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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello KW peace!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope you are all having a good summer (despite the very terrible world situation and many people suffering, starving and being killed). Please find below some upcoming events and action alerts and feel free to share.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I will be moderating this CFPI event next Thursday, Aug. 21 <b>
"Russians at War and the Trump-Putin Meeting </b>with the filmmaker Anastasia Trofimova, producer Sean Farnel, Dr. Paul Robinson at the University of Ottawa, and Ukrainian-Canadian peace activist Glenn Michalchuk.<b>
</b>I highly recommend this important documentary that you can watch in advance that is now available online and there is a discount code CFPI0821:
<a href="http://www.russiansatwar.com">www.russiansatwar.com</a> Register for the webinar:
<a href="https://tinyurl.com/2nmjk7vs">https://tinyurl.com/2nmjk7vs</a> More details below.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also, I would like to bring to your attention this important interview on Democracy Now by journalist Seth who is a former lawyer and just wrote a book <b>The Fort Bragg Cartel</b>. Harp references US special forces in Afghanistan and
Ukraine he was there reporting. It is really shocking what he says. He also connects the US military, the recent wars to drug trafficking and murders on or near US bases. Canadas military is deeply embedded with the US military and the US is our so called
closest ally, I think we should be concerned about this especially in light of extremists in the Canadian military:
<a href="https://theconversation.com/not-just-a-few-bad-apples-the-canadian-armed-forces-has-a-nagging-far-right-problem-260896">
https://theconversation.com/not-just-a-few-bad-apples-the-canadian-armed-forces-has-a-nagging-far-right-problem-260896</a> I continue to worry that there is inadequate public and Parliamentary oversight of what the Canadian military has done and is doing in
Afghanistan, Ukraine, Iraq, the Caribbean including Haiti, the Indo-Pacific, etc. The fact that Canada is going to spend more on the military for NATO and militarizing the Arctic etc. is extremely concerning especially with little political opposition.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On top of that, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that US administration was planning on changing the name of the Defense Department to the War Department on the Laura Ingram show, watch it at 11:05:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0eIBKohvOE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0eIBKohvOE</a> (Ingram then says she loves the War Department). The US is preparing for more war, which will be against China and is very worrying and will implicate Canada.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In solidarity for peace, earth and justice and a world without NATO,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tamara<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WEBINAR: Online Discussion on the film "Russians at War" and the Trump-Putin Meeting<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With Filmmaker Anastasia Trofimova, Producer Sean Farnel, Professor Paul Robinson & Glenn Michalchuk<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, August 21, 6:00-7:30 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Organized by the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute (CFPI): <a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.ca">
www.foreignpolicy.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Register: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/2nmjk7vs">https://tinyurl.com/2nmjk7vs</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Join filmmaker Anastasia Trofimova and producer Sean Farnel to discuss their important, award-winning documentary Russians at War, which is now available online for viewing. They will be joined by Dr. Paul Robinson, Professor of Public
and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa and author of the new book Russia's World Order: How Civilizationism Explains the Conflict with the West, and Glenn Michalchuk, third generation Ukrainian-Canadian and member of Peace Alliance Winnipeg,
who will also talk about the state of the tragic war in Ukraine, the outcomes of the Trump-Putin meeting, the impacts for Canada and NATO, and the possibilities of peace. Moderated by Tamara Lorincz, CFPI fellow, PhD candidate at the Balsillie School of International
Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University, and member of the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, and WILPF-Canada.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Watch the film online before the webinar!</b> Special 20% discount for CFPI valid until Thursday August 21.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Use code: CFPI0821 Redeemable on checkout. Direct link to watch the documentary: <a href="https://gathr.com/vod/d4c21224/russians-at-war">https://gathr.com/vod/d4c21224/russians-at-war</a> About the documentary "Russians at War": <a href="http://www.russiansatwar.com">www.russiansatwar.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>ONLINE Book Club: Our Journey from Afghanistan: A Story of Survival and Hope<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For one hour on Tuesday September 2, 9, 16, and 23 at 5pm ET. Register and get a copy of the book to read in advance. Paid event. Organized by World Beyond War. More info:
<a href="https://worldbeyondwar.org/book-club-our-journey-from-afghanistan-a-story-of-survival-and-hope/?clear_id=true">
https://worldbeyondwar.org/book-club-our-journey-from-afghanistan-a-story-of-survival-and-hope/?clear_id=true</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>IN TORONTO: "Peace of the Pie": People's Hearings on Military Spending<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sun, Sep 21, 2025 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT, Steel Workers Building, 25 Cecil Street Toronto, ON M5T 1N1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Military spending in Canada is poised to skyrocket the pretext being NATOs arbitrary new commitment that member states commit a staggering 5 percent of GDP on military spending. That represents $150b/annually in Canada. Canadas projected
increase will come at the expense of spending that working people urgently need: healthcare, education, childcare, environmental protection, housing, employment insurance and public pensions, social assistance, public transit and more. These considerations
are left out of the political discourse, as politicians of all stripes rush to endorse NATOs demands. To amplify the voices of communities affected by this spending, TAPS is organizing a one-day, in-person Peoples Hearing on military spending. What could
we do with a bigger peace of the budget pie, if government spending was prioritized differently? We are inviting labour, peace, housing, social justice, and other community organizations to share their perspectives.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Register: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/peace-of-the-pie-peoples-hearings-on-military-spending-tickets-1595749492689?aff=oddtdtcreator">
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/peace-of-the-pie-peoples-hearings-on-military-spending-tickets-1595749492689?aff=oddtdtcreator</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>SAVE THE DATE: SEPT. 13:</b> Please mark your calendar for the 33rd Global Network annual conference (webinar) on Saturday, September 13. (Time to still be determined). The guest speaker will be activist K. J. Noh. K.J. is a South Korean
veteran living in California. K.J. is a long-time peace activist, journalist, and scholar specializing in the geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific region. He writes for various publications, including Counterpunch and Asia Times, and serves as a special correspondent
for KPFA Flashpoints. He is a dynamic speaker you won't want to miss. His topic will be 'NATO-US prepare global war on China'. Following K. J.'s talk we will have a Q & A period and then an open discussion with the remaining time. GN board convener Dave Webb
will also present a current space issues overview video to start the meeting. The meeting will also include a discussion of Trump's 'Golden Dome' proposal and our plans for Keep Space for Peace Week (October 4-11) which will feature the theme of international
opposition to "Golden Dome' that will surely create a new unaffordable and deadly arms race in space. Stay tuned for more information about this important event. Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space:
<a href="http://www.space4peace.org">http://www.space4peace.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>World Beyond War Annual Global Conference, #NoWar2025: Exploring Abolition Movements, this October 24-26 on Zoom.
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<p class="MsoNormal">This year's conference theme is abolition. How do we move towards a world without wars, weapons, police, prisons, the death penalty, and borders? How can we work towards our collective liberation, recognizing that oppressions are interconnected?
Come to #NoWar2025 to explore how we can join in solidarity across movements and borders to abolish these interwoven systems and build a world based on common security. More info:
<a href="https://tinyurl.com/yah4d9hf">https://tinyurl.com/yah4d9hf</a> Also see World Beyond War:
<a href="https://worldbeyondwar.org/">https://worldbeyondwar.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">WATCH: ICYMI the excellent webinar <b>Zionism and the Canadian Charter</b> organized by the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute:
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/canadapolicy/videos/1543463416793289">https://www.facebook.com/canadapolicy/videos/1543463416793289</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As Israel starves Gaza, Canadians continue to be charged, fired and harassed for opposing Canadas complicity in these crimes. The federal government is currently pursuing bubble zone legislation and greater terror restrictions that
would limit freedom of expression at the service of a genocidal apartheid state. Join this webinar on Zionism versus Canadas Charter of Rights and Freedoms Featuring: Katherine Grzejszczak, Asaf Rashid, Sabreena Ghaffar Siddiqui and Yves Engler, and moderated
by Bianca Mugyeni.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>SIGN THE PETITION: CLOSE THE LOOPHOLE: STOP SENDING WEAPONS TO ISRAEL<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Canada continues to pretend that it is not sending weapons to Israel despite clear evidence to the contrary. We are horrified that Canada is still arming Israels war machine as it intensifies its genocidal starvation of Palestinians in
Gaza. One of the many routes for Canadian arms is through the United States loophole: Canadian-made deadly munitions and components are exported to the US, which are then transferred to Israel as military aid. By shipping arms to the US to be assembled into
fighter jets, attack helicopters, and other deadly weapons systems that are actively massacring Palestinians in Gaza, Canada evades arms trade regulations and circumvents its responsibilities as a state party to the Arms Trade Treaty. This loophole is intentional.
Canada has designed its laws and regulations to allow the sneaky transfers of arms to Israel via the US without proper regulation -- and they dont care enough about Palestinian lives to stop it. Canada should not be arming Israel, period. Will you stand with
us in our new campaign to close the US loophole? <a href="https://www.cjpme.org/petition_close_the_loophole">
https://www.cjpme.org/petition_close_the_loophole</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>SIGN PETITION: Canada MUST Evacuate Mamdouh from Gaza Immediately to Join his Ontario Family</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Canada is enforcing a None is Too Many policy that is blocking the life-saving measures necessary to reunite Palestinian families from Gaza with their loved ones in Canada. In 2021, the Canadian Palestinian Family Reunification Project
of the Rural Refugee Rights Network worked to successfully reunite most of this young man's family, but young Mamdouh, then a teenager, was forced to stay behind until Canada completed his permanent residency application. Now, 52 months later, the file remains
on someone's desk gathering dust. Mamdouh is in the gunsights of the planned Israeli occupation of Gaza City. Canada placed him on the evacuation list in November 2023 but has failed to do anything since to get him out of the killing zone, even though it has
the capacity to take genocide survivors across the Kerem Shalom border point.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please sign and share this petition: <a href="https://www.change.org/p/canada-must-evacuate-mamdouh-from-gaza-immediately-to-join-his-ontario-family">
https://www.change.org/p/canada-must-evacuate-mamdouh-from-gaza-immediately-to-join-his-ontario-family</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You can also see a must-view interview that Mamdouhs father did on Thursday:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jeaw-BMkrk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jeaw-BMkrk</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you are in Ottawa please join our weekly Wednesday family reunification vigils at Immigration HQ (300 Slater Street, at Kent) from 11 am to 1 pm, with the next one on Wednesday August 20.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>SIGN THE PARLIAMENTARY PETITION FOR PALESTINE<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sign parliamentary petition e-6681 for an arms embargo against Israel, for aid into Gaza, for war crimes investigation. Sponsored by NDP MP Heather McPherson:
<a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-6681">
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-6681</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>TAKE ACTION: NO GOLDEN DOME<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Prime Minister Carney is taking steps towards signing Canada up to join Trump's "Golden Dome." Read on for a breakdown on why this is a dystopian nightmare and take action here:
<a href="https://actionnetwork.org/letters/nogoldendome/">https://actionnetwork.org/letters/nogoldendome/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>PRE-BUDGET CONSULTATIONS DEADLINE AUGUST 28<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">*Please tell the federal government to cut military spending no to NATOs 5% target that will mean $150 billion/year on the military. Have your say here:
<a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/programs/consultations/2025/pre-budget-consultations-2025.html">
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/programs/consultations/2025/pre-budget-consultations-2025.html</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">WILPF Canada has resources that could be helpful to you on military spending etc:Put Canada on a Path to Peace and Canadas Carbon Bootprint: The Problem of Military Emissions and Expenditures. They are two-page documents that can easily
be printed off and shared. All the resources are here on the WILPF Canada web site:
<a href="https://wilpfcanada.ca/resources/">https://wilpfcanada.ca/resources/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>DRAW THE LINE FOR PEOPLE, PEACE AND PLANET<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>September 20, 2025 plan an action near you!<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">From rallies to strikes, marches to gatherings, this September 20th, communities will mobilize across the country and demand that Prime Minister Carney and the Canadian government pick a side: injustice, violence, and climate destruction
or a just and safe future for all of us. One of the demands is End the War Machine. Stand for Peace and Justice <a href="https://drawtheline.world/canada?r=CA&d=ON&lang=en#faq"><b>Read our full demands below</b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>This world is ours to build. This is our line to draw.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://drawtheline.world/">https://drawtheline.world/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">**Endorse it here Draw the Line: For people, for peace, for the planet:
<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15l6gK1IjFcXfbR-U1HlFWh2nAeJ2AfhffzTb3WwGgf0/viewform?edit_requested=true">
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15l6gK1IjFcXfbR-U1HlFWh2nAeJ2AfhffzTb3WwGgf0/viewform?edit_requested=true</a>
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