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A sampling of Articles, Op eds,
Letters to the editor and Calls to Action
by Richard Sanders

Richard Sanders
is the founder of the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade
and the editor/producer of Press for Conversion! magazine

Dozens of other articles, not listed below, can be found posted on Academia.edu from issues of Press for Conversion!

IN THE NEWS:  See about 150 mainstream newspaper stories about COAT's many different antiwar campaigns

Articles:

COVID-19 takes down Canada's Top Arms Trade Show!
CANSEC 2020 in Ottawa is Cancelled, of course....
COAT, March 31, 2020.

CPP: Making a killing!
Holding stock in war profiteers and Canada’s peace mythology

Canadian Dimension, Summer 2017

Canadian arms exports to Saudi Arabia ignore the Elephant in the Room

Rabble.ca, July 13, 2016

Canada Pension Plan invests $1.5 Billion in Companies which Supply Israel’s Military, Police and Prisons
Centre for Research on Globalisation, April 23, 2012

War Shows un-banned as anti-war posters banned
The Leveller, November 27, 2010, p.11

Stoking the Tsunamis of War and Repression:
Canada’s military exports arm world’s
most belligerent nations

CPPA Monitor, May 1, 2011

Opposition Planned to Weapons Bazaar in Ottawa
Peace and Environment News, May-June 2010, p.7

A Very Canadian Coup:
The top 10 ways that Canada aided the 2004 coup in Haiti and helped subject Haitians to a brutal reign of terror

CCPA Monitor, April 1, 2010

Fuelling Wars, Supplying the Warmongers:
Canadian government heavily subsidizing our military companies

CCPA Monitor, March 1, 2010

Making a Killing on War:
Notorious Military Trade Show
Headed for Our Nation’s Capital
Canadian Dimension, March/April, 2009

Banning art, blaming the victim
and rewarding Canadian war exporters
Canadian Dimension, April 23, 2009

Profiting from the Slaughter of Innocents in Iraq:
Canadian War Industries aiding & abetting production of major US Weapons Systems in the Iraq War

Centre for Research on Globalisation, April 2, 2009

Canadian Military Exports to Israel:
Aiding and Abetting War Crimes in Gaza (2008-2009)

Centre for Research on Globalisation, March 18, 2009

Stop Making a Killing on War!
Centre for Research on Globalisation, Dec. 18, 2008

Canada's Real Role in Iraq:
Our new Defence Chief commanded U.S. troops in Iraq

CCPA Monitor, Sept. 1, 2008, pp.1, 6.

Canada's Covert  War in Iraq 

CCPA Monitor, Sept. 1, 2008, pp.7-8.

Are Canadians Contravening the Global Ban
on Anti-Personnel Landmines?
The Battles, May 26, 2008

Canada's Secret War in Iraq
Common Ground Magazine, February 2008, pp.30, 18

Canada sells RADARSAT to
US weapons and space industry
Common Ground Magazine, February 2008, p.31

Ottawa media promoting War/Air Show. Please respond.
June 14, 2002

Nuclear Bombers in Ottawa, Again!
June 11, 2002

A Plot "Made in the USA":
CIA Fingerprints: 
Americans behind the Plot that deposed Diefenbaker
Key Quotes on coup-related events of January 1963
John Diefenbaker's "Made in Canada" Policies

Just Say Know! The CIA's War on Democracy
Press for Conversion! Jan. 2001
(
A People's History of the CIA:
The Subversion of Democracy from Australia to Zaire)

"Latin American Generals in Ottawa!"
February 3, 1998

MAJIIC Wars:
Canada's RADARSAT satellite company
sold to "weapons & space" giant, ATK
Activist Magazine
, Feb 2008

Haiti:
The Canadian-backed Coup Regime’s Reign of Terror
(How CIDA’s NCHR-Haiti Cleverly Promoted and then Covered up Atrocities)
Centre for Research on Globalisation, November 2, 2007

"Missile Defense" Alive and Well in Canada
Canadian Dimension, September/October 2006

We Didn't Really Say 'No' to Missile Defence.
Canadian complicity and participation in BMD continues
CCPA Monitor, October 1, 2006, p.1

Canadian Military Components used in Israel’s War Against Lebanon
Centre for Research on Globalisation, August 15, 2006

Satellites of War:
RADARSAT and Canada's Leading Role in the Militarisation of Space
Canadian Dimension, July/August, 2006

Canada and the Militarization of Space (broken link)
Peace and Environment News, July/August, 2006

Serving as the U.S. Military's Spy in the Sky:

Canada's Leading Role in the Militarisation of Space
COAT website, April 2006

Missile Defence: Still Alive and Well in Canada  (broken link)
Peace and Environment News
, December 2005-January 2006

Bill C35: Granting Diplomatic Immunity to State Terrorists in Canada
Aldeilis, July 18, 2005

The Myth of Canada’s Military Tragicomedy
Press for Conversion!, June 2005

The Myth of Canada's Anti-BMD Decision
CCPA Monitor, September 2005

Canada, a Sad Tale of Pregnancy and Coverups
Press for Conversion!, June 2005

Canadian Complicity in the War on Iraq
The ACTivist Magazine, Winter 2004

Canada and the Big Business of War
Canadian Dimension, March/April 2004

Pensions For War  (broken link)
Peace and Environment News
, February 2004

Canada Pension Plan:
Investing in war-profiting businesses.
Catholic New Times, December 24, 2003

Canada's Role in the War and the Media's Crisis of Credibility
Centre for Research on Globalisation, July 2003

Canada—More "Willing" Than We Seem  (broken link)
Peace and Environment News
, April 2003

Canada’s "Secret" Contribution to the War in Iraq
Centre for Research on Globalisation, March 27, 2003

Unravelling the Web of Pretexts for War  (broken link)
Peace and Environment News
, March 2003

Unravelling the Tangled Web of Pretext Stratagems
1846: The Mexican-American War
1898: The Spanish-American War
1915: World War I
1941: World War II
1950: The Korean War
1964: The Vietnam War
1979: The Covert War in Afghanistan
1983: The Invasion of Grenada
1989: The Invasion of Panama

Press for Conversion, January 2003, pp.3-28

Impending Invasion of Iraq: the Real Reasons (broken link)
Peace and Environment News
, Dec 2002-Jan 2003

The History of Bioterrorism in America
Race and History, Nov. 24, 2002

Nuclear Bombers in Ottawa, Again!  (broken link)
Peace and Environment News, July-August 2002

Richard Helms:
CIA Assassination, Regime Change,
Mass Murder and Saddam
Centre for Research on Globalisation,   25 October 2002

24 Reasons to Oppose NATO
Peace Research, May 2002, pp. 91-96.

24 Reasons to Oppose NATO
The Emperors New Clothes, September 8, 2001

Did Canadian Weapons Kill Protesters in Papua New Guinea?
Press for Conversion!, July 2001

Peace Festival, Not War Show!
Peace and Environment News, September 2000

Dismantling the Myth of "Canada the Peacemaker"
Peace and Environment News
, May 2000

Canadian Military Exports Increased in 1998
Peace and Environment News
, February 2000

Seeing Through the Myth
Peace and Environment News (PEN), July-August 2000
(Responding to Robin Collin's critique of "Dismantling the Myth of 'Canada the Peacemaker,'" PEN, May 2000)

In Search of Heroes: Canada's Peacemaker Myth
Press for Conversion!, July 2000

"Dismantling the Myth of 'Canada the Peacemaker'"
Peace and Environment News, May 2000

Dismantling the Myth of 'Canada the Peacemaker'
Press for Conversion!, April 2000

NATO's Viagra: Yugoslavia Solves NATO's Midlife Crisis
Peace Research, May 1999, pp. 60-62

NATO's Viagra: Yugoslavia to the Rescue
Peace and Environment News
, May-June 1999

Military Exports, Human Rights and Liberals
Press for Conversion!, March 1999

Activists to Make Air Show a Peace Issue
Peace and Environment News
, May-June 1998

Talking Peace, Selling War
Peace and Environment News
, March 1998

Activists to Protest Military Side of Air Show
Peace and Environment News
, May-June 1997

Peace Tour Planned for Air Show
Peace and Environment News
, March 1997

Recycle your War Toys for Peaceful Uses
Peace and Environment News
, December 1995-January 1996

Canada's Military Exports, Human Rights, and the Corporate Link
Peace and Environment News
, Oct 1995

Arms Sales Support Turkey's War Against the Kurds
Peace and Environment News
, May 1995

Letters Cite Canadian Role in Oppression in Burma
Peace and Environment News
, May 1994

Hunting Show or Weapons Bazaar? City Bylaw to Decide
Peace and Environment News
, February 1994

COAT to Campaign Against War Toys
Peace and Environment News
, November 1993

COAT Flags Fall Military Shows
Peace and Environment News
, November 1993

ARMX Leaves; DisARMX Broadens Focus
Peace and Environment News
, September 1993

International Links Against the Arms Trade
Peace and Environment News
, September 1993

PEACEX '93 to Counter the Return of ARMX
Peace and Environment News
, March 1993

ARMX Camouflaged as Peacekeeping '93 (broken link)
Press for Conversion!, February 1993

Forum Shows Support for Wallis House
Peace and Environment News
, Nov 1992

Weapons Conference Protest Planned
Peace and Environment News
, Nov 1992

Conversion Centre Possible
Peace and Environment News
, Oct 1992

Wallis House: a Repeat of History?
Peace and Environment News
, Oct 1992

Wallis House Under Siege
Peace and Environment News
, Sept 1992

COAT Submission to Arms Export Hearing
Peace Research, August 1992

Walk to Highlight Local Conversion
Peace and Environment News
, June 1992

Budget Doublespeak
Peace Magazine, May-Jun 1992, p.31

Walk to Launch Local Conversion Campaign
Peace and Environment News
, May 1992

ARMX Updated
Peace and Environment News
, May 1992

Budget Masks Military Spending Increases
Peace and Environment News
, April 1992

How to Convert!
Peace Magazine, Mar-Apr 1992, p.6

National Economic Conversion Network Formed
Peace and Environment News
, Nov 1991

Military Convention for United Nations Day
Peace and Environment News
, Oct 1991

Transforming Canada's Military-Industrial Complex
Peace and Environment News
, Sept 1991

Flaws, Gaps and Loopholes
Peace Magazine, Jul-Aug 1991, p.28

DisARMX Promotes Conversion Campaign
Peace and Environment News, Jul-Aug 1991

Flaws Found in First Arms Trade Report
Peace and Environment News, May 1991

ARMX '91 Postponed Until September
Peace and Environment News, April 1991

DIPP Slated for Rise
Peace and Environment News, April 1991

Conference Promotes Military Exports
Peace and Environment News, April 1991

ARMX '91 Postponed: The Struggle Continues
Peace and Environment News, March 1991

Dis-ARMX: The struggle continues
Peace and Environment News, Peace Magazine, Oct-Nov 1990, p.24

Doublespeak: Debunking Myths of "Canadian Defence" and the Arms Trade
Press for Conversion!, Winter 1989/1990 (Issue # 1)

Merchants of Death Conference
Peace Magazine, Dec 1989-Jan 1990, p.8

Protest the "Merchants of Death" Conference on United Nations Day!
Peace and Environment News, Oct 1990

Eclectic Bands to Perform at Anti-ARMX
Peace and Environment News
, Oct 1990

West Carleton Citizens fight ARMX
Peace and Environment News, September 1990

ARMX '89 and the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade
Peace Magazine, April/May 1989, p.15

Op. eds.:


Who says we're not at war?
Globe and Mail, March 31, 2003
 


Canada's Peacekeeping Myth:
In many places around the world,
our government and companies profit from war
Ottawa Citizen, August 8, 2000



Air show celebrates weapons of war
Ottawa Citizen, June 4, 1998
 


Mother's Day at the War Show:
Flaunting weapons of mass destruction
as family entertainment is distasteful
Ottawa Citizen May 8, 1997
 


Foreign Policy:
Canada's weapons sales to Turkey
only tip of iceberg

Ottawa Citizen, April 25, 1995
 


War Games:
Children learn to associate violence
with excitement, fun
Ottawa Citizen, December 17, 1993
 


What about Wallis House?
Defence department should help save

this heritage building

Ottawa Citizen, September 24, 1992, p.13

Letters to Editor:
 
War profiteering
Ottawa Citizen, May 17, 2010 · Page 9


 
It's time for Canada to admit its terrorist role
Ottawa Citizen, Nov 26, 2001 · Page 13



How can a war show be delightful?
Ottawa Citizen, Sep 20, 2000 · Page 37



War weapons just not suitable for kids
Ottawa Citizen, May 15, 1997 · Page 25

 

What dividend?
Ottawa Citizen, Mar 24, 1992 · Page 8

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