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m to iraq big dreams of peace an evening with special guest tom hayden wednesday april 20 7 30pm first united church 320 east hastings at gore hosted and organized by rodney watson jr iraq war veteran now war resister living in sanctuary at the first united church you are invited to hear tom hayden speak on peace building today and how he began his quest in the 60 s hayden was a leader of students of the democratic society sds in the 1960s and remains a peace and justice activist and writer today tickets 20 or 30 includes v i p meet and greet with tom hayden tickets available for sale at people s coop bookstore 1391 commercial dr ph 604 253 6442 more information check out this recent feature article in vancouver magazine on rodney watson jr tom hayden s peace and justice resource centre posted by stopwar at 11 32 pm 3 comments sunday april 10 2011 monday for people not for fighter jets it s a simple sentiment that needs repeating during this ongoing federal election campaign this article by stopwar recording secretary kimball cariou was published in rabble ca last june i wrote an article for the georgia straight in b c about the skyrocketing costs of purchasing new f 35 joint strike fighter jets from u s munitions giant lockheed martin at the time the news had just broken that the price tag had jumped from 3 8 billion for 80 f 35s when the deal was first proposed back in 2008 up to 9 billion for just 65 jets plus another 7 billion on ancillary costs such as future parts and maintenance the total price tag had more than quadrupled within just two years now we understand from pentagon figures that the total cost of this purchase over a 30 year period is expected to hit 29 billion a staggering sum for a country with serious social and economic problems just three years ago the individual jets were priced at 47 4 million each now the price for each jet plus parts and maintenance has jumped over 400 million at a time when the harper conservatives are slashing social program spending and it gets worse the original plan by the conservatives was to replace the canadian forces current fleet of cf 18 fighter jets since then 2 6 billion has been spent to upgrade the cf 18s a commons committee has investigated the purchase of the new fighters including the price tag and whether canada actually needs these weapons eyebrows were quickly raised over the news that there would be no other bids for the contract another controversy has focused on the fact that the f 35 joint strike fighter is a single engine aircraft unsuitable to patrol the canadian arctic the cf 18s have two engines which many pilots consider an important safety feature but the nato war against libya has raised even more serious issues over this massive boondoggle with its payload of heavy armament the f 35s are useful for only one purpose to engage in modern warfare bombing enemy nations a year ago a survey conducted by leger marketing asked with canada s military role ending in afghanistan next year what should the focus be on the government s military spending almost 60 per cent agreed with this answer canada should take a peace dividend and cut back on military spending to focus on other more pressing social issues at home only 28 per cent of respondents wanted to sustain or increase spending on the military because security in a post 9 11 world is of the highest priority yet according to the canadian centre for policy alternatives the canada first defence strategy unveiled by the harper government in 2008 promises that canada s military spending will continue to grow by an average of 0 6 in real terms adjusted for inflation and an average of 2 7 in nominal terms not adjusted for inflation per year from fy 2007 08 to 2027 28 total spending over the 20 year life of this plan would likely be in the 415 440 billion range 2009 dollars or about 13 000 per canadian surely enough to cause us to rethink the quaint notion that this country s military spending is negligible imagine what could be done with the 29 billion in savings by scrapping the f 35 deal to give just a few examples the public transportation systems of canadian cities could be provided with 10 000 fuel efficient new buses for just 5 billion we could restore the start up cost of the cancelled national child care program for another 5 billion to build 30 000 social housing units at a cost of 200 000 each would take another 6 billion an investment which would immediately save millions spent by provinces and municipalities on emergency services for homeless people the federal government could provide free post secondary tuition for 50 000 students annually for a total of about 8 billion over three decades that would still leave another 5 billion for urgent needs such as providing clean drinking water to indigenous communities or emergency aid to countries hit by natural disasters these initiatives would create jobs lower greenhouse gas emissions and reduce provincial government spending but canada is governed today by a party which opposes these urgent priorities the harper conservatives deny the environmental crisis reject the concept of public childcare and refuse to fund social housing in effect canada is ruled by a minority regime which places top priority on war making at the expense of the people when we go to the polls on may 2 canadians should send the message to all parties in parliament that the shocking fighter jet purchase plan is a scandal and must be scrapped immediately posted by stopwar at 1 24 pm 4 comments vancouver rally people power not war on saturday april 9 stopwar vancouver took part in a pan canadian day of action against the war in afghanistan at least ten canadian cities and towns held events in the united states this weekend featured anti war rallies in new york city and san francisco here is the statement that stopwar distributed at the vancouver rally people power not war stopwar vancouver s broad based anti war coalition is taking part in the cross canada day of action against the war in afghanistan on april 9 with a rally and march starting from library square at 1 pm we are demanding an end to the brutal and callous war in afghanistan cancellation of the proposed 29 billion purchase of f 35 fighter jets and for solidarity with the peoples of the arab world struggling for peace democracy and social justice in their homelands the canadian peace alliance and the collectif échec à la guerre antiwar coalition in montreal issued the call for the april 9 day of action to demand an end to the afghanistan war and to bring canadian troops home now the majority of canadians support this demand they want governments to invest in health care education and social housing not more weapons of war during the current federal election these critical issues must be a key topic of debate and action the war in afghanistan has reached new levels of brutality civilian casualties spiked in 2010 and the rate of killing is increasing after almost ten years of occupation and a half a trillion dollars spent by nato afghanistan still suffers from a lack of basic services and a corrupt nato backed government according to the afghan rights monitor almost everything related to the war surged in 2010 the combined numbers of afghan and foreign forces surpassed 350 000 security incidents mounted to over 100 per week more fighters from all warring side were killed and the number of civilian people killed wounded and displaced hit record levels the continued deployment of 1 000 canadian soldiers in the guise of trainers of the fledgling afghan army and police will only compound the problems faced by the afghan people canada s support for the corrupt regime of hamid karzai works against the aspirations of the afghan people to live in a free and democratic society self determination for the afghan people is the only solution to the current crisis in the words of former afghan mp malalai joya no nation can donate liberation to another nation these values must be fought for and won by the people themselves they can only grow and flourish when they are planted by the people in their own soil and watered by their own blood and tears events in the middle east and north africa provide an inspiring example of people struggling to create a new society without intervention and against regimes supported by the big imperial powers stopwar is absolutely opposed to the nato bombing of libya which is a shocking violation of the un charter and an act of war against a sovereign country under cover of a so called no fly zone we condemn canadian military involvement in libya s internal civil conflict which is the latest example of intervention to bolster imperialist control of energy resources in the region posted by stopwar at 1 06 am 24 comments monday december 13 2010 canadian peace alliance most afghans want nato troops out of their country toronto the most recent poll of afghan attitudes towards nato shows that a huge majority want nato to leave their country in fact only 17 per cent want the west to stay after 2011 with violence increasing at alarming rates throughout the country and each new deployment of soldiers only making matters worse these poll results are no surprise said canadian peace alliance co chair chris jones the poll conducted in november by four major news agencies including the bbc also showed a dramatic increase in the number of afghans who think that attacks on foreign forces are justified a four fold increase compared to one year ago this makes increasingly unlikely the notion asserted by defence minister peter mackay that canada s training mission after 2011 will take place in a safe non combat space in afghanistan the afghan people have spoken and they are asking us to leave their country and the canadian people have spoken and they want the troops brought home said derrick o keefe co chair of the canadian peace alliance the questions is who was stephen harper listening to when he decided to extend the canadian troop deployment for another three years one answer is u s ambassador david jacobsen who worked to broker the deal between the conservatives and liberals to extend the mission it is also true that canadian mining corporations have expressed interest in exploiting part of the nearly 1 trillion in untapped mineral resources in the country in short the rich and powerful want canadian troops to stay longer against the wishes of the people in afghanistan and in the nato countries the canadian peace alliance promises to continue its efforts to end the canadian deployment to afghanistan we have the backing of a clear majority of canadians and this includes the involvement of increasing numbers of afghan canadians and military family members as we carry on our push to bring the troops home said jones 30 posted by stopwar at 11 13 am 3 comments tuesday october 12 2010 afghans don t trust canadian forces canadian journalist brian hutchinson has reported from afghanistan on a number of occasions since 2006 on returning recently to the country he penned an interesting assessment of the situation on the ground the counterinsurgency is failing in the hinterland rural afghans are still wary of foreign troops even after almost nine years of intervention the situation is worst in rural kandahar where canadian soldiers have operated since early 2006 and where they have never been made to feel welcome coalition soldiers no longer speak of winning local hearts and minds kandaharis are in self survival mode a senior canadian officer serving in kandahar told me recently they ve lived with war for 30 years the officer said they don t trust anyone outside of their immediate family disgraced former brigadier general jonathan vance s model village approach is the most successful counterinsurgency measure introduced to kandahar in the past four years unfortunately that isn t saying much only one model village in kandahar has seen any progress in terms of stability and development deh e bagh in dand district just south of kandahar city is not trouble free but it was peaceful enough this summer that brig gen vance could bring civilians there to walk about we removed our body armour but we were not without armed escort deh e bagh is just one little village it s only a few kilometres removed from afghanistan s second largest city which since july has been ringed by a network of walled vehicle checkpoints manned by u s and afghan soldiers the security ring looks impressive but inside kandahar city insurgents continue to target and kill government workers people do not look to isaf forces as a source of protection and security especially in the city itself says peter dimitroff a former canadian military officer who works as a civilian security advisor inside the provincial capital link posted by dave markland at 11 14 pm 2 comments wednesday september 15 2010 afghan protesters burn nato base over the past several days protests in afghanistan reportedly stemming from threats to burn copies of the koran in the us have met with armed police reactions which have resulted in injuries and at least four deaths in the latest protest sept 15 reuters reports that thousands of afghans gathered in kabul to denounce the united states and that such demonstrations are putting the upcoming afghan elections in jeopardy here i will look back on recent afghan protests against the western led occupation of that country where it would appear that protesters tactics have escalated we saw last month that a spontaneous demonstration against american security contractors saw the crowd set fire to a couple of dyncorp vehicles one august protest went well beyond that aiming to burn down a nato base in late august an incident in afghanistan s northern province of baghlan sparked a riot which targeted the spanish run nato contingent there the trigger for the riot was an attack on spanish troops by an apparent afghan infiltrator on august 25 an afghan driver working for an afghan police officer shot and killed three spanish nationals two police trainers and one iranian born translator the attacker had been working for an afghan national civil order police ancop officer who was being trained by spanish civil guard officers stationed in qala e naw the capital of badghis province in afghanistan s north reports emerged soon after that the afghan attacker had relatives in the insurgency while spain s el pais noted that the same is true of most afghans however some reports said the man had been picked up several times in the past on suspicion of being an insurgent others said he had even declared beforehand that he would attack the foreigners the attack is the latest in a spate of infiltration style attacks on foreign forces in the country so it is not so unusual what distinguishes this attack is the riot which followed more from reuters according to badghis governor dilbar jan arman at least 1 000 protesters tried to storm the base which lies near the border...