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Most readers will be aware that the Innu of Nitassinan (the Quebec-Labrador peninsula) have been subjected to low-level training flights by NATO pilots from Germany, Britain, and the Netherlands over … Read more International Day Of Action For The Innu And The Earth – April 3, 1993
Why is Science for Peace opposed to NAFTA? We believe that NAFTA (a) encourages us invest our scarce scientific, and engineering energy in the development of weapon systems; (b) will … Read more The North American Free Trade Agreement
Professor Gerhard Stroink of Dalhousie University has sent us the following sad message:
I am writing to air my concern that NAFTA will bring about a militaristic aspect to our Canadian Society that will mirror the present US society’s militarism. As you may … Read more NAFTA and the Militarization of Canada
This workshop —on Increasing International Stability was the fourth in a series. organized by the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) in Laxenberg, Austria. (1983), Cleveland, USA (1986), and Budapest, … Read more IFAC SWIIS '92 Workshop Toronto (Bolton), Ontario September 21- 24, 1992
The US Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) has moved to cut its funding for space-based systems in order to increase its ability to deploy a ground-based system in conformity to … Read more New emphasis for SDIO
The danger of an instant and terminal nuclear holocaust has fortunately receded, at least for the present. However, the danger that one or a few nuclear bombs will be used … Read more The World Court Project
A second Workshop on Ethical Considerations in Scholarship and Science was held in University College, University of Toronto, on December 14, 1992. Its purpose was to consolidate and advance the … Read more Science And Ethics
This is the title of a paper: by Lord Zuckerman in Nature, volume 361, pp 392 – 396, 4 February 1993. Lord Zuckerman reviews the efforts that have been made … Read more Prospects for a comprehensive test ban
In his article “Peace: an idea whose time has come” Dr Anatol Rapoport made an extremely important point which Was only briefly alluded to in our summary of the article … Read more Amplification