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'This is really community building': What sponsoring a Syrian refugee family means to one Toronto parent | Nov 2 2016 | Maya Bhullar | Stephanie Rickard-Chadda talks about her community's experience with privately sponsoring a Syrian refugee family and supporting another government-sponsored family.
The past and present of U.S. war resisters in Canada | Oct 5 2016 | Scott Neigh | Sarah Hipworth and Luke Stewart talk about the book "Let Them Stay: U.S. War Resisters in Canada 2004-2016."
Six ways to support the work of Black Lives Matter across Canada this week | Jul 10 2016 | Allies and community, let's keep the momentum going!
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Canada should not be selling arms to Saudi Arabia | Apr 14 2016 | It was wrong when Harper agreed to it, it is wrong as the Trudeau government continues to pursue this awful deal.
Did Harjit Sajjan read his mandate letter? | Jan 27 2016 | Scott Vrooman | Our defence minister says ending our bombing campaign will create a "capability gap." Yes, that's what we voted for.
U.S. snubs its Canadian ally over electoral promise to withdraw fighter jets from Middle East | Jan 22 2016 | Roger Annis | Washington's snub of Ottawa over the Liberal election promise to withdraw fighter aircraft from Iraq is calculated to incite pro-war agitation in Canada.
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A question on torture for Canada's new defence minister | Nov 13 2015 | Matthew Behrens | Canada's new national defence minister, Harjit Sajjan, was a high-level intelligence officer in Afghanistan. Did he know about Canada's complicity in torture?
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Even war must have rules | Nov 12 2015 | Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | The attacks on MSP hospitals in Afghanistan and Yemen are forcing many to call for a full investigation and to hold those responsible accountable.
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Women and War in a complex region -- Pakistan-Afghanistan | Nov 8 2015 | Frieda Werden | An interview with Nafisa Hoodbhoy, author of Aboard the Democracy Train: A Journey Through Pakistan's Last Decade of Democracy.
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17 ways a new government could address Canadian security issues | Sep 25 2015 | H. Peter Langille | It's time to re-organize Canada's foreign and defence policies around the umbrella concept of sustainable common security. Here's why.
The 'War on Terror' is for sure not worth it | Apr 25 2015 | Scott Vrooman | Even if the "War on Terror" is in service of a just cause, that doesn’t make it a just war.
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We need to take responsibility for the true cost of war | Mar 26 2015 | Amy Goodman | A new report asserts that up to 1.3 million people have been killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan in the first 10 years of the so-called war on terror.

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I don't care who does it... Pondering said... Step one to stopping the rightward drift is to destroy Harper's conservatives.  This is one...
Pres. Obama secretly extends Afghan war into 2015 NS said... Obama has asked for Secretary of Defense Hagel for his resignation.   in
Chelsea Manning: Soldier of Humanity NDPP said... Bradley Manning And The Appalling Silence of Gay, Inc.    -   by Andy...
Stop the Drone War! Speaking Tour Boom Boom said... Sounds good. I hope they get tons of support. in
The Afghan People Will Win #27 NDPP said... Why I Refused to Return to Fight in Afghanistan's Brutal Occupation - by Joe Glenton http://presstv...
The Silver Snoopy is a special Cheap True Religion honor Freedom 55 said... When's the next census? I know what my new religion is. in
american soldiers show the world Ken Burch said... Those idiots have also given the Taliban a GREAT recruiting film with this.  Nothing like the...
FILM FEST 4 PEACE! 9th Annual Vancouver International noahfine said... http://www.filmfest4peace.blogspot.com/ in
The Foreign Policy Elephant Aristotleded24 said... With the NDP now the government-in-waiting, NDP foreign policy is going to be that much more...
The Afghan People Will Win Part 24 NDPP said... Taliban And Al-Qaeda: Friends In Arms   -  by Syed Saleem Shahzad http://atimes.com/...

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