Community Peacemaker Teams
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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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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Measuring change
How do we measure the impact of peace work? It’s not always an easy thing to do. Change comes slowly, and it’s rarely spectacular. Sometimes, the world we want to build seems further away than ever. But sometimes the impact of our work is found in people who are changed by witnessing injustice firsthand, and […]
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Settler colonialism will never win: the resistance of Grassy Narrows First Nation
Jenny, an organizer with SURJ and the Grassy Narrows Solidarity Group, joined a CPT delegation to Turtle Island three years ago. Since then, she has found ways to continue to support the people of Grassy Narrows. Here she reflects on lessons she learned and ways settlers can get involved in dismantling settler colonialism.
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