Richard Sandbrook “If the people are ready to defend Latvia, no aggressor will ever dare to attack our country,” recently declared Latvia ‘s Defense Minister. Is that true? Could that also be true for Canada? There are ways to deter and resist an invasion without taking up arms and without suffering major casualties and damage. The history, theory, and practice of organized nonviolent defence are well-known by a small coterie of specialists and activists, but they are virtual

The Right Honourable Mark Carney                                           Prime Minister of Canada 80 Wellington St. Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 cc. The Hon. Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs c.c. The Hon. David McGuinty, Minister of National Defence RE: Military Budgets, Golden Dome and Nuclear War Dear Prime Minister Carney, Since assuming office, you have made two of the most potentially consequential and profoundly disturbing announcements ever made by a Canadian Prime Min

Richard Sandbrook Nonviolent defence, also known as civilian-based defense, civilian defence, and social defence, has a long history as an idea and a practice. As for practice,   improvised instances have occurred throughout recorded history, including the American anti-colonial rebellion (1765-1775). As an idea or strategy, nonviolent defence (NVD) has had notable advocates for more than a century. Bertrand Russell  contended, in 1915, that a country could resist invasion t

Arnd Jurgensen SWinxy, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons The time has come to wake up to a new global reality.   With the actions the government of the United States took in attacking the State of Venezuela and abducting its President and First Lady, this new reality can no longer be denied.   The government of the United States considers itself unconstrained by either domestic or international law in the pursuit of its policy agen

The People of Canada Will Love Us Again: Seduction, Abuse and Subservience in Canada-US Relations | Senator Yuen Pau Woo Senator Yuen Pau Woo Speech at Science for Peace Friends House, Toronto Thank you, Richard Sandbrook, for the invitation to speak at tonight’s meeting of Science for Peace. I note that we are gathered at “Friends House” in Toronto, which I suppose is appropriate for a speech entitled “The People of Canada will Love us Again”. But as you know, the subtitle o

Arnd Jurgensen The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Mr. Trumps second arrival in the White House signifies a drastic transition in the nature of U.S. politics and in its foreign policy.    We witness the turn toward brutality in the enforcement of immigration laws and the signs of glee among Trump and his supporters revelling in the violence and humiliation of its victims.   This has been even more evident with the lawless “extrajudicial e

Ann Mallen 7C0, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Ever since 7 th  grade when I first learned of Ghandhi’s nonviolent protests, I’ve often pondered the elusiveness of peace. Someone once said to me, “Humans just aren’t wired to be peaceful,” and I disagreed. Yet, I acknowledge that it’s challenging to believe in humanity’s altruism when frequent, often horrific, violence erupts.   This is why we need Dr. Benjamin A. Peters, a p

Richard Sandbrook Wikideas1, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Canada must reject participation in Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile-defence project, and soon, to minimize the fall-out from the US president. This latest version of “Star Wars” will prove ineffective, at enormous cost, against a modern missile offensive, while militarizing space. This is the conclusion of numerous experts. To adopt such a defensive shield would upset the nuclear deterrence principle of mutually assured de

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