[KWPeace-groups] For Gaza + Two upcoming critical conversations on Canadian foreign policy this month in Waterloo!

[Tamara Lorincz]

Hello KW peace,

On Saturday at 11 am there will be grief walk for Gaza leaving the Kitchener Farmers Market. On Sunday, there is an online teach-in for high school students on Gaza from 6:30-8:30pm, register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfDK1EC-6UcckxxPNSuXbEA0Q7Y80beLVuJM2_TM9KlerzbRA/viewform

Please sign the petitions: "Tell your MP: Vote for the NDP Motion on Palestine": https://www.cjpme.org/support_ndp_motion AND "Tell Ministers Joly, Hussen, and Miller to stop genocide or resign" https://www.cjpme.org/stop_genocide_resign

I also want to bring to your attention these two upcoming events. Please mark your calendars and spread the word!

Two upcoming critical conversations on Canadian foreign policy this month in Waterloo!

(1)
Public lecture: "On the Wrong Side of History: Canada, Imperialism, and the Geopolitical Realignment"
Speaker: Dr. Kevin MacKay, Professor Mohawk College
Wednesday, March 20
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Location: Room TBD, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo Campus

Professor MacKay discusses Canada's current and historic role within the post World War II geopolitical context. He will also discuss Canada's position with respect to the war in Ukraine and the genocide in Gaza. Special attention will be paid to our country's relation to NATO and Western imperialism and to the suppression of free speech, dissent, and academic freedom within Canadian post-secondary institutions.

BIO: Kevin is a professor at Mohawk College in Hamilton and serves as Vice President of the Mohawk faculty union, OPSEU Local 240. He researches, writes, and teaches on the subjects of civilization collapse, political transformation, and global systemic risk. In 2017 Kevin 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. In 2004, Kevin founded the Sky Dragon Community Development Co-operative, a non-profit that operates a community centre in downtown Hamilton.

The public event will be moderated by Tamara Lorincz, PhD candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University and a fellow with the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute.

*There will be a draw for a free copy of the new book: Canada's Long Fight Against Democracy.

The event has been organized with the financial support of the Laurier Student Public Interest Research Group (LSPIRG) and endorsed by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW), the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom Canada (WILPF), and the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute.

(2)
Book Launch: "Canada's Long Fight Against Democracy"
Wednesday, March 27
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Speaker: Yves Engler
Location: Room TBD, Wilfrid Laurier University

Yves Engler will discuss his new book, Canada's Long Fight Against Democracy. It is an important overview of Canadian-backed coups since 1950 from Mohammad Mossadegh in Iran to Patrice Lumumba in Congo, Salvador Allende in Chile and Jean Bertrand Aristide in Haiti. While Canadian officials and the mainstream media regularly frame conflicts with geopolitical competitors as motivated by a belief in "democracy," Yves debunks the notion and reveals the corporate and military interests that drive Canadian foreign policy.

BIO: Yves is a well-known author, analyst and fellow with the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute. He's been dubbed "Canada's version of Noam Chomsky" (Georgia Straight). Yves has published twelve books including "Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy", "Building Apartheid: Canada and Israel", and "Stand on Guard for Whom? A People's History of the Canadian Military". His latest book is "Canada's Long Fight Against Democracy" co-authored with Owen Schalk. Yves also hosts the weekly podcast "The Canadian Foreign Policy Hour" (yvesengler.com).

This free, public event will be moderated by Tamara Lorincz, PhD candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University and a fellow with the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute.

There will also be a draw for a free copy of Yves' book and copies for sale.

The event has been organized with the financial support of the Laurier Student Public Interest Research Group (LSPIRG) and endorsed by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW), the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom Canada (WILPF), and the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute.

In solidarity for peace, earth and justice,
Tamara

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