<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000"><div><br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"Tamara Lorincz" <tlorincz@dal.ca><br><b>To: </b>"wilpfcanada" <wilpfcanada@googlegroups.com><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, November 13, 2024 3:18:14 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>FYI: Ottawa Fri. Nov. 15 at 7pm "War Peace & Propaganda" + Afghanistan, Gaza, Disarmament & Montreal<br></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__">Hello everyone!<br><br>I wanted to let you know that journalist Dimitri Lascaris and I are speaking in Ottawa this Friday after the GAC consultations about the war in Ukraine and the genocide in Gaza and our recent travels to Lebanon, West Bank and Russia. Details about the event are attached and below. We are also speaking in Toronto tonight and Mississauga next Thursday: https://wilpfcanada.ca/index.php/2024/10/27/war-peace-propaganda-events-in-london-waterloo-ottawa-in-november/<br><br>I also wanted to share two important, must watch videos/interviews: <br>(1) Julian Assange's father John Shipton gave a key note address about Wikileaks, US, AU & allies' war crimes in Afghanistan, everything he says applies to Canada. Why is there no accountability for what US/NATO and Canada did in Afghanistan?<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05Vm9rWmGIo <br><br>(2) British doctor who was just in Gaza, very powerful testimony before a British Parliament hearing: (10 mins) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgsK7noLGOM<br><br>It is shameful that the Canadian government refused to meet with UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese while she was in Canada to talk about the genocide in Gaza, here's an article about it in the Toronto Star: https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/un-rapporteur-on-human-rights-in-the-palestinian-territories-says-she-was-snubbed-by-canadian/article_bef25032-9ba3-11ef-91e9-33445703c9c8.html<br><br>Latest UN news is starvation worsening in Gaza: https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1156896<br>What more can be done to stop this? <br><br>Also, Nov. 16 is a day of action against the F35s being used to bomb Gaza (Canada shouldn’t be buying them), End the Genocide in Gaza, Free Palestine, see details here: https://armsembargonow.ca/f35/ Actions will be held across the country.<br><br>The UN First Committee on Disarmament just concluded its month long work and WILPF's Reaching Critical Will has a blog post about it and many excellent briefings related to nuclear disarmament, gender & disarmament, AI/autonomous weapons, etc. all here: https://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/news/latest-news/17265-the-first-committee-concludes-its-work-for-2024 <br><br>Finally, “No to NATO, Yes to Peace” rally and counter-summit in Montreal on Sat. Nov. 23 and Sun. Nov. 24 during the NATO Parliamentary Assembly if you can make the trek: https://peaceandjusticenetwork.ca/ CODEPINK Medea Benjamin will be there. WILPF Canada and VOW are calling for Canada to withdraw from NATO and for the alliance to be abolished. <br><br>Oh, one more thing I did order and receive the buttons and make handouts etc. that I'm taking to all these speaking engagements and encouraging people to get involved, so I really appreciate WILPF Canada's support. <br><br>In solidarity for peace and justice,<br>Tamara<br><br>***<br>“War, Peace and Propaganda: What the West should learn from the War in Ukraine and Genocide in Gaza”<br><br>Friday, November 15, 7:00-9:00 p.m. McNabb Community Centre, 180 Percy St., Ottawa With Larry Wasslen “Building the Peace Movement”<br><br>A free public event to discuss the war in Ukraine, the genocide in Gaza, Canada’s roles in these crises and what we can do for peace and justice. We’ll also talk about what the government and mainstream media are ignoring. All welcome. More information: https://wilpfcanada.ca/index.php/2024/10/27/war-peace-propaganda-events-in-london-waterloo-ottawa-in-november/ <br><br>Dimitri Lascaris is a lawyer based in Montreal. He is also a freelance journalist and the host of a YouTube program called "Reason2Resist". Over the past two years, Dimitri has reported from and conducted interviews in West Asia, Venezuela, Moscow and Crimea. Dimitri will discuss his latest reporting in the West Bank and Lebanon.<br><br>Tamara is a PhD candidate at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University. She is a member of the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom-Canada and fellow with the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute. Tamara will talk about her recent trips to the climate summits, Eastern Europe, Russia and Washington D.C. related to the war in Ukraine & NATO and possibilities for peace, climate and cooperation.<br><br>Organized & endorsed by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom-Canada, People for Peace London, Council of Canadians-London Chapter, Waterloo Region Friends of Palestine, Palestine Youth Movement, Waterloo Neighbours for Palestine, Ottawa Peace Council, Reimagine Co. and the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute.<br><br>-- <br>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "wilpfcanada" group.<br>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to wilpfcanada+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.<br>To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/wilpfcanada/YQBPR0101MB8847E351BFCE2D8E2F0F3984A45A2%40YQBPR0101MB8847.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM.<br>For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.<br></div></div></body></html>