As the UN First Committee (disarmament) gets started, see the updated spreadsheet on where states stand on humanitarian disarmament treaties and initiatives w/ new intro from @yeshuamp.bsky.social (also available as spreadsheet docs.google.com/spreadsheets...) www.forumarmstrade.org/hdtracker.html

Today, 21 September is the International Day of Peace The UN's theme this year is to Act Now. The image they are using is instructive, if we act together we may have peace, if separate, we most assuredly won't. The UN ActNow Campaign focuses on mobilzation of ordinary people. actnow.aworld.org

#DrawTheLine — for peace, climate justice, and a world beyond fossil fuels. I'll be taking action in Victoria, BC today drawtheline.world?event_id=262...

OMG. The Republican's finally got upset over gun violence. I hope this is a trend! However likely not. I haven't heard anything from them regarding the 65 people killed by guns since 10 Sept. Source:https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/

A nationwide art contest is one element of the advocacy provided by Mine Free Myanmar, alongside personal impact stories, online quizzes, educational videos, and outreach via local media. The artworks that are submitted offer a window into the lives of survivors. player.captivate.fm/episode/c53f...

Today is the international day to remember the ongoing crime of political disappearances. This crime continues to be waged by some governments against political opponents and to terrorize entire populations into silence.

"While some say Trump’s actions are erratic, a closer look reveals a methodical attempt by his administration to dismantle a broad range of US institutions and agencies and to suffocate international institutions, universal human rights, and the rule of law." www.slaw.ca/2025/03/25/t...

Veteran journalist Don Pathan does a good job of unpacking the recent brief, senseless, unresolved military conflict between Thailand and Cambodia. stratsea.com/clashing-nar...

"Cluster munitions are banned under international law for good reason. Their legacy is one of civilian death, displacement, and long-term devastation, The world cannot afford to roll back the progress achieved by this historic treaty." reliefweb.int/report/world...

What good agi-prop looks like when you have corporate money. Well done.

This brief but informative dispatch shows why field research on arms is 1) needed, 2) effective, 3) a human rights concern. Civil society needs to keep governments afraid of us. This is how we do it. conflictarm.org/european-com...

Fuel for your optimism deficit. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"Military strikes are not a non-proliferation strategy. The dual standard with which only some states possess nuclear weapons is the root cause of further proliferation. Possession of nuclear weapons by any state makes us all less safe" www.nv-i.ca/nonviolence-...

Sobering picture of the day. US soldier carries plutonium pits for Nagasaki bomb. When interviewed decades later said “I carried the plutonium core in its funny little case,” It was impossible to imagine that something so inconsequential and light – approximately 6kg – could erase a city.

"The United Nations Human Rights Council recently passed a resolution on land mines, expressing concern for the threat they pose to human rights, including the rights to life, freedom of movement, health, education, work, adequate food and development www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Today is World Refugee Day Each year on 20 June, the world honours the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution.

Five Baltic States have started the process of withdrawing from the landmine treaty. This treaty was adopted to protect civilians in war. If it's eroded which will be next? The global bans on chemical or biological weapons? Or the Geneva Convention’s protections for prisoners of war? bit.ly/4e8kbGI

One of Canada's most far reaching foreign policy initiatives which has touched and improved the lives of hundreds of thousands of people across the planet, the Ottawa Treaty Banning Antipersonnel Landmines. youtu.be/Xby_hEMllps

Your signature is a simple gesture, but it has a huge impact. Join us in in telling Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Poland that we do not want mines back in Europe! ✍️ Sign the petition now: protect humanitarian principles. #MineFreeWorld #MineFreeEurope #IProtectMineBan

Project Save the World podcast Ottawa Convention update with #minesactioncanada bit.ly/OttawaConven...

So, Pierre Poilievre believes he can just ask another Conservative MP to gift him a seat in Parliament? Not how it works in a democracy. You have to earn it. Bonnie Critchley is a Independent candidate for Battle River–Crowfoot. A 22 year veteran and unlike Poilievre she is local and honest.

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines just installed a banner on the Broken Chair at the #UN Geneva. The ICBL calls on #Estonia, #Finland, #Latvia, #Lithuania, and #Poland to reverse stated plans to leave the #MineBanTreaty. Sign and share the petition! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-05...

It is hard to see the news regarding Gaza and not feel despair. Here is an action you can do. Its hard but you can do it. Its not forced on you, they have no choice. Let others know you are doing it if only for a day. www.nv-i.ca/250-calories...

Best unpacking and prediction I've read so far on the current US regime's goals and possible outcomes www.thenation.com/article/econ...

May 15, the International Conscientious Objection Day. We need to promote a Right to refuse to kill. It is more important than ever to promote public debate on conscription, conscientious objection and alternatives to the military. wri-irg.org/en/story/202...

Papal blessings on the noble ones @minefreeworld.bsky.social

The ill advised move by Baltic states will weaken international law for all while providing no real increase in defence of any Russian military aggression towards them. I get it emotionally, but this is not the right response to your very real concerns. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

UN HRC sends timely message in resolution calling for universal adherence to the landmine ban. minefreemyanmar.info/2025/04/unit...

Pre-earthquake interview on landmine crisises in Myanmar/Burma at DVB studio. Intn'l emergency earthquake response teams just arrived in country, came without EOD, or knowledge of mine contamination in area. Local people they came to assist warned them of mined areas. english.dvb.no/how-myanmar-...

@sarahcpr.bsky.social we depended on you for unpacking the US president's lunacy during his 2016 term. Thank you for keeping us updated on his continued descent from sanity with such levity m.youtube.com/watch?v=P2PI...

This is what a nationwide boycott looks like. 'Public sentiment is translating into economic action. Across the country, Canadians are increasingly looking to purchase domestically produced goods, they are consciously avoiding American brands.' wagingnonviolence.org/2025/03/trum...

Earthquake just felt in Bangkok 5 min ago. Tremour consistent for about 2 minutes. I was in a local market in Bangkapi. People shocked as this is not a usual event here. Everyone now on their phones...

Want to know what the next form of chaos out of the White House is likely to be? Read this June 2024 article on the Project 2025 plan for his presidency. You'll immediately recognize much of the madness which has already occurred. The rest? Its still to come. www.worldpress.org/article.cfm/...

Human induced climate change science is being actively suppressed by the current regime in the US. Fear of the reactionary decree (aka EO) deleted a searchable climate future risk tool developed by FEMA. Non-Americans have made it available to you again. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Americans, look and learn.

I passed! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Earlier this month a UN report published on the 50th anniversary of International Women's Day states one in four countries report backlash on women’s rights in 2024 with higher levels of discrimination to weaker legal protections. www.unwomen.org/en/digital-l...

Maybe because the US regime has menaced Ca with crippling tariffs and repeatedly threatened outright annexation? Canadian travel by road to the US fell 23% in February, year on year, while air traffic fell 13% on a year earlier, sez Canadian government statistics. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The Polish and 3 Baltic defence ministers, circumventing their Foreign Ministries, have publicly encouraged their countries to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention. Former Canadian Foreign Minister Axworthy sympathizes with the region's leaders when they say that security has "fundamentally...

As a BC resident I support this action by our Provincial authorities! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Marshall Islands to become first New State Party to the Ottawa Convention in 7 years. MI became a Signatory when Treaty opened for Signature in 1997. MI was the last Signatory which had not completed its Ratification. Until now. It will now become a full State Party on 1 September 2025.

I was pleased to contribute to this project which shed some light on just how outrageous and deadly the Executive orders out of the new US regime have been in the past few weeks. bsky.app/profile/foru...

Half of the world's governments declared yesterday that "nuclear weapons are a threat to the security, and ultimately the existence, of all states, irrespective of whether they possess nuclear weapons, subscribe to nuclear deterrence or firmly oppose it." www.icanw.org/tpnw_third_m...

Highly dramatic political action by parliamentary opposition. Only to be done when the public have filled the surrounding streets in protest of government policies. Activists in DC, get your numbers the find some cooperative congressional reps to take it inside.

Now did they transfer this funding to improve Healthcare in the US? That is clearly not part of their agenda, instead the Republicans are proposing yet more military expenditures. They are coming to the aid of the merchants of death. www.usaidstopwork.com

Goose on You! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Keep calm and buy Canadian. #Never51 #KeepCalm #ElbowsUp #BuyCanadian

"America really is a dieing star"

I get why Lithuania is very very concerned about their neighbor, having previously been occupied by Russia. Lithuania has less than half the population of St Petersburg and belief that this singular weapon will save them is delusional. icblcmc.org/our-impact/l...

A lot of mis-information coming out of Washington DC regarding Ukraine just now. Here is a source with citations on some salient facts. www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...