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Early 2026 has seen a marked escalation in US‑Western backed actions with global repercussions. The US bombings of Caribbean citizens at sea, military installations in Trinidad, the kidnapping of Venezuela’s President Maduro, the increased drone attacks in Haiti, and the blockade of fuel to Cuba following decades of fatal sanctions, place the entire Caribbean region in extreme precarity. These events are linked to the ongoing genocide in Palestine, the UAE‑backed genocide in Sudan, the crises in the Democratic Republic of Congo where child enslavement underpins global tech‑economies, and, most recently, the illegal US‑Israeli bombings of Iran and Lebanon. This roundtable, which took place at the West End CCommons in Winnipeg on March 30, 2026, makes connections across hemispheres by naming Canada’s own complicity in these Western imperial actions, from arms trading to extensive mining interests, and considers what committed anti‑imperial solidarity in Canada should look like at this time.
PANELISTS:
Tamanisha John: Assistant Professor of Politics at York University.
Brendan Devlin: Winnipeg-based writer and activist who specialises in anti-capitalism and anti-imperialism.
Owen Schalk: Columnist for Canadian Dimension and author of books on Canadian foreign policy.
Kerry Sinanan: Associate Professor of global pre-1800 literature at the University of Winnipeg
Aarzoo Singh: Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Winnipeg
SPONSORS
Peace Alliance Winnipeg
Manitoba – Cuba Solidarity
Faculty of Arts (University of Winnipeg)
Centre for Research in Cultural Studies (University of Winnipeg)
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