On September 4th, 2022, activists from World BEYOND War, No New Fighter Jets Coalition, Independent Jewish Voices, Defund the Police Fund Our Communities, Canadian Defenders for Human Rights, and more gathered in downtown Toronto to protest the Toronto Airshow.
Toronto is also the seat of Canadian finance. For anticapitalist organizers or those involved in mining injustice that means this city is sometimes known as the “belly of the beast”.
The unfolding crisis in Ukraine has many worried that we are on the brink of nuclear war, as Putin has put Russia’s nukes on high alert.
With:
Greta Zarro (World BEYOND War)
Shea Leibow (CODEPINK)
Gracie Brett (Divest Ed)
Rivera Sun (Campaign Nonviolence)
Shaina Jones (Campaign Nonviolence)
Chicago pension funds are currently invested in massive weapons manufacturers. But community investments are not only better political options, they make more financial sense.
Our town is home to Wall Street, the conduit of this industry of continuous war, the profiteers of the weapons of mass extinction, the channel of the great and present threat of future generations existence. Fortunately the city has concerned leaders who are pushing back.
As the nation pauses to honour our war dead on Anzac Day, it is appropriate to reflect on the tainting of genuine commemoration at the Australian War Memorial (AWM) by vested interests. Added to deep concerns about the bitterly controversial $1/2 billion redevelopment, the Memorial is dividing rather than uniting Australians.
By WBW New Zealand, April 24, 2022 A New Zealand peace network says it’s time for KiwiSaver to quit its investments in Lockheed Martin, the
Our insatiable war economy is making all of us less safe—and the more we come to economically depend on it, the harder it is to transition away from it. But it can be done.
