Canadian Peace Congress

03/02/2024

Our government is not acting in alignment with our responsibilities under international law. We need to restore funding for UNRWA as it is essential to lives of Palestinians in Gaza, and we need to stop sending weapons which are used to kill and injure civilians.

02/13/2023

ROGER WATERS, OF PINK FLOYD FAME, SPEAKS TRUTH TO POWER - HIS ADDRESS TO THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL AND DEMANDS AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE IN THE WAR IN UKRAINE

Roger Waters from Pink Floyd at the UN.

11/03/2022

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS SET TO ONCE AGAIN CONDEMN THE U.S. BLOCKADE OF CUBA

The vote is scheduled to take place on November 3rd, and as with previous resolutions, the overwhelming majority of countries will vote in favour, with only the U.S. and Israel (and now perhaps Ukraine) voting against.

But the UN vote is non-binding, and U.S. imperialism will no doubt ignore/dismiss the outcome. This will again expose the utter hypocrisy of Biden, Blinken and other Western leaders when they talk about 'respect for the international rules-based order'!

It will take pressure on the ground - including Canadians pressuring the Trudeau government to take a firm stance against Washington's immoral and illegal blockade - to finally end this heinous crime against Cuba and its people.

Here's a very short video from "Belly of the Beast" about the impending UN vote.

Today, the United Nations will vote for the 30th year on a resolution Cuba will introduce condemning the U.S. blockade. An overwhelming majority of countries...

10/28/2022

PROTEST THE U.S. BLOCKADE OF CUBA - THIS SUNDAY @ 1:00 PM IN TORONTO

10/18/2022

THIS SUNDAY IN TORONTO - PLEASE SHARE AND COME OUT!!

10/16/2022

THE CURRENT GEOPOLITICAL CONFLICT AND THE PROSPECT FOR PEACE - Saturday, October 22 in Hamilton

The Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War is organizing an important day-long conference this coming Saturday, October 22 at the Arnold Centre at Mohawk College in Hamilton. Excellent line-up of speakers!

Please check out the poster below, and participate if you can!

10/15/2022

Take Action Now for Peace
Tomorrow Will Be Too Late!

The Executive of the Canadian Peace Congress has just released an important statement "Take Action Now for Peace - Tomorrow Will Be Too Late!", urging all-out support for mobilizations this month to condemn the dangerous escalation in international tensions which is bringing the world closer to a nuclear war, and to demand a new direction in Canada's foriegn policy.

The statement is posted below. It can also be read on our website and find out where actions are taking place in your city/region, by clicking this URL link - http://www.canadianpeacecongress.ca/uncategorized/take-action-now-for-peace/

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Take Action Now for Peace
Tomorrow Will Be Too Late!

The world is on the brink of a potential World War III, a war that could easily escalate into nuclear annihilation and mutual destruction. In response to this grave danger, the US-based United National Anti-war Coalition and the Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network are calling for people to get back into the streets to demand an end to the NATO proxy war in Ukraine.

The Canadian Peace Congress with chapters across Canada supports this important initiative.

There is overwhelming evidence that the current situation is extremely dangerous. The ever escalating war in Ukraine, recent efforts by U.S. imperialism to stoke tensions with China, the ongoing war in Yemen, the constant war against Palestine, and the continuing use of economic warfare against Cuba and several other countries – all these are occurring while the world faces ever more drastic climate disasters and the ongoing Covid-19 health crisis. The NATO war mongers and their weapons profiteers are planning more death and destruction in search of higher profits, access to more markets and natural resources, and to preserve U.S./Western domination. There is incredible danger that the entire world is sleepwalking towards untold human misery and environmental destruction.

The Canadian government is “all in” with stoking the flames of war. The Trudeau government is determined to meet its NATO commitment of 2% of GDP on “defence”. The parliamentary budget officer estimates that it will cost an additional $75.3 billion over the next 5 years (more than $15 billion yearly) to accomplish this.

Billions are wasted on weapons while homelessness in Canada is 235,000 and growing continuously over the past several years.

The bloated war budget expands while 73% of First Nations’ water systems are at high or medium risk of contamination.

Health care systems across the country are in crisis due to underfunding and the effects of Covid-19, but there is plenty of money for weapons.

Post secondary education debts in Canada are over $22.3 billion, leaving young people with enormous debts while working in low wage jobs.

Inflation is adding to the misery of millions of households while money is wasted on the military. It’s time that working people across Canada and around the world get back into the streets to demand a new direction.

Critically we must focus on ending the NATO/Russia/Ukraine conflict by diplomatic means. This means an immediate ceasefire and serious negotiations to stop the war. And we need a truly independent foreign policy based on peace and disarmament, not on militarization, aggression and war. Among other things this requires that Canada gets out of NATO!

The entire peace movement must be mobilized to this end. We must actively reach out to the labour, indigenous, women’s, student, environmental and other people’s movements to bring them into the critical struggle for peace.

Our voices must and will be heard.

-- End the war in Ukraine – Demand a ceasefire and a negotiated settlement now!
-- Stop the sanctions
-- End weapons deliveries to Ukraine
-- Canada out of NATO and NORAD!

Executive Committee, Canadian Peace Congress

October 15, 2022

Take Action Now for Peace Tomorrow Will Be Too Late! The world is on the brink of a potential World War III, a war that could easily escalate into nuclear annihilation and mutual destruction. In response to this grave danger, the US-based United National Anti-war Coalition and the Canada-Wide Peace....

10/04/2022

ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD ARE MOBILIZING FOR THE UPCOMING (30th) UNITED NATIONS VOTE CONDEMNING THE U.S. BLOCKADE OF CUBA

The Canadian Peace Congress has given its support to an initiative of the US-Cuba Normalization Committee Coalition.

Groups and individuals wishing to endorse this broad call-out to finally end the brutal, illegal Blockade of Cuba are strongly encouraged to do so, by clicking on the link below.

MARCH AND RALLY IN NYC SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2022, AHEAD OF THE UNGENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTE! JOIN ACTIONS AGAINST THE BLOCKADE OCTOBER 27-NOVEMBER 3, 2022, ACROSS THE US, CANADA, THE AMERICAS, AND THE WORLD!

10/04/2022

OHCHR REPORT ON XINJIANG "COMPLETELY LACKING IN CREDIBILITY"

The Friends of Socialist China have initiated a joint statement condemning the conclusions of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) report on "human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China".

The Canadian Peace Congress has endorsed and co-signed this important statement, repudiating the Western-biased OHCHR report. Read on below....

The following statement has been initiated by Friends of Socialist China. You can add your name as an individual signatory using Google Forms. Once you do so, your name will appear on this page within a few hours. Organizations wishing to add their signatures to this statement should contact us at i...

10/04/2022

LEFT-WING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LULA DA SILVA WINS FIRST ROUND OVER RIGHT-WING INCUMBANT BOLSANARO IN BRAZIL; SET TO WIN RUN-OFF 2ND BALLOT.

After enduring years of constitutional coup detats and bankrupt and corrupt (mis)leadership by Jair Bolsonaro, the Brazilian people appear ready to bring "Lula", the popular former president, back into power.

Here is a short video (with English interpretation) from Telesur of Lula's press statement after the electoral results were released.

Speech by presidential candidate Lula da Silva after the preliminary results that give him as the winner of the first round in which he assures that there is...

10/04/2022

CUBANS OVERWHELMINGLY ADOPT A NEW "CODE OF FAMILIES", ONE OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE CIVIL CODES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD!

To learn more about this landmark decision (approved by popular referendum), please check out the following article from Resumen Latinoamericano (in English) below...

By Alejandra Garcia, 8am, September 26, 2022, from Havana Cuba dawned today with great expectation for the long-awaited news: The Family Code will be law, after the majority of Cubans supported the…

10/04/2022

Stop Using Human Tragedies to Instigate “Velvet Revolution” in Iran!

On October 3rd, the U.S. Peace Council issued an important statement which "unequivocally condemns the events which led to the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the 'Morality Police' for failing to wear a hijab."

At the same time, the USPC expressed the concern that "this death is being used by the United States and its allies for nefarious purposes unrelated to a bona fide concern for women’s rights. The Western media ... have taken advantage of this human tragedy to start a globally coordinated campaign against the government of Iran, which is aimed at discrediting the Iranian government and justifying a forced regime change in that country."

"The U.S. Peace Council condemns, in no uncertain terms, all U.S. sanctions against Iran and all efforts of the U.S. to effectuate regime-change in Iran. It is up to the Iranian people, women and men alike, to make their own decisions about the nature of their government and about their own destiny. The U.S. has no right to interfere in such decisions through coercion..."

Read on by clicking below.

News Stop Using Human Tragedies to Instigate “Velvet Revolution” in Iran! admin — October 3, 2022 add comment U.S. Peace Council October 2, 2022 The United States Peace Council is deeply concerned about current events in Iran and the international reaction to them. As an initial matter, the US...