On Friday July 24, Peace Brigades International-Canada and World Beyond War supported the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW Peace) cross-country day of action against the Canadian government’s plan to spend $19 billion on new fighter jets. It was also supported by the Regina Peace Council, Pax Christi Toronto, Read more…
Twitter photo by Brandi Morin: “Ceremony starting ahead of arrival of protestors against Tiny House Warriors living at Secwepemc traditional territories set in the path of TMX [Trans Mountain] pipeline expansion.” On July 25, Secwepemc land defenders and allies gathered in Blue River (located about 230 kilometres north of Kamloops) Read more…
The Intercept reports: “While anonymous federal agents have thrown protesters into unmarked vans and fired tear gas at Portland’s mayor in recent days, an Air Force surveillance plane designed to carry state-of-the-art sensors typically reserved for war zones has circled the Oregon city’s outskirts from above.” Following that report, Anthony Read more…
The Canadian government intends to sign a $19 billion contract in 2022 with one of three transnational corporations bidding to manufacture 88 fighter jets for the Royal Canadian Air Force. Here are five reasons to say no to that planned purchase: 1- We can’t afford the fighter jets. On July Read more…
“Indigenous people on both shores” Perifèries, a València, Spain-based international solidarity organization, has posted: “The fight in defence of territory knows no borders.” It adds: “We joined forces with La Directa [a progressive Catalan media platform] and PBI-Estado Español to edit a dossier with indigenous struggles in Guatemala, Honduras and Read more…
In practical terms, the Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement has meant, for example, that a person from Mexico seeking asylum at a Canadian checkpoint on the US border would be denied entry because the US is deemed a safe third country. On July 22, Federal Court Justice Ann Marie McDonald Read more…
On July 22, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project issued ALERT: THE RISK AND VULNERABILITY OF THE TRANS WOMEN’S COLLECTIVE CONTINUES TO INCREASE; MURDER OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER AND MEMBER OF THE RAINBOW ASSOCIATON SCARLET CAMBEL that states: The objective of this ALERT is to show our concern about the Read more…
On July 1, the Federal Council confirmed that a referendum will take place on November 29 on two popular initiatives: “Responsible companies – to protect the human being and the environment” and “For a ban on financing producers of war material”. Reuters has also reported: “Swiss voters look set to Read more…
On July 22, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted: “From PBI we deeply regret the passing of Rubén Herrera, a great person and human rights defender. We send our deepest condolences to all your loved ones, family and friends. His passing is a great loss to people and collectives who Read more…
X̱aaydag̱a Gwaay.yaay (Haida Gwaii) is an archipelago of 200 islands that includes Kiis Gwaay (Graham Island) and T’aawxii X̱aaydaɢ̠a Gwaay.yaay linaɢ̠waay (Moresby Island) in what was formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands. It is situated about 100 kilometres west of the northern coast of British Columbia, Canada. Haida people Read more…