Labour Against the Arms Trade
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Coalition of peace and labour activists working to end Canada's participation in the international arms trade | For arms conversion and a just transition🌎
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When questioned by a Toronto (GTA) World Beyond War member at an all-candidates meeting last night Defense (War) Minister Bill Blair "clarified" the government's stance on arms exports to Israel. Though he asserted "that's the truth" twice, what he said was not indeed truthful.🪡
“Today people are not surviving in Gaza,” says OCHA OPT (Palestine) office head Jonathan Whittall . “Those that aren’t being killed with bombs and bullets are slowly dying.” UN humanitarians call for immediate lifting of blockade to save lives ⬇️⬇️⬇️. #Gaza #UN news.un.org/en/story/2025/…
From Mondoweiss: “Over 1.1 million people in Gaza face catastrophic hunger. UNICEF says 9,000+ children are already acutely malnourished. The Israeli government has not allowed any aid to enter Gaza since March 2. This is a deliberate, manufactured famine.”
.Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention named 🇨🇦 as committing genocide in Gaza. Mark Carney Mélanie Joly stop this genocide against the 🇵🇸 people – half of them children. #ArmsEmbargoNow Sanctions Now Cut all diplomatic ties with the 🇮🇱 state #FreePalestine
Join us for a webinar Radical Thought in a Time of Crisis w/ prominent scholars Jodi Dean and Dr. CBS co-editors of the acclaimed book #OrganizeFightWin Registration: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Thanks to our sponsors Spring Magazine Verso Books Aminah 🌹 Nora Loreto
Every year Canada welcomes an Israeli delegation to CANSEC where they can trade in military equipment and weapons. Will they be permitted to attend this year CADSI? Global Affairs Canada Anita Anand Join us May 28 to protest CANSEC. It must be shut down.
The CLC Canadian Labour can lead unions to refuse work relating to Israel. Click to send an email to its exec & demand they declare Israeli goods to be Hot Cargo! actionnetwork.org/letters/hot-ca… Labour for Palestine #CanLab
We’ve launched a national campaign “Hot Cargo Kills - No Labour For Genocide” calling on Canadian Labour to declare Israeli goods, services & partnerships as Hot Cargo untouchable by workers of conscience. Click on link 👇🏼 & send a message to CLC today! actionnetwork.org/letters/hot-ca…
Protesters picketing outside the EY Centre on Uplands Drive and trying to block the entrance to #CANSEC, a major arms show that happens in #Ottawa every year. Ottawa Citizen #ottnews #cansec2025 Ottawa Police