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Speaking Back to Empire: Join Us for Peace Sunday
Across North America and the world, we are seeing a frightening rise in authoritarian governments. In the United States, ICE is tyrannising communities by kidnapping, imprisoning, and deporting loved ones. The administration is steadily eroding the rights of groups including migrants, LGBTQ+ people, women, and people with disabilities, while dismantling life-saving public services. In Canada, […]
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Mark Carney hosts a Summit of Environmental Destruction
Next week Canada’s Prime Minister, Mark Carney, is inviting the global elite to descend on Toronto for the inaugural “Canada Investment Summit”. Over 100 global financiers have been invited to invest in projects across Canada, namely pipelines and resource extraction industries. In an April CBC interview, Michel Leduc, senior managing director and chief public affairs […]
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Beautiful Resistance in Zqaq El-Dah
On Zqaq El-Dah street, examples of beautiful resistance abound. Maggie Hindley introduces us to the people of Hebron's Old City.
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Between checkpoints and classrooms
As checkpoints, military restrictions, settler violence and war disrupt Palestinian children’s education, students, teachers and families describe the daily struggle to learn—and resist—under occupation.
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Stories of Peacemaking
This year, CPT celebrates its 40th anniversary. Through that time, we’ve shared moments of joy, grief, and everything in between. On 26 September, we’ll be coming together – online, of course – to look back and look forward to the next 40 years. We’ll hear from Judy Da Silva, who’ll reflect on community, resistance and […]
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When the land burns, who is left to face the fire?
Devastating wildfires have spread across Greece, worsened by government failure to invest in real prevention and rescue infrastructure. As the government aims to open a new detention centre in the middle of a forest, CPT Aegean Migrant Solidarity condemns its determination to place detainees in harm's way.
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