[KWPeace-groups] TONIGHT! PALESTINE FOOD FUNDRAISER IN KITCHENER & more upcoming events & actions

[Tamara Lorincz]

Hello KW peace!

I hope everyone is well despite the sad world affairs.

Please see below a list of upcoming actions and events.

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TONIGHT! PALESTINE FOOD FUNDRAISER IN KITCHENER

Palestine Food Fundraising

Friday, January 19, 5:30-7:30 pm

Kitchener Masjid, Muslim Association of Canada

1017 Victoria St. North, Kitchener

A strong bond connects us all, let's extend our hearts and hands to Gaza. In unity, Kitchener-Waterloo Muslims stand firm, supporting our families in Gaza.

Come enjoy sandwiches, desserts, snacks and more.

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ACTION IN HAMILTON: CANADA OUT OF THE RED SEA! CEASEFIRE NOW IN GAZA, STOP BOMBING YEMEN, STOP ARMING ISRAEL & PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Saturday, January 20 at 12pm.
Federal Building in Hamilton at 55 Bay Street North at noon on Saturday.
https://www.facebook.com/events/756689899658726/?ref=newsfeed
Organized by the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War website:
http://hamiltoncoalitiontostopthewar.ca/2024/01/14/canada-out-of-red-sea/
*Let's meet for a quick coffee afterward.

Leaftlet "Stop Bombing Yemen": http://hamiltoncoalitiontostopthewar.ca/

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*Rescheduled! ZOOM MEETING TALKING & ORGANIZING FOR PEACE & PALESTINE on Sun. Jan. 21
Topic: Mobilize for Peace & Palestine
Open meeting hosted by WILPF-Canada & VOW
Time: Sunday, Jan 21, 2024 04:00 PM Vancouver PT / 7pm ET
One hour meeting to talk about the hunger strike, upcoming events, actions & how we are feeling, sharing resources.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87272797487?pwd=SFQxem8xMExLWk5BY1BkZ3FrWU14QT09
Meeting ID: 872 7279 7487
Passcode: 222092

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WEBINAR: NATO/Militarism in Africa - Women Speak Out
Tue January 23, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST
NATO expands into Africa as US bullies the continent into more militarism.
Register: https://masspeaceaction.org/event/nato-militarism-in-the-africa-women-speak-out/
Since the end of the last century with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the disappearance of the Soviet Union, NATO is on the move. Its "out of area" military operation in Afghanistan in 2011, lasted for 20 years. Since 1994 the African counties Algeria, Egypt, Mauretania, Morocco and Tunisia are together with Israel and Jordan in the NATO partnership program Mediterranean Dialog (MD) NATO. Thus began a "Global NATO," project to use the NATO military alliance beyond its own charter obligations from the South China Sea to the Caribbean Sea forwarded to Australia.
Africa's long anti-colonial  history with its giant leaps forward with infrastructure and development are now being challenged by the re-entry of NATO and its ensuing military infrastructure throughout the continent.  Global Women for Peace/ United Against NATO (GWUAN) and MAPA present the first in a series of webinars on the terrible cost of militarism around the world.  Women from Africa will share their experience and concerns about these military developments in their societies, countries and the continent.
Speakers:
- Cyrille Rolande Bechon - Nouveaux Droits de l'Homme Cameroun, IPB Council member - Cameroun
- Phakamile Hlubi-Majola (short Pax), spokesperson for the South African Union NUMSA (MetalWorkers), works closely with the Pan African Secretariat of the IPA - South Africa
More info: https://masspeaceaction.org/event/nato-militarism-in-the-africa-women-speak-out/

NOTE: "Canadian special forces to again train African troops despite concerns about such soldiers previously overthrowing civilian governments": https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/canadian-special-forces-to-again-train-african-troops-despite-concerns-about-such-soldiers-previously-overthrowing-civilian-governments

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WEBINAR: From Terror to Transformation: Can the Violence in Palestine-Israel
Thursday, January 25, 2024 06:30 PM in
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ic5zvxwrSSCLORGMO9CVEw#/registration
Organized by Breaking the Silence

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WEBINAR: The Ongoing Nakba: the Impact of 75 years of No Accountability
Thu January 25 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST
Register: https://masspeaceaction.org/event/the-ongoing-nakba-the-impact-of-75-years-of-no-accountability/
We are seeing this catastrophe unfold in front of our eyes:
Hundreds of thousands of Gazan civilians are fleeing to southern Gaza, which continues to be attacked.  Hospitals and schools have been bombed, and hundreds of health care workers have been killed.  Thousands of displaced Palestinians are living in tents in squalid areas, with little food or water, increasing disease with little to no medical care.
As our speaker, Jehad Abusalim, said in a recent tweet, "This is 1948 all over again, on a much larger and more brutal scale... This is the result of 75 years of zero accountability and complete impunity for this savage state. This is the result of normalizing anti-Palestinian hate and racism."
Jehad will talk about the current situation in Gaza and the complexities of helping his own displaced family in Gaza and his analysis of "the ongoing Nakba".
Jehad Abusalim is the Executive Director of The Jerusalem Fund and its educational program, The Palestine Center.  He was formerly the Education and Policy Coordinator American Friends Service Committee and a Fellow at the Foundation For Middle East Peace.  Jehad earned a PhD in Hebrew and Judaic Studies/History from NYU, and is the editor of Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire, an anthology of Palestinian writers and artists,  published by Haymarket Books in 2022. He has been published in +972 Magazine, Al-Jazeera English, Palestine Square, Journal of Palestine Studies, and Vox, and contributed to the anthology Gaza as Metaphor with a chapter entitled "From Fence to Fence: Retelling Gaza's Story." Jehad's family continues to live in Gaza.

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WEBINAR: War in Gaza: How Al-Aqsa Flood Changed the World
This webinar will take place on Sunday January 28, 2024.
8 am CST (Winnipeg); 9 am EST (New York); 2 p.m GMT (London); 7:30 pm IST (New Delhi) & 10 pm CST (Beijing). This event explores how the launching of Al-Aqsa Flood on 7 October 2023 has geopolitical dimensions that have changed the world.
Organized by the International Manifesto Group: https://19999b-73e.icpage.net/war-in-gaza-webinar?sId=58950320&sKey=CHD9&mId=241566

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WEBINAR: Just Transition Guide Fireside Chat with David Suzuki & Melina Laboucan-Massimo
When: Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 4 - 5:30 p.m. PT / 7 - 8:30 p.m. ET
Where: Virtual (join from anywhere with an internet connection) Register here: http://tinyurl.com/mh664eda
Join us for a fireside chat between two of Turtle Island's most prominent environmental activists on climate change and Indigenous leadership!
This virtual event follows November's official launch of the "Just Transition Guide," a project led by Melina Laboucan-Massimo, in collaboration with Sacred Earth Solar, Indigenous Climate Action, the David Suzuki Foundation, Power to the People and RealWorld Media. The guide explores Indigenous-led pathways toward equitable climate solutions and resiliency in the climate crisis.
View the full guide here:
https://sacredearth.solar/just-transition-guide


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WEBINAR: War and Climate Change
A UNAC webinar
February 2, 2024, 12 noon EST
Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yBL5YUX9QjSLKIvXMlpPuw#/registration
Speakers: Lisa Savage, Maine Natural Guard * Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
Tamara Lorincz, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace & Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Pippa Bartolotti, UNAC & Women United for peace Against NATO
As wars proliferate, and the planet becomes more polluted and less safe, C02 in the atmosphere is now the highest it has been for 14 million years.
A report from the Institute for Policy Studies calculates that the cost of U.S. militarization in the last 20 years is a staggering $21 trillion. Estimates calculate the total cost of shifting to 100% renewable energy over 10 years would be a fraction of this - $4.5 trillion.
We have reached a point where the US and many governments see climate change only as a security issue. Instead of working to make our lives tolerable under climate change, spending is diverted to the military and the security apparatus is strengthened.
The US military is the world's biggest climate change enabler.
Join us for this important webinar
Organized by United Antiwar Coalition: https://www.unacpeace.org/

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WEBINAR SERIES: Neutrality in the 21st Century and Why It Remains Relevant
Organized by the International Peace Bureau
February 5, 12, 19, 26
Register and more info: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtc-mhqjojHdyjJOlcrSHVO6fIVqyMgBbH#/registration

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FYI: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM IN NEPAL in February 2024
https://join.wsforum.net/

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UNITED ANTIWAR COALITION (UNAC) CONFERENCE
Decolonization and the fight against Imperialism
A conference for the entire movement
Saint Paul, MN, USA, April 5-7, 2024
Organized by United Antiwar Coalition: https://www.unacpeace.org/

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FYI: Summit and Rally: No to NATO, Yes to Peace
Start: Saturday, July 06, 2024*10:00 AM
End: Sunday, July 07, 2024* 4:00 PM
Converge on the capital to oppose NATO!
Washington DC* 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20500 US

*Please consider putting a candle, flag for Palestine, sign "ceasefire now" on our door or window. Please contact the Prime Minister to tell him to end the wars in Gaza and Ukraine: pm at pm.gc.ca<mailto:pm at pm.gc.ca>

Hunger Strike for Gaza sign up for a day: https://www.gazastarving.com/

*75 Years is Enough! Abolish the North Atlantic Treaty Organiztion (NATO).
Get involved with the No to War, No to NATO Network: https://www.no-to-nato.org/
Women Against NATO: https://womenagainstnato.org/

#CeasefireNow #PeaceInTheMiddleEAst

In solidarity for peace, earth and justice,
Tamara




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