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PBI-Canada expresses concern about two attacks on Indigenous land defence camps

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Peace Brigades International-Canada is deeply concerned by two recent attacks against Indigenous land defence camps opposed to megaprojects. Spirit of the Buffalo Camp on Treaty...

One year after his passing, Murray Thomson’s legacy teaches us to keep working for peace

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This Saturday May 2nd marks the 1st anniversary of the passing of Murray Thomson, one of the founders of Peace Brigades International. His friend Dennis...

Peace Brigades International and the UN Charter’s call for the least diversion of the world’s resources into armaments

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The founding statement of Peace Brigades International from September 1981 says, “We appeal in particular to all those who seek to fulfill the high...

The Roots and Early Years of Peace Brigades International by co-founder Daniel N. Clark

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On June 30, 2001, Daniel N. Clark, one of the founders of Peace Brigades International in 1981, wrote this essay and posted it to...

George Willoughby, crew member on the Golden Rule, and founder of Peace Brigades International

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George Willoughby was one of the signatories of a letter dated January 12, 1981 that invited people to gather to form an organization that...

How Leo Tolstoy helped inspire the formation of Peace Brigades International

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More than 70 years after his death in Russia, Leo Tolstoy’s words reached out to a group of eleven people gathered in Canada developing...

Remembering JoLeigh Commandant, the first director of PBI’s Central America Project

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JoLeigh Commandant led an extraordinary life of commitment to social justice, Indigenous rights, peace and human rights. Quaker.org has noted, “JoLeigh Commandant, a Toronto Quaker,...

Listen to PBI on Democracy Now! in May 1998 interview with Amy Goodman

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On May 4, 1998, Amy Goodman interviewed Liam Mahony of Peace Brigades International about our accompaniment work and the vision of the organization. It’s a...

The influence of Martin Luther King, Jr. on the founding of Peace Brigades International

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When a group of peace activists came together on Grindstone Island (on unceded Algonquin territory in Canada) in 1981, their reflections included readings of...

Petition the Prime Minister to strengthen protections for environmental human rights defenders

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On April 22, Michel Forst, the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, co-authored an article that highlighted: “This Earth Day,...
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