Canadian Voice of Women for Peace

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. …