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Sand in the gears
In Chicago, Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts daily raids. Guided by his time in Occupied Palestine, Mark Frey reflects on how we can all be sand in authoritarianism’s gears.
Shoulder to shoulder
Every year, human rights defenders in Colombia are honored through the National Human Rights Prize presented by Diakonia and ACT Church of Sweden, with support
Thoughts on a delegation week in Lesvos, Greece
After hosting a delegation in Lesvos, CPT’s Aegean Migrant Solidarity team had some time to reflect on the importance of keeping memory alive at Europe’s borders.
Stop the prosecution of Tommy Olsen and Panayiotis Dimitras
While pushbacks continue in the Aegean, the Greek justice system is putting on trial those who document and report them.
When children run
In most places, children running signals joy. Here in occupied Palestine, it is often a sign that the army is nearby. This sight is common
A theology of migration
On August 15, the second annual Friends Across Borders run took place in Douglas, AZ, and Agua Prieta, Sonora. People gathered on both sides of
What has CPT accomplished?
I often get asked, “What has CPT accomplished?” This is a fair question as we celebrate forty years, especially when most organisations measure their work
Travelling doesn’t erase home
What if the most painful displacement is not leaving home, but returning to discover that the place you love is slowly being made to forget you?
And then, hope
If there is one comic strip I remember from childhood, it is the one of Mafalda giving an aspirin to the globe after watching the
Walls
After a CPT delegation in the US-Mexico Borderlands, David Leaman joined our team in Palestine. In both places, he came across oppressive dividing walls. Here, he reflects on their role as colonial tools, and the common call of CPT in different parts of the world to dissolve them.
Speaking Back to Empire: Join Us for Peace Sunday
Across North America and the world, we are seeing a frightening rise in authoritarian governments. In the United States, ICE is tyrannising communities by kidnapping,
Mark Carney hosts a Summit of Environmental Destruction
Next week Canada’s Prime Minister, Mark Carney, is inviting the global elite to descend on Toronto for the inaugural “Canada Investment Summit”. Over 100 global
Beautiful Resistance in Zqaq El-Dah
On Zqaq El-Dah street, examples of beautiful resistance abound. Maggie Hindley introduces us to the people of Hebron’s Old City.
Between checkpoints and classrooms
As checkpoints, military restrictions, settler violence and war disrupt Palestinian children’s education, students, teachers and families describe the daily struggle to learn—and resist—under occupation.
Stories of Peacemaking
This year, CPT celebrates its 40th anniversary. Through that time, we’ve shared moments of joy, grief, and everything in between. On 26 September, we’ll be
When the land burns, who is left to face the fire?
Devastating wildfires have spread across Greece, worsened by government failure to invest in real prevention and rescue infrastructure. As the government aims to open a new detention centre in the middle of a forest, CPT Aegean Migrant Solidarity condemns its determination to place detainees in harm’s way.
River Run will flood the streets of Toronto
Members of Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek First Nation (Grassy Narrows) are once again preparing to travel 1900 km to Toronto to call for mercury justice. The
When the earth trembles, faith remains: cry for light and strength for Chocó
When the earth shakes in Colombia, not only do the foundations of mud, wood or cement tremble; the daily life of those who day by
“My people are beautiful, even though they’re poisoned.”
In Grassy Narrows, a decades-long struggle against environmental racism and devastation as a result of colonialism has built a community of resistance. Josiah Neufeld reflects on their determination and steadfastness.
CPT in the classroom
Are you an educator? Are you looking for ways to help your students link their ideas about justice in the world to practical ways to
Join us to celebrate 40 years!
This year, Community Peacemaker Teams marks its 40th anniversary! To celebrate this milestone, we’re hosting a special online gathering that brings together stories spanning four decades of
Is love real?
In a cafe, In Al-Khalil, five teenage girls approached me, an older white woman, and asked lots of questions. Is love real? was their last
What’s happening on the border right now?
What’s happening on the border right now? The quick and easy answer is, “Not much.” Border Patrol is not deporting people through the port here
Weaving hope and resistance in Iraqi Kurdistan
A few weeks ago, Rebaz Suleiman Sallih was killed. Rebaz was a shepherd who lived near the border where Iraqi Kurdistan meets Iran. He and