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	Canadian Peace Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The CPC was the Canadian affiliate of the World Peace Council and a leading player in the peace movement in Canada, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s.
		The CPC was active in the nuclear disarmament and anti-imperialist movements such as the movement against the Vietnam War and promoted the concept of peaceful co-existence between the Communist bloc and the Western bloc.
		The CPC was perceived as being close to the Labour-Progressive Party and its successor the Communist Party of Canada though Endicott, himself, was not a party member.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_Peace_Congress (224 words)

	Political Affairs Magazine - Canadian Peace Congress Reconstituted (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Delegates discussed Peace Congress support for the concentration tasks of the World Peace Council, namely the struggle for nuclear disarmament, the abolition of foreign military bases, resisting the imperialist attacks on the UN Charter and to promote international solidarity with global anti-imperialist struggles.
		Canadians live next to the world's leading imperialist power, and we see that humanity has never been in as much danger as it is today.
		The Peace Congress was a founding member of the World Peace Council in 1949, and played a leading role in peace, disarmament and anti-imperialist struggles for more than 40 years.
	www.politicalaffairs.net /article/articleview/3425/1/167 (1284 words)

	PEACEBUILDING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Peace is a dynamic balance involving political, social, cultural, and technological factors, and that war occurred when this balance broke down in the international system.
		This feminist peace model came to include the elimination of all types of violence (physical and structural) at all levels, from the individual and family up to the transnational level, as a necessary condition for a peaceful planet.
		Peace with the environment and responsible stewardship of the earth are seen as central to this type of holistic peace, where human beings are seen as one of many species inhabiting the earth, and the fate of the planet is seen as the most important goal.
	www.uwm.edu /Dept/Peace/pecnew.htm (10013 words)

	Political Affairs Magazine - Canada Rejects US Ballistic Missile Defense (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Canadian public opinion is differentiated from the right wing policy of appeasement by its steadfast confidence in the ability of Canada to conduct its own affairs without US government protection and guidance.
		Canadians by and large value and uphold the principles of the UN Charter as the most reliable basis for collective security and for resolving international crisis.
		A majority of Canadians rejected BMD because they share the view of a majority of humankind that a new arms race in space and the doctrine of perpetual war is not a means to achieve national goals and solve social and economic problems.
	www.politicalaffairs.net /article/articleview/816/1 (837 words)

	PMag v03n5p30 -- What's Going on in The Canadian Peace Movement Today? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Canadian Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP) Support Network is spectrum of constituencies of 175 peace, church, and development groups and individuals linked to international network of Pacific Rim countries.
		Canadian Peace Congress is a national organization with over 30 peace councils and over 20 affiliate organizations.
		Canadian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, (formerly Physicians for Social Responsibility) is nation-wide group of physicians and supporters: 25 chapters and 4200 enrolled members, 3500 of them physicians.
	www.peacemagazine.org /archive/v03n5p30.htm (4568 words)

	Xavier University: Peace & Justice Programs: Peace Studies Minor
		Comprehending peace can be as elusive as God, the author of peace, or the human person, who never fully reaches peace, or the human family, who at this stage groans and is in agony as it searches for peace.
		Peace is dependent upon justice; and justice is dependent upon jihad f sabin Allah, striving in the cause of God.
		The Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) is a non-profit organization that was formed in 2001 as a result of a merger of the Consortium on Peace research, Education and Development (COPRED) and the Peace Studies Association (PSA).
	www.xu.edu /peace/peace.htm (7866 words)

	Canadian Friends of Peace Now
		For the past 30 years, Peace Now has called upon Israel to return to internationally recognized borders in its conflict with the Palestinians, and was at the forefront of the public pressure for the withdrawal from Lebanon.
		This is an especially unfortunate stance for a Canadian labour union to adopt, since Israel is the only country in the Middle East where a free, democratic labour movement protects the rights of workers, Jewish and Arab.
		CFPN offers the fellowship to a deserving doctoral student (at any Canadian university) whose research is consistent with the mission, goals and values of Peace Now, in particular with its advocacy of a Palestinian-Israeli peace based upon mutual recognition, a secure, viable state for the Palestinians and a secure, Jewish state for the Israelis.
	www.peacenow.ca (2041 words)

	Canadian Dimension / Articles / Labour
		This pan-Canadian day of action is being led by four major organizations: the Canadian Peace Alliance, le Collectif Echec a la guerre, the Canadian Labour Congress and the Canadian Islamic Congress.
		Canadian Dimension Magazine, September/October 2006 Issue When CUPE delegates returned to their homes and workplaces after attending the Ontario Division’s annual convention in May, the media reports they would see and hear focused on but one resolution adopted at the convention.
		Canadian Dimension Magazine, July/August 2006 Issue The Canadian Labour Congress’s statement on Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan is clear and unequivocal; it calls for the troops to be brought home now.
	www.canadiandimension.com /articles/category/labour (651 words)

	Canadian Peace Congress Finding Aid - First Accrual
		Speeches, including his speech to the Toronto Peace Conference in December 1948, "A Call to Peace" both in mimeo and pamphlet form, biographical data, news clippings, statement by Eva Sanderson on Endicott's resignation in 1972.
		Note: Correspondence with affiliates and peace councils under the CPC umbrella was often filed with General Correspondence in addition to name specific files throughout the Administrative Series.
		However the CPC was a member of the Canadian Peace Alliance.
	library.mcmaster.ca /archives/findaids/findaids/c/canpeace.01.htm (4158 words)

	A CANADIAN PEACE VISION
		Canadians are blessed with resources and skills, and hence we have more responsibility to serve the world in building peace.
		In a recent survey of Canadians' perceptions by Environics Research Group, almost one-third of Canadians believe "peacekeeping and peacefulness" is the greatest contribution Canada has to offer the world.
		Therefore, the best defence of peace is not power, but the removal of the causes of war, and international agreements which will put peace on a stronger foundation than the terror of destruction," he said.
	www.peace.ca /canadianpeacevision.htm (2527 words)

	Canadian Peace Research and Education Association
		CPREA was founded by a group of academics and peace researchers meeting at a conference at the University of Sherbrooke in 1966.
		Peace activists interested in peace education and research are welcome.
		Peace Research: The Canadian Journal of Peace Studies is the official organ of CPREA.
	www.msvu.ca /pax/cprea (418 words)

	Conscience and War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The bill would require men and women, between the ages of 18 and 26 in the United States, to perform at least two years of military or civilian service for the furtherance of the national defense and homeland security and other purposes.
		Mennonite Central Committee and denominational peace staff continue to monitor developments related to Selective Service and a draft.
		The primary purpose of the Conscientious Objectors’ Registry is to strengthen our commitment to be peacemakers in the name of Christ, in time of war and time of peace.
	www.mcc.org /peace/info/conscience.html (378 words)

	Teaching Peace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Current information and resources for thinking about a peace position and the draft in the U.S. and Canada.
		Schroeder is Professor Emeritas of New Testament and Philosphy at Canadian Mennonite Bible College.
		I believe we were all within the minority "13 percent." According to one of those polls last week, 87 percent of U.S. citizens agreed with the 420 congress members who authorized President Bush to wage war against terrorist breeding grounds and sanctuaries.
	www.mcc.org /peace/peace.html (343 words)

	Canadian Islamic Congress
		Within the first 100 days after September 11, 2001 Canadian Muslims witnessed in disbelief as measure after measure was initiated to severely curtail and compromise their civil liberties.
		Since we live in a period that American policy planners have dubbed the "New World Order," it is important that we examine U.S. foreign policy and its influence on geopolitical affairs in the recent...
		Indeed the Koran regards social justice as a necessary prerequisite for authentic peace.
	www.canadianislamiccongress.com (376 words)

	Muslim Canadian Congress / Salaam - Peace Iftar
		It is with great happiness that this year, the Iftar is being co-sponsored by Muslim Canadian Congress.
		Ramadan began on October 5, 2005 with the sighting of the new moon.
		Salaam: Queer Muslim Community and Muslim Canadian Congress would like to invite our Members, allies and friends to participate with us in an "Iftar' or breaking of the Fast meal.
	www.muslimcanadiancongress.org /20051029.html (529 words)

	Canadian Labour Congress Convention
		Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress held in Montreal, Quebec, June 13-17, 2005.
		On a shoe-string budget, with the backing of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers and an array of local union activists, Carol Wall received a remarkable 37 per cent of the valid ballots cast on the morning of June 16.
		Support for global working class solidarity was also shown by the participation of CLC delegates and observers in a Montreal street protest against Canadian government intervention in Haiti, and in an evening public forum on international issues organized by the southern Ontario-based Workers’ Solidarity and Union Democracy Coalition at the Montreal Palais des Congres.
	www.kclabor.org /canadian_labour_congress_convent.htm (4155 words)

	Jay's Canada Leftist and 'Progressive' Links
		Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) - "is a non-profit, public interest organization established in 1970 to use existing laws to protect the environment and to advocate environmental law reforms.
		Project Plowshares - " is an ecumenical agency of the Canadian Council of Churches established in 1976 to implement the churches' call to be peacemakers and to work for a world in which justice will flourish and peace abound.
		Science for Peace - " is a charitable Canadian-based organization of natural scientists, engineers, social scientists, scholars in the humanities and lay people throughout the world.
	www.neravt.com /left/directory/countries/canadian.htm (1216 words)

	People's Weekly World - Thousands march at World Peace Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The rally was headlined by “peace mother” Cindy Sheehan, who moved many to tears with her powerful call to end the violent U.S. occupation of Iraq now, before the death toll rises even higher.
		Greg Speeter from Cities for Peace said local officials are having to deal with issues of environmental degradation, poverty and violence “with fewer and fewer resources.” Speeter bemoaned the size of the U.S. military budget versus the amount spent on environmental protection, health care and antipoverty programs.
		Another highlight was the strong presence of the World Peace Council, which relaunched its “Peace Messenger” in newspaper format to coincide with the forum.
	www.pww.org /article/articleview/9396/1/328 (889 words)

	Op Ed News - Peace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The IFC, a nonviolent secular resistance movement, condemned the attacks Sept. 7-8, and pledged to continue its peaceful struggle to end the occupation.
		The Iraq Freedom Congress presents a viable alternative to both the US Occupation and Political Islam by setting its sights on a democratic, secular and progressive Iraq.
		The peace pledge, sponsored by Voters For Peace, says: "I will not vote for or support any candidate for Congress or President who does not make a speedy end to the war in Iraq, and preventing any future war of aggression, a public position in his or her campaign."
	www.websiteadv.com /maxwrite/rss.php?s=63228 (3031 words)

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