Toronto Coalition to Stop the War

01/25/2020

Thanks to Bren Doherty for his article on TVO that draws the links between the movement against the War in 2003 and today's protests against a war in :

"Demonstrators concerned about a conflict with Iran will assemble in Toronto and around the world on Saturday, just as millions did for 2003's Iraq protests. Saman Tabasinejad recalls that frigid day in 2003. Her mother brought her to the Dundas Square demonstration when she was 10. But Tabasinejad says there’s a key difference between Iraq War politics in 2003 and today’s situation: 'I think people aren't as susceptible to being hoodwinked again.'"

On Saturday, demonstrators concerned about conflict with Iran will gather in Toronto and around the world. What lessons can they take from those who protested the Iraq War?

06/07/2017

Trudeau government promises to spend 'billions' on 'hard power' military capability:

In a major foreign policy speech in the House of Commons today, she doesn't mention Donald Trump by name, but makes an unabashed pitch for the international rules-based order that the U.S. president is attacking.

04/06/2017

Join the Vimy Ridge Anti-War Project readings this Sunday! http://vimyridging.weebly.com/

02/15/2017

14 Years ago today the whole world said no to war!

We Are Many tells for the first time the remarkable story of the biggest protest in history, and how it changed the world. Eight years in the making, filmed ...

10/13/2016

The U.S. officially entered war with Yemen late Wednesday, launching strikes on Houthis for the first time, purportedly in retaliation for attempted missile attacks on American warships earlier this week.

09/13/2016

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stand-with-chelsea-manning-on-hunger-strike

Following years of abuse at the hands of the U.S. government, imprisoned transparency advocate Chelsea Manning has released a statement announcing that she will be going on hunger strike.

09/07/2016

Trudeau refuses to properly fund education for Indigenous children, yet he is planning a billion-dollar spending spree to support war manufacturers and death merchants. That he remains popular is a sign of how easily people are deceived by pretty basic propaganda.

Petition:
https://www.change.org/p/trudeau-stop-canada-s-30-billion-purchase-of-new-warplanes-and-warships

What right does anyone in Canada have to look into the eyes of children and families like these (fleeing Canadian-made bullets and bombs) and claim we have a right to drop bombs on their homes, schools, community centres, hospitals, farms, and grocery stores? But that is exactly the right being...

07/06/2016

"Chilcot delivers crushing verdict on Blair and the Iraq war"

Long-awaited report says UK chose to join invasion before peaceful options for disarming Saddam had been exhausted