Toronto Picket Against NATO Summit in London
A lively noon hour picket was held on December 3
outside the
NATO Association of Canada headquarters in downtown Toronto, to
stand with the tens of thousands of protesters gathered in London
to oppose the NATO Summit held in that city and call for the
abolition of NATO. The Toronto action was organized by the
Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and included activists
from the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist Leninist), Bayan
Canada and others who shouted slogans, passed out information and
called for the end to NATO which for 70 years has been involved
in war and aggression around the world in service of
Anglo-American imperialism.
The participants shouted
slogans such as No to NATO!, Get Canada Out of NATO!, Not a
Cent
to NATO!, End the Wars that Destroy the Environment!, Canada
Needs an Anti-War Government!, Make Canada a Zone for Peace,
NATO Out of Latin America and other similar slogans calling
for the banning of NATO from different regions of the world. Many
people expressed support for the action as they walked or drove
by, giving a thumbs up or raising a fist.
At the end
of the event, Tamara Lorincz from Canadian Voice of Women for
Peace thanked everyone and the
organizations that have taken part each month for the previous
twelve months. Tamara said she had organized these monthly
pickets outside of the NATO Association of Canada office during
its 70th anniversary year to point out the work that this
organization, which receives funding from U.S. weapons
manufacturers, is doing to justify NATO's agenda in Canada and
to subvert the Canadian people's demand that Canada stand for
peace in the world. She pointed out that tens of billions of
dollars are being contributed to promote and justify militarism
and war in Canada by the Canadian government, including
contributing to the NATO budget. This money could be used instead
to address the pressing social needs of the people in Canada and
invest in protecting the environment. She called on everyone to
step up their work in the new year to demand the end of NATO as
the protesters in the London Summit were doing at that very
moment. Tamara called for the Trudeau government to stop
interfering in the affairs of other countries and build peaceful
relations with them.
The participants expressed their
resolve to step up their work to oppose NATO and contribute to
making Canada a Zone for Peace.
 
This article was published in
Volume 49 Number 30 - December 7, 2019
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Toronto Picket Against NATO Summit in London
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