Peaceful vigils for Gaza. You don't have to be a grandmother to show your support.

All are welcome!

This is a public gathering honouring the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at the Campfire Sculpture, Humber Bay Shores Park.

Guest Speaker:

Claire Sault, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation Chief

The Campfire sculpture is located at 1 Palace Pier Ct, Etobicoke, the end of Palace Pier Ct, just west of the Humber River along the Martin Goodman Trail. It is a short walk from paid parking and public transit stops along Marine Parade Dr. Carpooling encouraged. Please wear an orange shirt. Bring your own chair if needed.

Campfire, a 12-foot-tall Corten and stainless steel piece, was created by renowned Canadian sculptor Michael Belmore, of Anishinaabe descent, in collaboration with Herman Mejia, an artist from Tegucigalpa, Honduras now based in Etobicoke. The Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, whose historical ties to the land are honoured through this installation, played an important advisory role in the project.

Organized by:

Eculinks Etobicoke and KAIROS Toronto West

Contact:

info@eculinks.ca or kairostorontowest@gmail.com

Professor Ilan Pappé is the director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter. A prolific author, Pappé has worked in many institutions exploring Israel-Palestine history, multiculturalism, and the dynamics of power and knowledge.

The U.S. continues to dangerously increase its military presence along Venezuela's coast and throughout the Caribbean under the outrageous and false pretext of “fighting narcoterrorism.” Over the last month, the Trump Administration has sent at least eight Navy warships, a nuclear submarine, and 4,500 U.S. Marines and Navy soldiers to the region, and also deployed 10 F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico. On September 15, 2025, the U.S. military announced that they had struck another Venezuelan boat in international waters, killing three people, weeks after an earlier attack that killed 11 people. 

In response to these attacks, join the Venezuela Solidarity Network for an important conversation with Carlos Luis Rivero, Executive Director of the Simon Bolivar Institute for Peace and Solidarity Between Peoples in Venezuela and Déborah Berman Santana, Boricua living and organizing in her native Puerto Rico and member of the Cuba Solidarity Committee. 

From October 1 to October 21, we invite you to please pick a day to fast to demand the immediate evacuation from Gaza of all remaining Palestinian applicants for Canadian visas and the finalization of all applications for the 2,500+ Palestinian genocide survivors still stranded in Egypt. It is intolerable that 21 months after the International Court of Justice found a plausible case of genocide was being committed by Israeli apartheid forces in Gaza, Canada has evacuated fewer than 2% of the 5,000 program applicants from Gaza.

During your fast day, we ask you to:

• Make a selfie with a message (such as Fasting for Palestinian Family Reunification or "Fasting for Urgent Gaza Evacuation") that you can share with us and on your social media; 
• Write a letter and make a call to your MP and the appropriate government officials (samples below) demanding immediate evacuation of all remaining visa applicants from Gaza; 
•     Share on social media the story of one of the families hugely impacted by the negative impacts of this program (we will pair you with a family and provide pictures and text to share). We can also directly connect you with that particular family to stay in touch with them afterwards and continue advocating for their right to be free of the genocide and joined with their loved ones in Canada.

To pick a date to fast, please email a preferred date, your name and town/city to be shared on our website, to the Canadian Palestinian Family Reunification Project of the Rural Refugee Rights Network at tasc@web.ca

The Black Alliance for Peace launches our 5th International Month of Action Against AFRICOM, a crucial period of global education, mobilization, and resistance. This year, we sharpen our focus with the theme: “21st Century Neocolonialism: Capitalism, Compradors, and the Ongoing Scramble for Africa.” This year’s International Month of Action Against AFRICOM will kick off with this international webinar.

October is the International Month of Action against US AFRICOM led by Black Alliance for Peace: https://blackallianceforpeace.com/#home-above-fold

On the second anniversary of October 7, an evening of observance and solidarity celebrating culture and resistence of people of Palestine and particularly Gaza.

Join for an evening of community sharing to raise urgently needed funds* to help feed families in Gaza. The night includes speakers featuring Dr. Yipeng Ge, who was in Gaza as a doctor and has since become very active speaking for Gaza. There is cultural sharing of song, poetry and dance.

*Funds will be collected on site by IDRF, a Canadian registered charity which will issue tax-deductible receipts. Goal is $30,000

The peace poster was a newly created genre in graphic design after World War II. One of the most pioneering peace poster works was "Victory 1945" by Fukuda Shigeo of Japan, the winner of the 1975 "International Poster Competition in Commemoration of the 30^th Anniversary of the Victory against Fascism and Violence through Democracy and Liberty" in Poland.

Responding to and stimulated by young Fukuda's sensational success, Japan's graphic design giant Kamekura Yūsaku organized two unique design projects to enlighten and educate himself and all other members of Japan Graphic Designers Association, JAGDA in 1983.

Kamekura Yūsaku designed "Butterflies Burning Falling" the first poster of the "Hiroshima Appeals" annual poster promotion project. JAGDA, led by Kamekura Yūsaku, also launched an annual national peace poster exhibition and competition, in which all JAGDA members contributed and participated. These paired projects have worked together to advance the development and creation of peace posters for years to come.

The talk examines the leadership and contribution of two great Japanese designers, Kamekura Yūsaku and Fukuda Shigeo, master and disciple, to the peace posters genre. Together they discovered and nurtured the potential of peace posters by collaborative and competitive dynamics.

Presented in celebration and admiration of the dedication, generosity, and foresight of the Japanese graphic design world—in particular, two of its great designers, Kamekura Yūsaku and Fukuda Shigeo.

The UN Security Council is planning to have a session to mark the 25^th anniversary of UNSC Resolution 1325 on “Women, Peace & Security.”

You can watch the livestream by clicking the button below.

Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, co-sponsored by MAPA, will host a webinar on Thursday, October 9 from 7-8:30pm ET. We are living through an ugly and increasingly dangerous time. From the genocide in Gaza to the grinding Ukraine war, the kidnapping of innocent immigrants etc.

Speakers: Cole Harrison is Administrative Director of Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA);

Ann Wright will speak on the role of citizen activists and the hundreds who have participated in the Gaza flotillas over the past 17 years, with a focus on the recent Gaza Sumud flotilla and the Gaza Freedom flotilla; and Nick Rabb (he/him) is a scholar and organizer based in Los Angeles, and has been active with the climate justice and university anti-militarism movements.

Meeting ID: 828 8143 2793

Passcode: 271314

How do we move towards a world without wars, weapons, police, prisons, the death penalty, and borders? How can we work towards our collective liberation, recognizing that oppressions are interconnected? Come to #NoWar2025 to explore how we can join in solidarity across movements and borders to abolish these interwoven systems and build a world based on common security — “no one is safe until all are safe.”

#NoWar2025 will make the case for abolition, explore intersections between abolitionist movements, learn from successful case studies of abolition, and strategize about how we can truly move towards a world beyond war.

Nuclear weapons threaten our future. The 5th Youth Nuclear Peace Summit is a chance to enact change.

The Youth Nuclear Peace Summit is an event that bring young people to learn, discuss, and take action on the urgent matter of nuclear disarmament.

Participants will take part in educational activities, thought-provoking presentations, and inspiring workshops. These sessions will be led by both youth leaders and globally-recognized experts in the field.

The summit hopes to empower the next generation to actively contribute to the goal of a world free from the threat of nuclear weapons.

In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the entire annual series of the Hiroshima Appeals poster project is exhibited. 

Initiated by JAGDA Hiroshima and Hiroshima International Cultural Foundation, and currently also operated by The Hiroshima Peace Creation Fund, the series demonstrates remarkably sustained continuity and ongoing efforts of world-wide compassion (https://hiroshima.jagda.or.jp/appeals_about.html ).

The series consists of 28 posters, headed by KAMEKURA Yūsaku’s masterpiece “Burning Butterflies” 1983, continued with an unbroken sequence of works of high artistic excellence.

Selected works from The Japan Foundation, Toronto’s poster collection accompany the Hiroshima Appeals posters which share the unique nature of the design creation in being non-commercial, abstract, conceptual, and focusing on global issues and subjects.

The United States has been at war for 232 years of its 249-year history. It is currently at war in seven countries and its special forces operate in 149 countries. While a full history of U.S. wars could fill bookshelves, author and journalist Robert Fantina has distilled this century-spanning succession of warfare into a single volume. His third book published with Red Pill Press, Propaganda, Lies and False Flags: How the U.S. Justifies Its Wars details all the major wars of U.S. history, plus many of the minor and mostly forgotten ones.

In November, 2025, World BEYOND War will be holding a weekly discussion each of four weeks of the book Propaganda, Lies and False Flags: How the U.S. Justifies Its Wars with the author Robert Fantina.

When you register for the club, we will mail you a signed paperback copy of the book (and you can specify if it should be signed to someone), or -- if you prefer -- a PDF.

We'll let you know which parts of the book will be discussed each week along with the Zoom details to access the discussions.

When:

For one hour on November 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2025, beginning at UTC 15:00, which is 7:00 a.m. in Los Angeles, 9:00 a.m. in Mexico City, 10:00 a.m. in New York, 4:00 p.m. in Yaoundé, 4:00 p.m. in Berlin, and 6:30 p.m. in Tehran, and 8:30 p.m. in New Delhi.

In Militarized Global Apartheid Catherine Besteman offers a sweeping theorization of the ways in which countries from the global north are reproducing South Africa's apartheid system on a worldwide scale to control the mobility and labor of people from the global south.

In January, 2026, World BEYOND War will be holding a weekly discussion each of four weeks of the book Militarized Global Apartheid with the author Catherine Besteman.

When you register for the club, we will send you your choice of a paperback, kindle, Google Play eBook, or Kubo eBook.

We'll let you know which parts of the book will be discussed each week along with the Zoom details to access the discussions.

When:

For one hour on January 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2026, beginning at UTC 17:00, which is 7:00 a.m. in Honolulu, 9:00 a.m. in Los Angeles, 11:00 a.m. in Mexico City, 12:00 noon in New York, 6:00 p.m. in Yaoundé, 6:00 p.m. in Berlin, 8:30 p.m. in Tehran, 10:30 p.m. in New Delhi. It is the next day at 6:00 a.m. in Auckland.

The Global Sumud Flotilla is a coordinated, nonviolent fleet of mostly small vessels sailing from ports across the Mediterranean to break the Israeli occupation's illegal siege on Gaza. It brings together a diverse coalition of international participants, including those involved in previous land and sea efforts like the Maghreb Sumud Flotilla, Freedom Flotilla Coalition*, and Global Movement to Gaza. Each boat represents a community and a refusal to stay silent in the face of genocide.

Delegations from 46 countries have already committed to sail to Gaza as part of the largest maritime mission to break Israel's illegal siege.

The criminal Israeli regime has once again attacked a humanitarian flotilla in international waters. Italy and Spain have announced that they are sending naval vessels to accompany the Sumud Flotilla.

Please email Canadian officials to call on them to send HMCS St John’s, which is already in the Mediterranean, to follow suit.

Meeting at Waterloo Town Square, then walking to the office of Bardish Chagger MP (100 Regina Street South) to request a call for Arms Embargo.

"Yesterday the mighty Coalition for the Gaza Family Reunification Program in Canada issued a letter to our Prime Minister and relevant officials.

I encouraged everyone to take a read to understand direct Canadian complicity in violence against Palestinians. It takes many forms, as do the publicity stunts that intend to convince us otherwise. Here is but one example, disguising racist policies. The Canadian program has been used to collect unprecedented and disproportionate information on families and handed over to Israel and Egypt, both surveillance run entities. It has knowingly separated families. It has also been used to justify the intrusive securitization and violations of family members. 

We know these families comprise some of the most vulnerable human beings on earth. We also know that 50% of the Gazan population was children averaging the age of 5 years old when the genocide began. 

The letter can be found below and is also available here.

For those wondering what to do, we have also created a toolkit with more detailed information and action to demand better of Canadian officials here. 

For those in Ottawa, you can go visit and hear from some families pleading for the lives of their loved ones with weekly vigils on Wednesdays in front of the IRCC headquarters downtown (300 Slater Street)."

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