[KWPeace-groups] Upcoming events & petitions to sign - "Peace Now! Stop the War, Stop NATO" on Feb. 26 at 1pm Waterloo Public Sq.

[Tamara Lorincz]

Hello KW peace,



Please join me and Mary next Sunday. See list below of some upcoming events and actions!

"Peace Now! Stop the War, Stop NATO"

Sunday February 26

1:00-2:00 pm

Waterloo Public Square

75 King St., Waterloo

Organized by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace & WILPF Canada

https://peaceandjusticenetwork.ca/



Have a good weekend. In solidarity for Black History Month,

Tamara


OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS & PETITIONS
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WEBINAR: Justice for Hassan Diab
Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023
1:00 to 2:30 PM CST
Via Zoom. Admission is free; tickets at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/justice-for-hassan-diab-tickets-528431692417
Professor Hassan Diab is a Canadian citizen and academic who is facing extradition to France to stand trial in connection with the 1980 bombing of a Paris synagogue.  This even though Diab was in Beirut, Lebanon at the time of the attack, writing university exams. This is the second time France has tried to hang this crime on Professor Diab. In 2014, he was extradited to France and held for three years, mainly in solitary confinement, before a French judge ruled that there was not sufficient evidence to put him on trial.
Professor Diab's case is explored in detail at https://www.justiceforhassandiab.org. Among other things, it reveals serious flaws in Canada's extradition system and France's judicial system. Roger Clark will discuss the case, Canada's role in Mr. Diab's extradition, and actions people can take now to prevent further injustices against Professor Diab.
Speakers:
Roger Clark is a former national Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada and has been active in Hassan Diab's support group for the past seven years. He has led several human rights investigations, including research missions to Cambodia, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Nepal, Guatemala and Algeria. In 2001 he was awarded the Order of Canada for his human rights work, both in Canada and internationally.
Candice Bodnaruk is an executive member of Peace Alliance Winnipeg. She has been active in Palestinian Solidarity work for many years and is the Canadian Columnist for the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs magazine.

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WEBINAR: No to War, No to NATO: North American perspectives on Ukraine, Russia, and the Alliance
Sunday, February 19, 2023 * 12:00-1:30 PM ET
Register:  https://tinyurl.com/NoToNATOWebinar
For the last year, the war in Ukraine has been reflected daily in mainstream news, but remains an issue clouded by confusion. While events of the last year are front page news, there is little talk about the many years of NATO provocations, aggression and military buildup against Russia. More and more each day, NATO countries including Canada, the US, and England are fueling the war, funneling even more weapons into Ukraine. Join the Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network for a webinar featuring speakers from Canada, the US, and Ukraine.
Join the conversation with:
Glenn Michalchuk: President of the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians and Chair of Peace Alliance Winnipeg.
Margaret Kimberly: Executive Editor of Black Agenda Report and author of the book Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents. In addition to being a Coordinating Committee member of Black Alliance for Peace,  she is an Administrative Committee member of the United National Antiwar Coalition, and the Board of Directors of the U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation. She is also a board member of Consortium News and the editorial board of the International Manifesto Group.
Kevin MacKay: Kevin is a professor at Mohawk College in Hamilton. He researches, writes, and teaches on the subjects of civilization collapse, political transformation, and global systemic risk. In 2017 he published Radical Transformation: Oligarchy, Collapse, and the Crisis of Civilization with Between the Lines Books. He is currently working on a book entitled A New Ecological Politics, with Oregon State University Press. Kevin also serves as Vice President of the Mohawk faculty union, OPSEU Local 240.
Moderated by Janine Solanki: Vancouver-based activist and organizer with Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO), a member group of the Canada-Wide Peace & Justice Network.
Organized by the Canada-Wide Peace & Justice Network including Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Canada.

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INTERNATIONAL WEEKEND OF ACTION "PEACE NOW! STOP THE WAR, STOP NATO"
February 23-26, Across the country
Join us on the streets & at online events. Plan or find an action in your city.
In Canada: http://peaceandjusticenetwork.ca
In UK: http://stopwar.org.uk
In Europe: http://no-to-nato.org
Organized by the Canada-Wide Peace & Justice Network including Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Canada.

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WEBINAR: Colonial Canada and the Caribbean - Past and Present
Feb 23, 2023 07:00 PM ET
On February 23 CFPI is hosting "Colonial Canada and the Caribbean - Past and present" featuring authors Peter James Hudson and Paula Hastings. Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Aw1N_pRlTOaZxzaa0ZGHAA
To mark Black History Month, we are hosting a webinar discussion on Canada's colonial role in the Caribbean, past and present, from Canadian trade relations with the slave plantation economy to gunboat diplomacy and Canadian banking power in the late 1800s. This event will feature discussion and Q&A with Paula Hastings (author of Dominion over Palm and Pine: A History of Canadian Aspirations in the British Caribbean) and Peter James Hudson (author of Bankers and Empire: How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean).
Hosted by the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute
Moderated by Bianca Mugyenyi, CFPI

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>From Occupation to Apartheid: In Discussion with Former UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk
March 29 at 7pm
Balsillie School of International Affairs
67 Erb St.
Register: https://www.balsillieschool.ca/event/from-occupation-to-apartheid-in-discussion-with-former-un-special-rapporteur-michael-lynk/

SIGN THE PETITIONS:
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PETITION: NO NEW FIGHTER JETS
Please sign & share our parliamentary petition and to tell the Trudeau government to #DropTheF35Deal: https://bit.ly/3Jvrawb

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PETITION: APPEAL FOR PEACE: End the war in Ukraine, the world wants peace.
Target: National governments, the Commission of the European Union, members of the European Parliament, UN Secretary General, further responsible persons in Europe, the USA and Canada, and the global interested public.
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/appeal-for-peace/?link_id=2&can_id=7316a2de1fc97e6819232d16dcbf6da0&source=email-appeal-for-peace&email_referrer=email_1800976&email_subject=appeal-for-peace

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YOUTH CALL ON TRUDEAU TO JOIN TPNW
If you are a youth below the age of 30 years old, please be sure to sign the link to the letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Joly to get Canada to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OI3zS20sSP632A7vg99esMsrYwb7QSz1oeQqiN-GDlo/edit

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STOP CANADIAN FUNDING OF ILLEGAL ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS
Take a minute to email the CRA to demand they audit the charitable status of Ne'eman Foundation Canada, which funds organizations promoting West Bank settlements, racist policies and the Israeli military: https://bit.ly/3S1X061

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CALL ON CANADA NOT TO INTERVENE MILITARILY IN HAITI
No Canadian Military Intervention in Haiti: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/no-canadian-military-intervention-in-haiti?source=twitter&

ANNOUNCEMENTS
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The 2024 Rotary Peace Fellowship application is now available, and apply to be the next cohort of global peace and development leaders: https://my.rotary.org/en/document/rotary-peace-fellowship-application-announcement

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