Community Peacemaker Teams
When the land burns, the people of the land suffer
For most people on Turtle Island, the most alarming sign of climate change is that every summer now, the land burns. As of 15 July, 185 wildfires are burning in northern Ontario and air quality across Ontario is among the worst in the world. The skies are clouded with a sickly yellow tinge that makes […]
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Creative non-violence
Fascism is entering our societies through the front door, and many of us can’t get our heads around how our neighbors could vote these governments in. A few weeks ago, Colombia voted in protégé of the new international far right, Abelardo de la Espriella, as its president. Our team in Colombia tells us of the […]
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Legal guidance must serve rights, not deterrence
As the Greek Ministry of Migration reconsiders a Joint Ministerial Decision on free initial legal counseling, CPT and other organisations in Greece demand: legal guidance must serve rights, not deterrence
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Trying to breathe
Danya Nasereddin reflects on the toll of intergenerational trauma and the process of Palestinian healing.
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Selling Canadian Nationalism: government propaganda for settler domination and environmental destruction
A year after Canada pushed through legislation that threatens Indigenous sovereignty, the coordinator of Turtle Island Solidarity Network reflects on the way it has been sold to the Canadian public.
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To dismantle violence requires a great deal of creativity
When we vote thinking only of ourselves, the consequences always fall on the impoverished: communities that face abandonment as a state policy, who resist it, and now must worry because they are enemies of the state. In Colombia, farmers, who earn their living by cultivating the land, suffer the real consequences of the armed conflict: […]
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