? And what will this mean for workers, with special attention on both gendered and racial dynamics?
Organized by Rabble.ca, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JRYnSG8iQg-VOoe3UAXtUg 

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WEBINAR: "NONVIOLENCE STRATEGIES - 101 SOLUTIONS TO VIOLENCE, TERROR, AND WAR".
On Thursday, May 28 at 12pm-2pm Eastern Time, Dr. Mary-Wynne Ashford, author and activist, will lead a virtual workshop on "Nonviolence Strategies - 101 Solutions to Violence, Terror, and War". Organized by World Beyond War. To register, go to: https://actionnetwork.org/events/nowar2020-virtual-conference-nonviolence-strategies-online-workshop/ 

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WEBINAR: THE TRUTH ABOUT VENEZUELA
Thursday, May 28, 7 p.m. EST
Featuring Carlos J. Ron Martinez, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, with Barry Weisleder, Emily Steers, and James Spencer.
For more information, including links to past webcasts and other videos, go regularly to:  www.socialistaction.ca 
For answers to your specific questions, and/or to join Socialist Action, write to:  socialistactioncanada at gmail.com 
Will be streamed here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWDMYw8KDxV55X7oZNg9qiw 

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TWO WEBINARS ON MAY 29 ON SHUTTING DOWN AN ARMS FAIR & CONVERSION FROM A WAR ECONOMY TO A PEACE ECONOMY
On Friday, May 29 there will be 2 online panel presentations. From 3pm-4:30pm Eastern Time, Te Ao Pritchard, Siana Bangura, Richard Sanders, and Colin Stuart will speak about how to shut down a weapons expo. Then from 4:30pm-6pm Eastern Time, we'll hear from Tamara Lorincz, Brent Patterson, and Simon Black about conversion from a war to peace economy. Organized by World Beyond War. To register, go to: https://actionnetwork.org/events/nowar2020-virtual-conference-shutting-down-weapons-expos-economic-conversion/ 

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WEBINAR: FAIR VOTE CANADA CONFERENCE
Friday, May 29, 2020 07:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada), Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UzsgcBJRRKGxPY_YCqigMQ  
More info about the conference: https://www.fairvote.ca/conference-2020/ 

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OPEN MIC EVENT TO CELEBRATE PEACE & DISARMAMENT ON ZOOM
On Saturday, May 30 from 3pm-5pm Eastern Time will be a virtual anti-war activists open mic session. We'll hear live music from the Ottawa Raging Grannies and Sandy Greenberg, along with reports from World BEYOND War chapter coordinators around the world. Come to listen and to share your music, poetry, activism, and more. Organized by World Beyond War. To register, go to: https://actionnetwork.org/events/nowar2020-virtual-conference-anti-war-activists-virtual-open-mic-session/ 

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VIRTUAL MEETING: "REVITALIZING THE CANADIAN PEACE MOVEMENT" 
On Sunday, May 31 from 4-6pm EST, join us at our strategy meeting and share your ideas about how we can build a strong peace and anti-war movement in Canada. You can register here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/zoom-online-strategy-session-revitalizing-a-canada-wide-peace-movement/  and you can you fill out a survey in advance to share your views: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJRFR6uWJvdjFR8_GnkbP13cm0zENYFehpetqnfK79qh7XmQ/viewform  

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WEBINAR: CORONAVIRUS, WAR & EMPIRE: ARUNDHATI ROY AND JEREMY CORBYN IN CONVERSATION WITH TARIQ ALI
Saturday, June 6, 2020 12:00 PM in London UK. Organized by Stop the War Coalition UK (http://www.stopwar.org.uk/)
During the coronavirus crisis China and the US have become increasingly belligerent, and oil prices have plummeted, while bombs made in the richest countries in the world have continued to fall on the poorest.  Our eminent speakers will discuss, among other issues, whether the current crisis will lead to permanent change in the world order and whether the assent of China been hastened in recent months. They will examine the role India might play in the coming struggle for global dominance and whether the age of American dominance is finally drawing to a close.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/87487535113/success?user_id=IrSmJksvSomemTeJTECL8g&timezone_id=Europe%2FLondon 

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Sign the petition "End Canadian Sanctions Now": https://www.change.org/p/right-honourable-justin-trudeau-suspend-canada-s-economic-sanctions-now?recruiter=7269943&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=fd0f38c0-ddf9-012f-bbe0-404067ca6a7a  

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Sign the petition that "Canada doesn't deserve a seat on the UN Security Council for its record on siding with Israel like the US": https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfPfBwqpfSKTfDkMEcsxoc1b_tYaGaDCqLwXcL4BBIQ03tRiw/viewform   

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Sign the petition "Empowering the Office of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise with independence and the power to investigate human rights abuse allegations": https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-2564  #Empower the ombudsperson and #Enact corporate accountability legislation!

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In case you missed it: You can watch "Pandemic, Imperialism and the New Cold War against China" here that was organized by the Canadian Peace Congress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djvygZLC814  

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In case you missed it: You can watch "Minding our own business: How to ensure Canadian businesses respect human rights abroad" here: https://devpeace-my.sharepoint.com/personal/ewright_devp_org/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fewright%5Fdevp%5Forg%2FDocuments%2FShared%20with%20Everyone%2FRecording%5FMinding%20our%20own%20Business%5FMay14%2C2020%2Emp4&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Fewright%5Fdevp%5Forg%2FDocuments%2FShared%20with%20Everyone&originalPath=aHR0cHM6Ly9kZXZwZWFjZS1teS5zaGFyZXBvaW50LmNvbS86djovZy9wZXJzb25hbC9ld3JpZ2h0X2RldnBfb3JnL0VRb2g3QnRvcnZGTmttQUxTX1J1YzQwQmEzdkUwX1c5b3VESnAyVGlSSFJxN0E_cnRpbWU9b0dNNy1YYjcxMGc