Canadian Voice of Women for Peace

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On January 3, the United States assassinated Iranian General Qasem Soleimani with a drone strike. He was killed along with Iraqi military leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and eight others near the Baghdad airport in Iraq. Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi has stated that Soleimani was on his way to meet to discuss ways to ease regional tensions.  The leaders of …

We want our members to be able to engage with us and each other to promote peace and a better future for all. Help us energize VOW by joining our action circles around the following topics for anyone to sign up for: Environmental Justice Women, Peace, and Security Abolishing Nuclear Weapons Peace Education Dismantling Violence Release of Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning …

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July 23, 2014              The Canadian Voice of Women for Peace is extremely concerned about the Canadian government’s one-sided response to the appallingly destructive attacks taking place almost entirely within Gaza killing, wounding and traumatizing so many.               Whereas Canada could play a positive and helpful role in bringing about …

On Christmas Day, 1914, World War 1, German, British and French soldiers disobeyed their superiors and fraternized with “the enemy”.  They sang Christmas carols, exchanged photos, shared rations. Soldiers embraced. They agreed if forced to fire their weapons, to aim high. Generals on both sides declared their spontaneous peacemaking to be treasonous and subject to court marshall. By March, 1915 the fraternization movement had been eradicated. …