[KWPeace-groups] 16 upcoming events, 1 resource, 1 petition to sign, Canadian essay contest for undergraduates on nuclear disarmament $500 & more!

[Tamara Lorincz]

Hello KW Peace

To share with you: 16 upcoming events, 1 resource, 1 petition to sign, Canadian essay contest for undergraduates on nuclear disarmament $500 & more!

Please share below events widely! Don't miss: The Trauma of Fighter Jets Oct. 21 & People's History of Canadian Military Oct. 24

Please retweet this tweet: https://twitter.com/TamaraLorincz/status/1450191890188578817
Please share this on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/403917387984461

Note: October 31 is the anniversary of the Women, Peace & Security UNSC resolution: https://www.un.org/womenwatch/osagi/wps/

November 6 is the UN Day for the Prevention of the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict: https://www.un.org/en/observances/environment-in-war-protection-day

In solidarity for peace, earth and justice,
Tamara

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*RESOURCE: Climate Action Network Canada releases "Manifesto of Resistance": https://climateactionnetwork.ca/2021/10/20/can-rac-releases-cop26-brief-a-manifesto-of-resistance/
PDF: https://climateactionnetwork.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/A-Manifesto-of-Resistance-CAN-Rac-COP26-brief.pdf
*BUT: The Climate Action Network manifesto says nothing about the military being the biggest carbon polluter in the federal government, nothing about diverting military spending (biggest budget) to climate financing and nothing about peace and cooperation for climate justice.

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WEBINAR: VENEZUELA N21 ELECTION; BOLIVARIAN DEMOCRACY
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 At 8 Pm - 9:30 Pm ET
Webinar with Jesús Rodriguez-Espinoza, Editor of the Orinoco Tribune and former Venezuelan Consul to Chicago, USA, speaking from Caracas.
Media sponsor: The Canada Files
Emcee: Nino Pagliccia, FDPHC_SO
https://www.facebook.com/groups/123027341574248

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WEBINAR & FILM SCREENING: THE TRAUMA OF FIGHTER JETS:
Why Canada Must Not Buy a New Fleet
Thursday, October 21
7:00-8:30 P.M.  ET
Join our webinar to watch the 12-minute documentary "Jet Line" about fighter jet noise in Burlington, Vermont where a new fleet of F-35s have just been based and to hear from activists from 'Stop the F-35 Coalition' in Vermont, "Safe Skies Clean Water" in Wisconsin, "Sound Defense Alliance" against the Growler fighter jets in the Pacific Northwest and 'No Fighter Jets Coalition' in Canada.
Speakers:
Duane Peterson III (Filmmaker, 'Jet Line')
Patrick Mccormack (Filmmaker, 'Jet Line')
James Marc Leas (Lawyer and organizer, 'Stop the F-35 Coalition' in Vermont)
Vicki Berenson (Organizer, Safe Skies Clean Water in Wisconsin)
Christine Hurley (Research Committee Member, Sound Defense Alliance)
Tamara Lorincz  (Member of VOW and WILPF-Canada, Report back on protest at Cold Lake Air Force Base)
Mary-Ellen Francoeur (Member of Pax Christi, Report back on the Canadian International Air Show, Toronto)
There will be time for an open discussion.
Organized by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and supported by the No New Fighter Jets Coalition and the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF-Canada)
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvcemvrTguEtP2mHnCggliA92ABtB-NVh6
EXTREME NOISE -CARBON EMISSIONS - DISPLACEMENT FOR AIR FORCE BASES - HARMS PEOPLE & THE PLANET
#NoNewFighterJets

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WEBINAR: REVERSE THE TREND - IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND URANIUM MINING
Thur. Oct. 21, 8 p.m. ET
Reverse the Trend (RTT) Canada, a youth-led organization, encourages youth to speak out on nuclear disarmament, and spark discussions and actions surrounding climate activism.  To learn more about our goals, commitments, initiatives, and our upcoming docuseries, we would like to invite you to our information session for youth.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsdeivqD0tE9xkBxVmdH2VkYQC22q1PjZy


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WEBINAR: A DIALOGUE ON CUBA'S HEROIC RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
October 21 at 5pm PT/8 PM ET
>>> Welcome
- Sean O'Donoghue - Table de Concertation et de Solidarité Québec-Cuba
>>> Speakers
- Dr. Agustin Lage - Founder and longtime director of the Cuban Center of Molecular Immunology (CIM). A member of the Cuban Academy of Sciences and the US National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Lage led the CIM into becoming one of the world's top Institutes for biotech and medical research. He completed his post-graduate work at the renowned Pasteur Institute in Paris, France. Doctor in Medicine, Ph.D. in Medical Sciences, Full Researcher, Coordinator of the Technical Council for Biotechnology Projects in Cuba.
- Dr. Samira Addrey - 2020 graduate of the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) in Cuba. She was born and raised in Accra, Ghana before migrating to the United States at the age of nine with her family. She is currently the Coordinator of the ELAM program for IFCO/Pastors for Peace
>>> Moderators
- Dr. Leni Villagomez Reeves - former United Farm Workers volunteer who attended UC Berkeley and UCSF. She worked at Valley Childrens Hospital for many years doing pediatric emergency medicine. Dr. Villagomez Reeves is active in Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, where she co-chairs its national Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Committee, and with the Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba and the Saving Lives Campaign.
- Alison Bodine - Social justice activist, writer and researcher in Vancouver, Canada who has been working in solidarity with Venezuela and Cuba for over 15 years. Alison has traveled to Cuba over a dozen times since 2006. She is coordinator of the Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice Venezuela Solidarity Campaign and on the editorial board of the Fire This Time Newspaper. She is author of the book "Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Venezuela" (Battle of Ideas Press, 2018).
Register for Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_m0AKrlpuQOW_9V4FKbqETQ?fbclid=IwAR3m9YzfktahDcnu92fJEq2sn4E_U2L4XOfA3puFDEJrM2lXU3GUr4w9e_Q

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WEBINAR: EUROPE AGAINST THE COLD WAR - CHINA IS NOT OUR ENEMY!
Saturday, October 23 at 6am ET/
Join our online zoom meeting to rally opposition in Europe against the US-led new cold war against China.
Translation: English, Spanish, French
SPEAKERS:
* YANIS VAROUFAKIS, former Finance Minister of Greece, Greece
* MAITE MOLA, Vice-President European Left Party, Spain
* KATE HUDSON, General Secretary of CND, Britain
* NABIL BOUKILI, Federal Deputy, Belgium Workers Party, Belgium
* VICTOR GAO, Professor at Soochow University and former interpreter for Deng Xiaoping, China
* VIJAY PRASHAD, Executive Director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, India
* MADISON TANG, CODEPINK, US
* CINZIA DELLA PORTA, Unione Sindacale Di Base, Italy
* MARIA CERNAT, Editor of The Barricade, Romania
The US administration is attempting to draw Europe into its cold war against China.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/europe-against-the-cold-war-china-is-not-our-enemy-tickets-186596534257?fbclid=IwAR1T1XAghEuSfqsBHEm6H8xBa8uOGBOcKE1R7X3n8WN-fr2EHzS47ekQCYU

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WEBINAR" STANDING ON GUARD FOR WHOM? A People's History of the Canadian Military"
Sunday, Oct 24, 2021, 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Book launch event
Yves Engler, author, activist and fellow with the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute
With discussant Vanessa Lanteigne, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW)
Organized by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace. There will be time for an open discussion.
For the No New Fighter Jet Coalition and campaign to stop Trudeau wasting $77 billion for 88 new fighter jets.
Organized by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and supported by the No New Fighter Jets Coalition.
For more information go to: www.nofighterjets.ca<http://www.nofighterjets.ca> #NoNewFighterJets
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctdOqgrT4iHN1ZCR8R80bLM2SABYziLEgS
#NoNewFighterJets

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WEBINAR: THE WPS AGENDA IN PALESTINE: CHALLENGES TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1325 UNDER OCCUPATION
25 October 2021
10:00 - 11:30 a.m. ET | 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. CET | 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Jerusalem
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xF0yYd87QPGtveVxk5HjyQ
Organized by the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom

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WEBINAR: CLIMATE CHANGE: THE GREATEST NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES
Oct 27, 2021 10:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1516345890809/WN_EHUZPr4lTxCSCfqI9Cpawg
In the future, climate change, if not addressed in time, risks destroying the United States along with the whole of modern civilization. Already in the next few decades however, climate change threatens to ravage vulnerable states around the world, create a new wave of mass migration from Central America, and undermine key U.S. allies.
In a brief based on his recent book, Climate Change and the Nation State, Quincy Institute senior fellow Anatol Lieven argues that climate change is a threat to American interests and the American people that dwarfs those presented by adversaries such as China, Russia, or Iran, and that it should be treated as a far greater priority by the U.S. foreign policy and security establishment.
On a panel to discuss his paper, Lieven will be joined by Neta Crawford,  Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Boston University, and John Conger, Director Emeritus of the Center for Climate and Security, Senior Advisor to the Council on Strategic Risks, and Senior US Advisor to the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS). Quincy Institute Director of Studies Sarang Shidore will moderate.
Organized by the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

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WEBINAR: "EXTRAORDINARY THREAT: THE U.S. EMPIRE, THE MEDIA, AND TWENTY YEARS OF COUP ATTEMPTS IN VENEZUELA."
Saturday, October 30, 2021
2:00 p.m. EDT
The event will be on Zoom, and a link will be provided soon. The authors, Joe Emersberger and Justin Podur, will be present at the launch. More details to come. Organized by Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War: https://hamiltoncoalitiontostopthewar.ca/

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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: 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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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
 info at peacepoppies.ca<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: www.nofighterjets.ca<http://www.nofighterjets.ca>

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2021 BLUMENFELD PRIZE ESSAY CONTEST ON REDUCING THE DANGERS OF NUCLEAR
WEAPONS - $500 for undergraduate students, deadline December 20!
How can humanity reduce the dangers and risks of nuclear weapons?
As the world grapples with the Covid pandemic and an increasingly serious global climate
crisis, thousands of nuclear weapons remain in arsenals around the world. Many of these
weapons are ready to be launched within minutes, threatening humanity with nuclear
catastrophe. Progress in reducing nuclear-weapons stockpiles and enacting new arms control
agreements has stalled or reversed in recent years. Many nuclear weapons states are committing
billions of dollars to upgrading their nuclear arsenals and developing new generations of
nuclear weapons. How can we rid ourselves of these dangerous weapons?
The Science for Peace 2021 Blumenfeld Prize Essay Contest invites Canadian undergraduate
students to grapple with this issue. Here is the specific question: Is Canada's adherence to the
UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons the most efficacious strategy for Canadian
peace activists in responding to the nuclear threat?
A prize of $500 will be awarded for the top essay.
Guidelines: The contest is open to full- and part-time undergraduate students in any Canadian
university or college who are en-route to a degree. Limit one entry per person.
Essays must be 2000 - 2500 words and double spaced. Please include a word count at the end of
the essay. All essays must be written in English or French. Pages should be numbered and the
title of the essay should appear on every page. Contestants must use citations when referencing,
paraphrasing, or quoting someone else's work. Citations must be consistent but do not need to
follow a specific form. Essays submitted for university coursework are eligible for submission.
However, essays must be previously unpublished. The writer's name should only appear on the
first page of the essay. Judging will be done blindly by a select panel of judges from Science for
Peace. All essays will be screened by Turnitin.
Essay submissions must be received by December 20, 2021. Electronic submissions should be
submitted as a .doc or .pdf file. Please submit your essay as an attachment to a message sent to
sfp at physics.utoronto.ca<mailto:sfp at physics.utoronto.ca> Please include your phone number, university affiliation, and program
and year in your message.
Students submitting essays for the 2021 Blumenfeld Prize are encouraged to participate in the
2022 Science for Peace Student Forum on Reducing the Dangers of Nuclear Weapons, to be
held online in late January, 2022 (Forum details will released in the fall of 2021.) The
Blumenfeld Prize winner will be announced at the 2022 University Student Forum.

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ICYMI: LISTEN: IDEAS "Historian examines neglected truth behind Canada's role in the Vietnam War"
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/historian-examines-neglected-truth-behind-canada-s-role-in-vietnam-war-1.6203086?cmp=newsletter_Ideas_4886_318346

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PETITION TO SIGN: Stop Excluding Military Pollution from Climate Agreements
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-excluding-military-pollution-from-climate-agreements-2/?clear_id=true

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SUPPORT: Help Us Support a Group of Exiled Afghan Women's Rights Defenders
The Rural Refugee Rights Network and Women Who Choose to Live are looking to raise $3000 Euros ($4,500 Canadian) on an urgent basis to help Afghan Women's Rights Defenders with food, clothing, and shelter as they try and get a foothold and continue their solidarity work from afar under very difficult circumstances. Let's not forget the sheroes of Afghanistan now that they are no longer in the news.
You can send etransfers to tasc at web.ca<mailto:tasc at web.ca> or cheques to Homes not Bombs, 2583 Carling Ave., Unit M052, Ottawa, ON K2B 7H7. Thanks!
Matthew Behrens
Rural Refugee Rights Network and Women Who Choose to Live
(Rural Refugee Rights Network, Women Who Choose to Live & Homes not Bombs are worth supporting!)

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