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The Tactics and Strategies of Non-violence: Chile and the Defeat of a Dictator
In 1983, Chilean workers initiated a wave of nonviolent protests against the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. Severe...
Science for Peace
Apr 11, 20231 min read
Disinformation, or Debating with a Bot
Richard Sandbrook is professor emeritus of Political Science at the University of Toronto and President of Science for Peace Contributed...
Richard Sandbrook
Apr 5, 20234 min read
Non-violent Action: The Case of Nashville and the Civil Rights Movement
In the 1960s, Gandhi’s nonviolent weapons were taken up by black college students in Nashville, Tennessee. Disciplined and strictly...
Science for Peace
Apr 3, 20231 min read
What are they thinking? – Understanding the Russian academic perspective on Ukraine
Boris Kyrychenko, a Blumenfeld Junior Fellow at Science for Peace, is also a recent undergraduate from the University of Toronto,...
Boris Kyrychenko
Mar 13, 202310 min read
Non-violence: The Tactics and Strategies of Winning Campaigns: The case of Gandhi and the Salt March
India: Defying The Crown In India in the 1930s, after Gandhi had returned from South Africa, he and his followers adopted a strategy of...
Science for Peace
Mar 8, 20231 min read
The Intertwined Food and Climate Emergency: Heeding Science
Contributed article for Climate Change Working Group. Judith Deutsch is former president of Science for Peace, and a psychoanalyst in...
Judy Deutsch
Feb 13, 20238 min read
Min Guilbeault, there is no Canadian “Climate Leadership” without Canceling the F-35 Fighter Jet
Carley Dove-McFalls is a recent McGill alumna and climate justice organizer primarily with Divest McGill and Lâchez les Grandes Eaux...
Carley Dove-McFalls
Jan 31, 20234 min read
How should Canada react to the Polish missile strike and growing nuclear risks? A Call for Peace
Boris Kyrychenko, a Blumenfeld Junior Fellow at Science for Peace, is also a recent undergraduate from the University of Toronto,...
Boris Kyrychenko
Dec 2, 20223 min read
Militarization and Climate Change with Emily Gilbert
Emily Gilbert is a Professor at the University of Toronto, cross-appointed between the Canadian Studies program and the Department of...
Science for Peace
Dec 1, 20221 min read
Still Waiting for “No First Use” Declaration from the USA
Arnd Jurgensen teaches international relations at the University of Toronto and is a director on the Science for Peace board. Contributed...
Arnd Jurgensen
Nov 23, 20226 min read
In a Time of Crisis, how Can Science for Peace Be Effective?
Richard Sandbrook is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at University of Toronto and the Vice-President of Science for Peace....
Richard Sandbrook
Nov 11, 20226 min read
Not So Quiet on the Northern Front: Arctic Environmental Cooperation and Geopolitical Conflict
Aidan Oliver https://www.canstockphoto.ca">(c) Can Stock Photo / sommersby Near the end of the Cold War, through a famous speech by none...
Aidan Oliver
Nov 3, 202210 min read
Understanding the Ukraine War: The Three Levels of Conflict with Professor Richard Falk
The conversation revolves around Falk’s contention that the Ukraine war is particularly dangerous and difficult to resolve because it...
melisakuc6
Oct 19, 20221 min read
Nuclearism: Converging Disasters
Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Contributed article for Nuclear...
Judy Deutsch
Oct 12, 202212 min read
Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Palácio do Planalto from Brasilia, Brasil, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Boris...
Boris Kyrychenko
Oct 7, 20223 min read
Non-Aggressive Defence in Sweden? An Assessment of ‘Total Defence’
Alfie Hoar, a Blumenfeld Junior Fellow at Science for Peace, is completing his Masters in Physics and Philosophy at Oxford University....
Alfie Hoar
Sep 28, 20226 min read
The Toronto Airshow: Not just noise
Lee Partera, Executive Director at Partera International Boris Kasimov from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licen...
Lee Partera
Sep 5, 20222 min read
10 Essential Things to Know about Nonviolent Resistance
Richard Sandbrook is professor emeritus of Political Science at the University of Toronto and President of Science for Peace Contributed...
Richard Sandbrook
Aug 2, 20225 min read
How Canadian Science is Helping to Support Ukrainian researchers
Science and Policy Exchange, a student-based organization in Canada, interviews several Canadian officials about how their organizations...
Richard Sandbrook
Jul 25, 20221 min read
An open letter to Jagmeet Singh and the leadership of the NDP
Nuclear Weapons Working Group The website of the NPD features a link to your platform, with detailed discussions of policy proposals in...
Arnd Jurgensen
Jul 13, 20224 min read
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