TAKE ACTION: Please sign and share the statement with the Prime Minister, Environment & Climate Change Minister Guilbeault and Foreign Affairs Minister Joly: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/declaration-on-peace-for-climate-justice
In solidarity to end fossil fuel and end war for climate justice,
Tamara
IMPORTANT ARTICLE & INTERVIEW: GAZA IS A WEAPONS LAB FOR THE ISRAELI ARMS INDUSTRY
I would like to highly encourage you to read/watch this important Chris Hedge’s interview of Antony Loewenstein on “The Weapons Israel Tests On Palestinians Will Be Used Against All Of Us”, read: https://therealnews.com/the-weapons-israel-tests-on-palestinians-will-be-used-against-all-of-us or watch the interview here: “Gaza is a weapons lab for the arms industry”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PEWDLunejA
Based on Antony Loewenstein’s book: “The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World”: https://www.versobooks.com/en-ca/products/2684-the-palestine-laboratory
Breaking! The US Congress just passed the massive almost 3,100-page National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2024: https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/fy24_ndaa_conference_report1.pdf The 63rd annual NDAA increases military spending to $883.7 billion in fiscal year 2024. Note, the Defense Department just failed its 6th consecutive audit: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-fails-audit-sixth-year-row-2023-11-16/ Scott Ritter’s analysis of US military budget “Why the Pentagon is a multitrillion-dollar fraud”: https://www.rt.com/news/588750-us-pentagon-failed-annual-audit/ *There is A LOT about NATO in the NDAA. However, there is very little in the NDAA 2024 on climate change and security. … Continue reading →
On Sunday, December 17, join the next pan-Canadian day of action for a permanent #CeasefireNow!
Find a rally near you: https://tinyurl.com/yc7uzbbw
COP28 Report Back Webinar: WILPF Delegation reports back–Putting Demilitarisation for Gender and Climate Justice on the UN Climate Talk’s Agenda
Virtual Event
COP28 has been a COP of many firsts. It is the first COP that finally has recognised that fossil fuels are the root cause of the climate crisis, and that [read more …] zoom link
Report Back by the Official Delegation
of the U.S. Peace Council to China
For Immediate Release
Time: Sunday, December 17, 2023 11:00 am-12:00 pm PT | 1:00-2:00 pm ET
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You can read the final text of the Global Stocktake negotiated at COP 28: https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/cma5_auv_4_gst.pdf Overview of the climate summit in Dubai by the UNFCCC, news release “COP28 Agreement Signals “Beginning of the End” of the Fossil Fuel Era”: https://unfccc.int/news/cop28-agreement-signals-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-fossil-fuel-era UNFCCC Secretariat Simon Stiell’s closing speech at COP 28 “”We didn’t turn the page on the fossil fuel era, but this outcome is the beginning of the end”: UN Climate Change Executive Secretary at COP 28 Closing”: https://unfccc.int/news/we-didn-t-turn-the-page-on-the-fossil-fuel-era-but-this-outcome-is-the-beginning-of-the-end-un-0 Climate Action … Continue reading →
Read the speech of Ann Wright
Perspectives on the Application of the Rome Statute and the Work of the International Criminal CourtTuesday Dec 12th, 2023 1:00-2:30pm (Eastern Time USA)
Hybrid event
Click here for online participation (using the password 85tx7#k&)
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As European and North American military alliances prepare to “wage war on climate change,” the real war on nature and vulnerable communities rages in the background.
As the world gathers at COP28 in Dubai amidst an accelerating climate crisis, the Oakland Institute’s new brief, Exempted! The US Military Industrial Complex and the Climate Crisis, reveals a critical blind spot in global climate agreements. Despite being the world’s largest institutional emitter of greenhouse gases, the US military is completely exempt from international reporting obligations, significantly undermining global climate action.
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The November 15th San Francisco summit between Presidents Biden of the U.S. and Xi Jinping of China is now history. While we can all breathe a little easier as a result of their joint pledges to reduce tensions and improve cooperation on climate change Continue reading →
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By World BEYOND War, December 2, 2023
The Monroe Doctrine turned 200 on Dec. 2, 2023.
President James Monroe came back to life to help bury it for good at his house on the grounds of the University of Virginia.
https://worldbeyondwar.org/video-president-monroe-helps-bury-the-monroe-doctrine-at-his-house/
By Benjamin Weber, published December 2, 2023 5:30AM (EST)
Today marks the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine, celebrated in history books for extending U.S. influence throughout the hemisphere.
https://www.salon.com/2023/12/02/the-lesser-known-history-of-the-monroe-doctrine/
Save the date!! December 16:
Holiday Concert: Songs to Save the World
with Ben Grosscup and Nina Giulianini Friends Center 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge
How did we get here? Where are we now? Where is it going?
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Statement from the Global Women for Peace United Against NATO (GWUAN)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is an exclusive military alliance of 31 Euro-Atlantic countries founded in 1949. It is dominated by the United States. Since its inception, the NATO Supreme Allied Commander has always been an American general. NATO allies must be interoperable with the US military machine, which is the largest consumer of fossil fuel on the planet.
Gaza residents are currently facing the deadliest offensive in their history. This comes on top of the humanitarian disaster caused by the Israeli blockade that has been in place for 16 years. We unequivocally condemn all attacks on civilian populations, including Hamas’ attacks on Israeli civilians that have killed over a thousand people since 7 October. However, no attack justifies violations of the laws of war. Continue reading →
Join Zoom Meeting
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A discussion of the current situation in Israel/Palestine and how we can raise our voices against occupation and genocide.
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NATO is taking another role in the global escalation of conflicts between the West and the global majority. It is not only a role in normal defence terms but a role more in general against anyone questioning the present development model. Atlantic Council which can in many ways be seen as a NATO propaganda tool has especially been attacking the cooperation in Sweden between the environmental and peace movement. It is also in Sweden NATO:s climate policy is spearheaded with … Continue reading →
https://youtu.be/2TBiTNVV4Og Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
Sign the petition to the governments of U.S., China, France, Japan, Spain, Germany, Italy, and Saudi Arabia: Close your bases in Djibouti, remove your troops, and substitute no-strings humanitarian aid for rent payments. 
