Understanding the Rules of the Game: A Call for Education and Accountability for Global Security and Trust By Anne Thompson In the grand game of life, akin to a global baseball match, we all play by a set of rules. These rules, both written and unwritten, guide our actions and shape our understanding of the Read More…
EMBRACE INCLUSIVITY: DOWN WITH SUPREMACISM By Anne Thompson Dwight D. Eisenhower stated, “It is possible, even probable that hopelessness among a people can be a far more potent cause of war than greed. War – in such case – is a symptom: not the disease.” In the complex and often volatile landscape of the Israeli-Palestinian Read More…
By Anne Thompson The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the world’s longest-running and most controversial conflicts. At its heart, it’s a dispute between two self-determination movements — the Jewish Zionist project and the Palestinian nationalist project — that lay claim to the same territory. But it’s so much more than that. It’s a dispute Read More…
Anne Act of Resistance is Anne Act of Virtue By Anne Thompson If you have come to help me you are wasting your time. But if you recognize that your liberation and mine are bound up together, we can walk together. ―Lila Watson I assert that supremacism is a harmful and hate-inspiring ideology that denies Read More…
Anne open letter to the Liberal Party of Canada by Anne Thompson 4324 innocent children not deliberately targeted and dead all the same. “Ceasefire now!” say Médecins Sans Frontières Dear Liberal Party of Canada, Thank you for responding to my outreach expressing my concerns about The Liberal Party of Canada’s influence on Canada’s responses to Read More…
On the Side of Truth and Love by Anne Thompson In 2008, I wrote the United Nations voicing my support for love, truth and justice. Below is what I wrote then, 15 years ago. Dwight D Eisenhower stated, quote, ‘It is possible, even probable that hopelessness among a people can be a far Read More…
