The topic for this month’s discussion is Russian War Resisters. Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026 Time: 1:30 PM Place: Worker’s Organizing Resource Centre, 432-B Ellice Avenue Admission: Free. All are welcome. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 was opposed by…
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Book Launch: What I Saw in Ukraine – Diary of an International Monitor
The Canadian Foreign Policy Institute held two online presentations about Benoit Pare’s book: What I Saw in Ukraine: Diary of an International Monitor on August 29th and August 30th in English and French, respectively. The webinars were moderated by Tamara…
Putin regime subjects political prisoners to increasing brutality as war wears on
by the Boris Kagarlitsky International Solidarity Campaign June 14, 2026 Conditions for political prisoners in the Russian Federation and the territories it occupies have deteriorated sharply with the prolongation of the war on Ukraine. Those accused and convicted of weakening…
UN General Assembly calls for a ceasefire in Ukraine
General Assembly Marks ‘Grim’ Fourth Anniversary of War in Ukraine, Adopts Text Calling for Ceasefire, as Eleventh Emergency Special Session Resumes (New York, Feb. 24, 2026) Marking the fourth anniversary of the bloody conflict still raging in Ukraine, the General…
Canada must work for Peace in Ukraine – AUUC
The Association of United Ukrainian Canadians has issued the following statement and sent it to Canadian Members of Parliament and Senators. AUUC Statement on Ukraine February 24, 2026 As we approach the end of the 4th year of Russia’s invasion…
Open letter from jailed Russian dissidents to world leaders
Signed by Alexei Gorinov, Anna Arkhipova, Vladimir Domnin, Boris Kagarlitsky, Darya Kozyreva, Dmitry Pchelintsev, Andrei Trofimov, Ilya Shakursky, Alexander Shestun, Artem Kagardin, Azat Miftakhov We, the Russian political prisoners, appeal to all international leaders who care about the suffering of…
Canada-Wide Peace Network slams “Coalition of the Willing” for Ukraine
The Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network (CWPJN) condemns the Carney government for its participation in the so-called “Coalition of the Willing” to place troops in Ukraine and to raise military spending to “unprecedented” levels. At its regular membership meeting, the…
Who will win the peace In Ukraine?
by Peter McFarlane Few wars have been more often and more accurately predicted than the current Russia-Ukraine war. From the 1990s on, American and European diplomats and scholars warned that expanding NATO into Ukraine was the “brightest of all red…
Russian anti-war political prisoners must be included in any eventual Putin-Trump deal over Ukraine
by Boris Kagarlitsky International Solidarity Campaign Dec. 24, 2024 The accession of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States raises the possibility of the incoming US administration following through on Trump’s pledge to negotiate some kind of ceasefire…
Book Review: Family Ties: How a Ukrainian Nazi and a living witness link Canada to Ukraine today
Reviewed by Daniel McClelland On September 22nd, 2023, I was watching ‘The National’, Canada’s nightly news show on CBC. The first news story was about Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Canada and the House of Commons. In a show…