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Sign for a truce!
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Thanks to World Beyond War for sharing this Veterans for Peace song with British singer Fenya, Christmas Truce: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3yH2iCdpvE . We can still sign to support the International Peace Bureau…
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Learning From Nonviolence Activists
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Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta, author of Refusing to Be Enemies, encourages us to read & learn from Gene Sharpe’s book, From Dictatorship to Democracy. Bruna Nota shares reflections on what the book…
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Doctors M-W Ashford, L Thyer – the need for a new ethic
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For both Dr. Mary-Wynne Ashford and Dr. Linda Thyer, health encompasses much more than personal wellbeing. Mary-Wynne worked vigorously towards nuclear disarmament until her recent death; Linda wanted to honour…
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Peace book recommendations
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Sheila Pratt writes: If it’s true that history is written by the victors, this history book, Mark Kurlansky’s “Nonviolence: the history of a dangerous idea”, focuses neither on the victors…
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Questioning assumptions about war & remembrance
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Remembrance Day will soon be here. It’s fascinating to learn that the author of the iconic poem, In Flanders Fields, John McCrae, was apparently urging us to resist the spirit…
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Conscience Canada is closing its Peace Tax Trust Fund
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“The Fund was established decades ago as part of our efforts to withold any support from war and militarism.” explains President Jan Slakov. “As we go through a period of…
