Author: Manden Murphy
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The Toronto Association for Peace and Solidarity invites you to join us for a meeting with Iraklis Tsavdaridis, Executive Secretary of the World Peace Council.
March 5th, 7-9pm at the Shechenko Museum, 1604 Bloor St. W. REGISTER HERE The major political parties in Canada are united in accelerating military spending to meet NATO’s 2% of GDP target. South of the border president Trump is calling on countries to push military spending to 5% of GDP. At the same time working…
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Peace is an Election Issue! Peace, International Solidarity, Climate Justice & Military Spending: Where do the Candidates stand?
The major political parties are united in pushing the federal government to accelerate military spending to meet NATO’s 2% GDP requirement. This means billions more will be diverted from critical social issues such as housing, healthcare, education, reconciliation & climate action. Ask Candidates: “Do you agree that taxpayer’s money should be spent on housing, healthcare,…
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Canadian Peace Congress denounces the roles of US imperialism, Zionist Israel and the neo-Ottoman Turkish government in the regime change in Syria
On December 8, 2024, the long, and dirty war waged against Syria by Washington’s and its regional henchman Zionist Israel entered a new phase. President Bashar al-Assad left the country after terrorist forces supported by two NATO armies: the USA and Türkiye along with the Zionist state of Israel captured the final Syrian Arab Army positions in…
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No to Aggression Against Lebanon!
The Canadian Peace Congress condemns in the strongest possible terms the Israeli attacks on Lebanon. Directed against innocent civilians, civilian infrastructure and political leaders in Lebanon, this escalation is specifically designed to expand the genocide happening in Palestine to its northern neighbour. Today we have learned that Zionist forces have launched a ground invasion into…
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BDS: a key tactic in the struggle for the liberation of Palestine
By Rimmy Riarh On July 9 in 2005, 170 Palestinian civil society organizations called on the international community to stand in solidarity with Palestine. Specifically, they appealed for boycotts, divestment and sanctions: “We, the representatives of Palestinian civil society, call upon international civil society organizations and people of conscience all over the world to impose…
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The Economic Basis of Canada’s Support for Israel
What is driving Canada’s support for Israel? Canada’s foreign policy toward Israel and Palestine has a very convoluted history. While the King government supported the 1947 UN plan which partitioned Palestine and created the state of Israel, it also maintained a “none is too many” policy on Jewish migration through the 1940s, which closed the…