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Examining the rationales for war

November 18, 2013
| In the first of two interviews, Derrick O'Keefe critiques the notion of humanitarian war and similar rationales for aggression against other countries from Yugoslavia to Libya.
Length: 15:31 minutes (14.22 MB)

Fearing for his life, Alvaro Orozco is now allowed to stay in Canada

After almost a month under arrest and four years in hiding, Alvaro Orozco has just been issued permanent resident status by Citizenship and Immigration Canada on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.
Victory.

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Now almost 300,000 IDP's in Afghanistan
By
Dave Markland
| March 19, 2010

As far as I can tell, no media outlets whatsoever have picked up on the recent announcement (below, courtesy of a UN news agency) from the UN Secretary-General. The latest figures on internally displaced persons demonstrate the utter disaster which the war in Afghanistan has brought for a wide swath of the population:

IDP numbers up in Afghanistan - UN

KABUL, March 17 (IRIN) - Armed hostilities have boosted the number of internally displaced persons (IDP's) to over 296,000 but an effective humanitarian response is being hampered by insecurity, the UN Secretary-General says in a new report to the UN Security Council...

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Canadians speak out against humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka

Canadians Concerned about Sri Lanka rally on the steps of the Sri Lankan Consulate in Toronto Saturday.

Related rabble.ca story:

Canadians speak out against humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka
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Norman Bethune: Stepping forward to revolution

Extraordinary Canadians: Norman Bethune

by Adrienne Clarkson
(Penguin Canada,
2009;
$26.00)
When Norman Bethune left Montreal for Spain in 1936 to help the Republicans in their doomed effort to hold back Franco's fascists, he spoke no foreign languages and had no fixed role waiting for him. But he was among a group of determined individuals who believed "if fascism could be stopped in Spain, a larger war would not break out," and he wasted no time making himself useful. When Bethune left Madrid less than a year later, he had created and implemented a mobile blood transfusion unit, the first of its kind, that treated soldiers right at the front and drastically reduced fatalities. He was also on the verge of collapse, drinking heavily and making enemies on all sides.

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In solidarity with the Gaza delegation
By
Monia Mazigh
| March 6, 2009
I was so excited when I received an email from a friend about joining a delegation of women to travel to the Gaza Strip for International Women's Day. I felt it would be a wonderful opportunity for me to be able to meet Palestinian women and peace activists from different cultures and different religions. It would also be an excellent opportunity to share, in a very different way, the suffering of many women, children and families who saw their houses destroyed, their loved ones disappeared under the bombs and the rubbles.

The recent three-week war on Gaza, in which more than 1,300 Palestinians were killed, including at least 346 children, was covered daily in the media and the passion and feeling ran high.

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Conflict and Climate: Changing Course NOW! Conference

Sunday, November 9, 2014 - 9:30am - 5:00pm

Location

Metro Hall, Rm 308/309
55 John St M5V 3C6
Toronto, ON
Canada
43° 38' 45.7008" N, 79° 23' 20.886" W
See map: Google Maps

Regular $20, Students $15  All VOW events are PWYC (pay what you can). Please consider an additional donation so that others might attend.

Program:

9:30 am - Registration and coffee

10:00am - Greeting Carrie Lester ( invited)

Welcome comments – Ontario and National Co-chairs

10:15 am – Interactive Workshop

10:30 am – Film “Conflict and Climate Change”

10:45 am – debrief film

11:00 am – Speaker Joanna Kerr from Greenpeace

11:30 am – brief Q & A

11:45 am – breakout groups

12:30 pm – LUNCH catered by YMCA Catering

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Canadian Voice of Women for Peace Awards Gala Dinner

Saturday, November 8, 2014 - 6:00pm - 9:30pm

Location

The Royal Canadian Yacht Club
141 St. George St M5R 2L8
Toronto, ON
Canada
43° 40' 8.2272" N, 79° 24' 1.3536" W
See map: Google Maps

Royal Canadian Yacht Club – To be confirmed

Guest speaker – Lieutenant governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell – Invited, to be confirmed

Cost $75 regular, $60 students, $100 solidarity rate (please consider an additional donation to help a student attend)

 

We will honour wonderful women with an awards dinner. Three awards will be handed out.

The Shirley Farlinger Award for Peace Writings

Muriel Duckworth Award for Peace Activism

The Anne Goodman Award for peace Education  

 

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Canadian Voice of Women for Peace: Annual General Meeting

Saturday, November 8, 2014 - 9:30am - 5:00pm

Location

Metro Hall, Rm 310
55 John St M5V 3C6
Toronto, ON
Canada
43° 38' 45.7008" N, 79° 23' 20.886" W
See map: Google Maps

Regular $20, Students $15  All VOW events are PWYC (pay what you can)  Please consider an additional donation so that others might attend.

Program:

9:30 am Gather, register, coffee

10:00 am  Welcome comments – Ontario VOW co –chairs Mary and Kasha welcome and brief intro to National co-chairs Lyn and Janis

AGM – financial and business details

12:30 pm  Lunch (included) catered by YMCA Metro Hall

1:30 pm  Resolutions  and discussions of current issues

2:30 pm  Dedicated to discussing a new vision for VOW.  How to survive in this economic crisis

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Canadian Voice of Women for Peace: Informal Dinner and Music Night

Friday, November 7, 2014 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Location

Friend's House
60 Lowther M5R 1C7
Toronto, ON
Canada
43° 40' 13.1736" N, 79° 23' 54.636" W
See map: Google Maps

Informal evening filled with food, music and more!

Regular $20, Students $15. All VOW events are PWYC (pay what you can). Please consider an additional donation so that others might attend. 

6:00 pm doors open, dinner at 7:00 pm

Music by Davaar, with members Dave McMillan, Sara Marlowe and Macbook Air, is a project to explore the intersection of acoustic and electronic music in composition and live performance (www.davaarmusic.com). Their activist roots has led them to play at a variety of peace marches, labour rallies and social justice events across the city.

Delicious Mediterranean style dinner catered by Ghazale. 

 

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