The Toronto Association for Peace and Solidarity (TAPS) strives to agitate, educate and organize, in the Greater Toronto Area, for a world without war and oppression, from an anti-imperialist perspective and to cooperate and build solidarity with other progressive organizations and struggles which share our goals.
Our Principles
Peaceful Co-existence Among States
- Prohibition of all weapons of mass destruction including nuclear, biological and conventional weapons.
- Ending of arms races and militarization of economies.
- Prohibition of weapons in outer space.
- Total and universal disarmament under effective international control.
- Abolition of foreign military bases.
- Respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states, and oppose unjust unilateral economic warfare waged against any state.
- Negotiations and non-use of force in the settlement of disputes.
- Trade and cultural relations based upon respect, mutual benefit and friendship.
Freedom of People
- End all forms of colonialism, neocolonialism, and imperialist domination; elimination of racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination.
- Right of states to choose their path of development.
- Respect for the full rights and self-determination of all nations and peoples.
- Right of the people to the benefits of economic and social development.
- Preservation of the environment and ecological integrity.
- Solidarity, cooperation and unity among those supporting peace, social justice and environmental/ecological preservation.
A PEace Alternative
Canada needs a foreign policy based on peace, disarmament, and solidarity, not war and aggression. As a necessary first step to win such a “Peace Alternative”, we aim to get Canada out of NATO, NORAD, and the Five Eyes spy network.
Canada’s NATO commitment chains our country to an aggressive, militaristic alliance dominated by the United States, and makes it virtually impossible to deviate from foreign policy decisions made in Washington DC.
Military spending drains massive amounts of budget resources away from desperately needed social programs such as health, education, housing and environmental protection.
Now is the time to build a powerful peace movement in Canada and engage actively in the struggle against imperialism, the greatest enemy of the peoples of the world and their desire to live in peace.
We are inviting individual members from a variety of political perspectives and commitments to join with us in common struggle against the use of military repression to enforce exploitative international relationships.