[KWPeace-groups] 15 events and a petition for peace, earth and justice

Wed Nov 3 20:36:44 EDT 2021

Hello again KW Peace!

15 events and a petition to sign.

In solidarity,
Tamara

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A GLOBAL WEBINAR: THE PAST AND FUTURE OF ARMISTICE / REMEMBRANCE DAY
We’re planning a big online event for November 4, 2021, at 3 p.m. ET. 
Leading Peace Activists from Around the World to Discuss the Origins of Remembrance / Armistice Day and Plans for This Year's. A World BEYOND War event, cosponsored by RootsAction.org 
Background on Armistice/Remembrance Day here: https://worldbeyondwar.org/armistice-remembrance-day/ 
This online event will begin with the presentation of the 2021 US Peace Prize (be there to find out who receives it). The prize will be presented by Michael D. Knox, Founder and Chair of the US Peace Memorial Foundation. 
The timing will be November 4 at noon in Berkeley, 3 p.m. in Toronto, 7 p.m. in London, 8 p.m. in Stockholm, and 8 a.m. November 5th in Aukland. 
Plan to wear a sky blue scarf and a white poppy. 
The event will include presentations, followed by Q&A, from these presenters: 
Leah Bolger, President of World BEYOND War, Former President of Veterans For Peace, based in the United States. 
Brad Oliver of Veterans For Peace UK. 
Sandy Greenberg, Steering Committee member for Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace, and former National Canadian Voice of Women for Peace Board member. 
Valerie Morse of Peace Action Wellington, on the topic of Anzac Day in New Zealand.
REGISTRATION IS FREE: https://actionnetwork.org/events/the-past-and-future-of-armisticeremembrance-day-a-global-webinar/?link_id=15&can_id=08297aacfa6299b1025e006dffcf983d&source=email-armistice-remembrance-day-is-for-ending-war-2&email_referrer=email_1320556&email_subject=online-event-planned-on-the-past-and-future-of-armistice-remembrance-day   

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WEBINAR: THE FUTURE OF THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) AFTER 50 YEARS?
Thursday, 4th November
11:00 am ET / 16:00 – 17:30 CEST 
Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6Js6RFt4RSWmlzOTQjwjAg 
The Multilateral Dialogue of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation in Vienna, together with Atomic Reporters, invites you to an online discussion on The Future of the Non-Proliferation Treaty after 50 years? The NPT entered into force on 5 March 1970; it was extended indefinitely in force on 11 May 1995. The Treaty is the most successful and the most widely adhered to multilateral legally binding instrument governing nuclear non-proliferation, nuclear disarmament and cooperation in the peaceful
uses of nuclear energy – the “three pillars” of the Treaty. The NPT Review Conferences have been held every five years since 1970 – the ones in 1995, 2000 and 2010 resulted in agreements by consensus on various measures across the three pillars, especially on nuclear disarmament. The NPT review process is the only forum where the five nuclear-weapon States – China, France, Russia, UK and US – engage substantively on nuclear disarmament. The 2020 NPT Review Conference was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and now is scheduled for 4-28 January 2022. Given worsening relations between competing nuclear-armed States, ongoing nuclear weapons modernization, nuclear disarmament at a standstill, and non-proliferation challenges, what lies ahead for the NPT after fifty years: will it survive, will it muddle along or will it be supplemented by additional measures? These and related matters will be the subject of discussion among senior diplomats covering nuclear governance matters.
Panellists: Gustavo Zlauvinen: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Argentina). President-designate
of the Tenth NPT Review Conference (scheduled for January 2022). Tariq Rauf:  is on the Board of Directors of Atomic Reporters; he is former Head of Verification & Security Policy Coordination, Alternate Head of the NPT
Delegation, International Atomic Energy Agency; and was a member of the Eminent Persons Group for Substantive Progress on Nuclear Disarmament convened by the Foreign Minister of Japan.

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WEBINAR: “WORLD ON FIRE: UNFCCC AND GLOBAL INACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE”
November 4 from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Register: https://www.balsillieschool.ca/event/global-insights-world-on-fire-unfccc-and-global-inaction-on-climate-change/  
According to the latest UN Framework Convention on Climate Change report (UNFCCC 2021), planet Earth is in dire trouble. The combined effort of the international community’s nationally determined contributions (NDCs) set during COP21’s 2015 ‘Paris Agreement’ falls far short of meeting emissions-reductions targets to prevent a significant rise in global mean temperature. As the dangerous effects of climate warming appear faster and more furiously than expected, what can states do to make a significant impact in combating and mitigating this existential challenge? Is mitigation and adaptation viable options, or are forever going to be ‘running to stand still?’ Organized by the Balsillie School of International Affairs: https://www.balsillieschool.ca/

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WEBINAR: LAND DEFENDERS - HONDURAN ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDER JUANA RAMONA ZUÑIGA
Saturday November 6 at 1pm ET
This webinar will feature environmental defenders from Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Kenya talking about the UN COP26 climate summit.
Organized by Peace Brigades International
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_l-5cqbD4SQmXZYPdDTVeHw  

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CANADA’S CLIMATE RECORD: Broken Promises, Bright Future?
Sunday, November 7
REGISTER NOW: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpcOmhpj0uG9AJ_MFVOHq1Jd7Vf-0vKPsg 
This jointly-sponsored one-hour webcast assembles six experts to reflect on Canada’s climate record and future performance in the context of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. In brief segments of 5-10 minutes, our experts answer these key questions:
· What is COP?
· How adequate is the Liberal government’s climate strategy?
· What is the history of Canada’s broken climate promises?
· What are the challenges, in light of the IPCC’s projections on emissions?
· What is being achieved in Glasgow?
· What can we do to promote a livable future?
All this in 60 minutes. Do join us at 4:30 on Sunday, November 7th. Register now. It’s free.
PANELISTS
What is COP26 and what are major issues? –Gail Greer, SCAN!
Critique of the Liberal Government’s climate plan – David Robertson, SCAN!
Canada’s broken promises – Ali Hashemi, biotech entrepreneur
Challenges to meeting climate goals by 2050 – Danny Harvey, climate scientists, U of T
What is happening now in Glasgow? –Tamara Lorincz, NGO delegate from VOW for Peace/ Mitchell Beer, Publisher, The Energy Mix
What can you do to help? –Lyn Adamson, ClimateFast
Moderated by Richard Sandbrook, President of Science for Peace
Organized by Science for Peace: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpcOmhpj0uG9AJ_MFVOHq1Jd7Vf-0vKPsg 

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ONLINE EVENTS! PEOPLE’S CLIMATE SUMMIT
November 7-10
Check out the great line-up of events and speakers: https://cop26coalition.org/peoples-summit/ 
While world leaders meet to discuss our future at COP26, we'll be building power for system change together. Bringing together the climate justice movement to discuss, learn and strategise for system change. Join in online from anywhere in the world, or in-person in Glasgow.

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VIRUAL REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY: “Let Peace be Their Memorial”
6th annual “Let Peace be Their Memorial” ceremony, which commemorates overlooked victims of war.  It will be held on Nov. 11th from 2 to 3:30 pm PST and will be live-streamed for viewers across Canada.  See https://peacepoppies.ca/wreath-ceremony/   The ceremony includes peace songs, a short keynote talk, anti-war poetry, and a laying a set of beautiful handmade wreaths for women, children, refugees, the environment, indigenous peoples, and other groups.
ORDER WHITE POPPIES:
To order poppies from us you can use the order forms or just email the relevant information to 
 mailto:info at peacepoppies.ca .  
Payment is by cash, cheque (payable to T. Gagné) or by Interac e-Transfer (details on website) and suggested donations listed include postage, pins & our colourful ‘business card’ leaflets.  With larger orders we can include free colour posters.  We also have nice blank postcards suitable for sending to friends, MPs, MLAs or municipal politicians.

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RESCHEDULED: WEEK OF ACTION – NO NEW FIGHTER JETS IN CANADA – WE NEED A NEW POLITICS OF PEACE & DISARMAMENT (Mark your calendars!) November 26-28. 
Rally outside your MP’s office!
The No New Fighter Jets coalition is launching a Canada-Wide Days of Action to stop the federal government from buying new 88 fighter jets for $77 billion. We need to end carbon-intensive militarize for climate justice. Join us and stand outside your Member of Parliament’s office with a sign “No New Fighter Jets”, deliver a letter (we will provide the text) and take a photo to share on social media. Plan your rally between Friday November 26 to Sunday November 28. More details to come soon. Stay tuned: http://www.nofighterjets.ca     

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“TESTIMONIO AND STORYTELLING: CANADIAN EXTRACTIVISM IN TERRITORIES AFFECTED BY GENOCIDE”
Monday, November 8, 2021 at 6:00pm EST for “Testimonio and Storytelling: Canadian extractivism in territories affected by genocide” a virtual event on the recent publication of "Testimonio: Canadian mining in the aftermath of genocides in Guatemala" and "Wolastoqiyik and Mi’kmaq Grandmothers-Land/Water Defenders Sharing and Learning Circle: Generating Knowledge for Action." Learn more about struggles for self-determination after genocide, how Canadian colonialism continues through mining in Guatemala, and we will also hear how grassroots Indigenous organizers from Wabanaki territories are organizing to stop extractivism.  

Confirmed speakers:
•            Isabel Solis, Maya K’iche lawyer and human rights defender, genocide survivor who has accompanied mining struggles throughout Guatemala. 
•            Aniseto Lopez, Maya Mam community organizer from San Miguel Ixtahuacan, Guatemala. Part of a group that petitioned the Inter American Commission on Human Rights to stop operations at the Marlin Mine and urged Canadian churches and pension holders to divest Goldcorp. Aniseto’s testimony appears in the book.
•            Sherry Pictou, PhD, Mi’kmaw from L’sɨtkuk, Assistant Professor of Law and Management; Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Governance (Tier 2), Dalhousie University. Professor Pictou is the lead author of “Wolastoqiyik and Mi’kmaq Grandmothers-Land/Water Defenders Sharing and Learning Circle: Generating Knowledge for Action.”
•            Catherine Nolin, PhD, Professor of Geography at the University of Northern British Columbia, editor of “Testimonio”.  

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WEBINAR: CANADA & HAITI
Saturday, 13 November 2021, 12:00PM
Screening and discussion with Elaine Brière – her documentary, Haiti Betrayed, exposes the role Canada played in the 2004 coup. Don’t miss it!
This webinar from Peace Alliance Winnipeg is the latest is the latest instalment in their 2021 Webinar series - Canada in the World. This webinar will take place Saturday, 13 November 2021, 12:00PM Central time. Admission is free.
Click here to register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/canada-and-haiti-a-webinar-tickets-202090567327  and please share widely!

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WEBINAR: The Struggle for a Democratic State in Historic Palestine
This is the latest panel from the International Manifesto Group. The panel will take place Sunday, November 14 @ 9:00 AM EST. Fantastic line-up of speakers!
Click here to register to attend this event and please share widely! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-struggle-for-a-democratic-state-in-historic-palestine-tickets-204077440117 

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ANTI-WAR EVENTS -OPPOSE 13TH ANNUAL HALIFAX INTERNATIONAL SECURITY FORUM -NOVEMBER 19-20, 2021
Webinar
Friday November 19 - 8 p.m. Atlantic time
More details to come, email: mailto:allan.halifax at gmail.com 
The 13th Annual Halifax International Security Forum will be held November 19-21st in Halifax, NS. According to the organizers they plan to have all their participants in person at the Westin Hotel for the fully vaccinated Forum.
The HISF is a U.S. organization hosted by Canada’s Minister of National Defence. It  proudly announces it "receives generous support from the Government of Canada and Club HFX."
At this time, the Security Forum is part and parcel of the U.S. and NATO's "pivot to Asia." Last year it rolled out its anti-China stance by issuing a "Handbook for Democracies" titled: "China vs Democracy: The Greatest Game.  President, Peter Van Praagh said , "We know what we are for; and we know what we are against. This is how (the Security Forum) differs from all other conferences of similar stature."
This year two of the eight Plenary Sessions and at least three of the Informal Sessions are directly related to China while a number of other sessions are indirectly related. All of it grows the danger of war in the Asia Pacific and on the world scale.
Besides the Plenary and Informal Sessions the Security Forum prides itself for providing the venue for international defense and security "leaders" to meet behind closed doors to plan further crimes against the peace and the peoples of the world. "There is no substitute for face-to-face, in-person conversations between international defense and security leaders. They lead to collaboration, innovative solutions, and renewed hope for our democracies," said Van Praagh.
The agenda purports to deal with global security issues but it does so not from the perspective of the peaceful resolution of conflicts and promotion of international rule of law by upholding the UN Charter.  On the contrary, it promotes  a U.S. "rules-based international order" which it calls democracy despite its aim to make the entire world submit to the U.S. declaration that it is the "indispensable nation" which every country must obey. Oppose the HISF: https://halifaxtheforum.org/ 

Anti-war activists in Halifax urge you to get involved in opposing the Security Forum and making sure Canada provides No Harbour For War and gets out of NATO and NORAD.
No Harbour For War advocates the prevention and resolution of conflicts in accordance with international law and the UN Charter. It opposes the use of force, threats and sanctions to subjugate countries. It calls on Canadians to oppose Canada's integration into the U.S. war machine, NATO and NORAD and the usurpation of Canada's decision-making and sovereignty by the U.S. All foreign and military policy should be decided in a manner which favours the peoples of the world.
Join a webinar on Friday November 19 to hear speakers discuss what's at stake for Canada and the Asia Pacific at this time.  Participate in actions to oppose the warmongering Canada is sponsoring by hosting the HSIF.
We call on Canadians to demand that the HISF be banned, along with demanding that Canada get out of NATO and NORAD and that they be dismantled. No foreign troops should be permitted to operate on Canadian territory and Canadian forces should be brought home. No foreign warships, whether armed with nuclear weapons or not, should be permitted to use our harbours. NATO sponsored think tanks and academic institutions should be dismantled. Promotion of imperialist war aims and the militarization of culture must be rejected.

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR: WEBINAR: WILPF WOMEN AT COP: MOBILIZING FOR FEMINIST CLIMATE JUSTICE 
Sunday, November 21 at 1 pm ET
Organized by WILPF International, more details to come. 

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NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION ON MONDAY, NOV. 22: NO NEW FIGHTER JETS – DAY PARLIAMENT OPENS
*There will be a big action on Parliament Hill in Ottawa with a big banner “Defund Warplanes”, please hold a solidarity event outside your MP’s office. 
Join us and stand outside your Member of Parliament’s office with a sign “No New Fighter Jets”, deliver a letter (we will provide the text) and take a photo to share on social media. Plan your rally between Monday, November 22 or any day convenient for you. Please use the registration form below to register your rally for “No New Fighter Jets” (indicating the name of MP, address of your rally, city, time and your email address): https://tinyurl.com/3wzsf5ey 
More details on https://nofighterjets.ca/ 

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SIGN THE PARLIAMENTARY PETITION: CANADIANS WANT THE US TO STOP ITS WAR/BLOCKADE AGAINST CUBA
To sign the petition, go to: https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Sign/e-3640