Advocates of Peace

03/29/2017

Based on the support from community representatives, York University's advisory committee on investment is recommending the institute to divest from fossil fuels and weapons manufacturers. But will the board of governors listen?

03/29/2017

http://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/watt-and-dorn-canada-dithers-on-its-peacekeeping-commitments-and-loses-credibility-for-it

On the night of his federal election victory in October 2015, Justin Trudeau proudly declared that “Canada is back” on the international stage.

03/23/2017

http://thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/1451802-on-target-canada-should-resist-boosting-its-defence-spending

You can call Donald Trump many things, but after his first few months in power it appears that he intends to keep his election campaign promises. In delivering his first budget last week, Trump boosted discretionary defence spending by a whopping US$54-billion, which amounts to roughly a 10 per cent...

03/14/2017

We will be posting, for the next few weeks, some information about the arm companies that our university invest in and their relation to themes of misery all over the world. Please share!

03/12/2017

Peace movements are NEEDED!

Twenty million people face starvation without an immediate injection of funds in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and Nigeria, warns Stephen O’Brien

03/09/2017

In the upside down economics of the Trump era, Morneau needs to find ways to spend a lot more on defence and a lot less on virtually everything else

03/02/2017

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03/02/2017

We live in a time where we quickly put people in boxes. Maybe we have more in common than what we think? Introducing All That We Share. The English version.

02/08/2017

Pourya Jalalipour shared a video

02/02/2017

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephan-said/where-to-an-international_b_14552424.html

It is time for our movements for human rights and the environment to unite in one great, national and international movement for economic equality and ju...

02/02/2017

http://blackagendareport.com/stop_killing_muslims

01/26/2017

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-must-stick-to-its-word-on-saudi-arms-deal-trudeau-says/article29981571/

Prime Minister says Canada will go ahead despite video footage showing the Saudis using different armoured vehicles against minority Shia Muslim dissidents