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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hello everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A friendly reminder about the Grief Walk for Gaza every Saturday at 11am, meeting at the Kitchener Market.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please also see upcoming events and petitions to sign further below. On Tuesday, November 12<sup>th</sup> at the First United Church in Waterloo, journalist Dimitri Lascaris & I will be speaking about
<b>“War, Peace and Propaganda: What the West should learn from the War in Ukraine and Genocide in Gaza”.
</b>Please help us spread the word. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In solidarity for peace, earth and justice,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tamara<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ATTENTION! </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Parliamentary Budget Office just released its report “The Fiscal Implications of Meeting the NATO Military Spending Target”, on October 30, 2024.
The PBO estimated that it would cost $81 billion annually (a doubling in 8 years) to meet the NATO GDP target of 2% by 2032.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">PBO “The Fiscal Implications of Meeting the NATO Military Spending Target”, report:
<a href="https://distribution-a617274656661637473.pbo-dpb.ca/ae4029c7de1f5a5bd5a80986f3eb7b283330e7a6728368f825f71a7e8c4bbfb6">
<span style="color:#0563C1">https://distribution-a617274656661637473.pbo-dpb.ca/ae4029c7de1f5a5bd5a80986f3eb7b283330e7a6728368f825f71a7e8c4bbfb6</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Look at how Canada’s military spending has increased 100% in ten years from $20 billion to $41 billion. NATO defence expenditures report (2014-2024):
<a href="https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2024/6/pdf/240617-def-exp-2024-en.pdf">
<span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2024/6/pdf/240617-def-exp-2024-en.pdf</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Canada CANNOT afford this. It means risking every social and environmental program! It is a threat to our youth, future generations and the environment and climate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> This is why it is so urgent that we call for Canada to withdraw from NATO and for dissolution of this US-led, nuclear-armed military alliance that is impoverishing countries and causing endless war. Canada
out of NATO!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">WEBINAR:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> “Canada is still arming Israel” on Monday, November 4, 2024 at 7:00-8:30 PM ET<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Register: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/5ywxv94f">
<span style="color:#0563C1">https://tinyurl.com/5ywxv94f</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">More info: <a href="https://armsembargonow.ca/">
<span style="color:#0563C1">https://armsembargonow.ca/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(3)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">WEBINAR:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">No Cold War invites you to attend our 23 Nov. 2024 international webinar on: “The US War Machine: What the Next President Means for Global Conflict”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Saturday, November 23 · 12 - 2pm EST<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Speakers: Claudia De La Cruz (Party for Socialism and Liberation), Walden Bello (Focus on the Global South), Jill Stein (Green Party), Sevim Dağdelen (Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance – Reason and Justice)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Charles Xu (Qiao Collective), Bianca Mugyenyi (Canadian Foreign Policy Institute). Third party US presidential candidates, activists / intellectuals / politicians from the US, Canada, Philippines, and Germany
will discuss the situation after the presidential election outcome and the key tasks for the international anti-war movement.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This event will take place over zoom. Register:
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-us-war-machine-what-the-next-president-means-for-global-conflict-tickets-1061817517779?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl">
<span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-us-war-machine-what-the-next-president-means-for-global-conflict-tickets-1061817517779?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Organized by No Cold War: <a href="https://nocoldwar.org/">
<span style="color:#0563C1">https://nocoldwar.org/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">EVENTS IN LONDON, WATERLOO, OTTAWA & MISSISSAUGA IN NOVEMBER!</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“War, Peace and Propaganda: What the West should learn from the War in Ukraine and Genocide in Gaza”</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Speakers: Dimitri Lascaris, lawyer and journalist, and Tamara Lorincz, academic and activist.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">LONDON</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: Monday, November 11, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Reimagine Co. 206 Piccadilly St., London<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">WATERLOO</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: Tuesday, November 12, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Hilliard Hall, First United Church, 16 William St W, Waterloo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">TORONTO: Wednesday, Nov. 13, TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">OTTAWA</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: Friday, November 15, 7:00-9:00 p.m. McNabb Community Centre, 180 Percy St., Ottawa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">With Larry Wasslen “Building the Peace Movement”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">MISSISSAUGA</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: Thursday, November 21, 7:00-9:00 p.m. 2520 Eglinton Ave W Unit 1., Mississauga.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A free public event to discuss the war in Ukraine, the genocide in Gaza, Canada’s roles in these crises and what we can do for peace and justice. We’ll also talk about what the government and mainstream
media are ignoring and what you need to know. All welcome.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dimitri Lascaris is a lawyer based in Montreal. He is also a freelance journalist and the host of a YouTube program called "Reason2Resist". Over the past two years, Dimitri has reported from and conducted
interviews in West Asia, Venezuela, Moscow and Crimea. Dimitri will discuss his latest reporting in the West Bank and Lebanon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tamara is a PhD candidate at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University. She is a member of the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, Women’s International League for Peace and
Freedom-Canada and fellow with the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute. Tamara will talk about her recent trips to the climate summits, Eastern Europe, Russia and Washington D.C. related to the war in Ukraine & NATO and possibilities for peace, climate and international
cooperation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Organized & endorsed by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom-Canada, People for Peace London, Council of Canadians-London Chapter, Waterloo Region Friends
of Palestine, Palestine Youth Movement, Waterloo Neighbours for Palestine, Ottawa Peace Council, Reimagine Co and the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">For more information, see WILPF Canada:
<a href="https://wilpfcanada.ca/index.php/2024/10/27/war-peace-propaganda-events-in-london-waterloo-ottawa-in-november/">
https://wilpfcanada.ca/index.php/2024/10/27/war-peace-propaganda-events-in-london-waterloo-ottawa-in-november/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“NO TO NATO, YES TO PEACE” RALLY & PEOPLE’S ASSEMBLY IN MONTREAL, NOVEMBER 23-24</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Join us in Montreal to oppose the NATO war machine and build a network for peace & justice!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">RALLY NO TO NATO, YES TO PEACE! Place du Canada, Metro Bonaventure, Saturday, Nov. 23 at 2pm
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt">Manifestation Samedi 14h! Non à l’OTAN, Oui à la Paix!
</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">☮️</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt">Inscription: </span>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://Tinyurl.com/StopNATOSuivez"><span lang="FR" style="color:#0563C1">http://Tinyurl.com/StopNATOSuivez</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt"> pour plus d’informations!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">PEOPLE’S ASSEMBLY NO TO NATO, YES TO PEACE!
</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt">Sunday, Nov. 24 from 10am-5pm</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt">Rejoignez le Contre-Sommet contre l'Assemblée Parlementaire de l’OTAN à #Montréal</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt">Dimanche 24 novembre, 10h – 17h, 5359 avenue du Parc, Montréal</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt">5359 avenue du Parc, Montréal</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://peaceandjusticenetwork.ca/no-to-nato-yes-to-peace-counter-summit-against-natos-parliamentary-assembly-in-montreal/"><span lang="FR" style="color:#0563C1">https://peaceandjusticenetwork.ca/no-to-nato-yes-to-peace-counter-summit-against-natos-parliamentary-assembly-in-montreal/</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">*Please share on X/Twitter : <a href="https://x.com/CanPeaceJustice/status/1846604806728937783">
<span style="color:#0563C1">https://x.com/CanPeaceJustice/status/1846604806728937783</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SIGN THE PETITION:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Stop Arming Israel – end the sale of F-35 combat aircraft parts currently used in Gaza<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://palestinecampaign.eaction.online/petition-end-all-arms-export-licenses"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://palestinecampaign.eaction.online/petition-end-all-arms-export-licenses</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>SIGN THE PETITION:</b> Canada Join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-5129"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-5129</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(8)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SIGN THE PETITION:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Call on Canada’s CRA to Revoke Israeli charities in Canada:
<a href="https://actionnetwork.org/letters/world-court-mandates-cra-to-revoke-israel-charities?source=direct_link&link_id=8&can_id=af225f8be4203a0a8e70e95fa2bb0898&email_referrer=email_2502348&email_subject=world-court-mandates-cra-to-revoke-israel-charities">
<span style="color:#0563C1">https://actionnetwork.org/letters/world-court-mandates-cra-to-revoke-israel-charities?source=direct_link&link_id=8&can_id=af225f8be4203a0a8e70e95fa2bb0898&email_referrer=email_2502348&email_subject=world-court-mandates-cra-to-revoke-israel-charities</span></a>
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<b>WATCH</b>: “Signs Of NATO's Defeat Are Everywhere” Journalist Dimitri Lascaris interviews American human rights lawyer Dan Kovalik.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Excellent interview! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF1BSDZ38iY">
<span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF1BSDZ38iY</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">WATCH</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: The Grayzone’s Jeremy Loffredo talks about his harrowing experience “jailed for journalism” and put in solitary confinement by the IDF in Israel. Imagine
what the Palestinians are suffering!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-awjzRMpwD0"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-awjzRMpwD0</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ICYMI WATCH:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Report back on the Saint Petersburg Conference for “Peace, Nature and Cooperation in the Baltic and Arctic Regions”:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9neLeVQZsU&t=72s"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#0563C1">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9neLeVQZsU&t=72s</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Read Tamara’s Report from her Two-Week Trip to Russia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://wilpfcanada.ca/index.php/2024/10/14/read-tamaras-report-from-her-two-week-trip-to-russia/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://wilpfcanada.ca/index.php/2024/10/14/read-tamaras-report-from-her-two-week-trip-to-russia/</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">READ: “NATO: a clear and present danger to world peace” interview with Medea Benjamin & David Swanson</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Ian Sinclair interviews MEDEA BENJAMIN and DAVID SWANSON about their new book on NATO, explaining how the 1999 bombing of Yugoslavia established a template for military interventions, undermining international
law and diplomacy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nato-clear-and-present-danger-world-peace"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nato-clear-and-present-danger-world-peace</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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