OPEN LETTER: Prime Minister Carney: No war. Period.

We the undersigned arts and cultural producers strongly and unequivocally condemn the US-Israel attacks on Iran. We condemn the targeting of Iran’s schools, hospitals, factories and other civilian infrastructures. We demand an unconditional end to the war that has been devastating the entire region.

We firmly support the people of Iran in their courageous movements for democratic change in their country, and believe that they can only accomplish that without foreign intervention and the devastation of illegal war and sanctions.

We condemn Israel’s continued genocide in Gaza, and in the whole of Palestine, and its attacks on Lebanon.

We demand that, as the representative of the people of Canada, your government call for sanctions against Israel for its refusal to abide by international law.

We demand that the government of Canada take a position in all international fora against the expansionist and warmongering actions of the US and Israel and their stated plan for regime change through massive “death and destruction” in Iran.

We demand the immediate withdrawal of all Canadian military assisting the US and Israel in their war on Iran. 

We demand that your government insist on adhering to international law by condemning the US and Israel who started the aggression.

Signatures:

1. Gita Hashemi, artist/curator/writer, Toronto
2. Jayce Salloum, artist/filmmaker, Vancouver
3. Sarah Abusarar, storyteller, Mississauga
4. Rehab Nazzal, artist, Montreal
5. Babak Salari, artist, Montreal
6. Irwin Oostindie, artist/producer, Vancouver
7. b.h.Yael, artist/professor, Toronto
8. John Greyson, film/video artist, Toronto
9. David Wall, musician, Toronto
10. Richard Fung, artist, Toronto
11. Rana Nazzal Hamadeh, artist, Ottawa
12. Krys Verrall, artist, educator, Toronto
13. Min Sook Lee, filmmaker/professor, Toronto
14. Mieke Van Geest, artist, Kingston
15. Cathy Gulkin, filmmaker, Toronto
16. Abir Dabbour, artist, Toronto
17. Rebecca Garrett, artist/filmmaker, Toronto
18. John Kameel Farah, composer, Toronto
19. Kevin Barrett, musician/producer
20. Luis Jacob, artist, Toronto
21. Roya Akbari, artist/educator, Toronto, Vancouver
22. Pip Day, curator, London
23. Roula Said, multidisciplinary artist, Toronto
24. Alexis O’Hara, artist/cultural worker, Montreal
25. Dina Al-Kassim, writer/professor, Vancouver
26. Sajad Yazdi, writer/educator, Vancouver
27. Alexandra Gelis, artist/researcher, Toronto
28. Sarah Shamash, filmmaker/educator, Vancouver
29. Fabrizio Galanti, architect,/independent curator, Montreal
30. Helen Lee, filmmaker, Toronto
31. Tannis Nielsen, Red-River Metis, artist/professor, Toronto
32. Judy Rebic, writer, Toronto
33. Jonathan Middleton, artist/curator, Vancouver/Toronto
34. Jenie Gao, artist/curator, Vancouver
35. Kathy Wazana, filmmaker, Toronto
36. Yakov M. Rabkin, professor, Montreal
37. Liz Marshall, Filmmaker, Vancouver/Toronto
38. Ali Kazimi, filmmaker/author, Toronto
39. Allyson Adley, art worker, Toronto
40. David Hlynsky, photographer/writer, Toronto
41. Jody Berland, writer, Toronto
42. Firoza Elavia, educator, Toronto
43. Kyo Maclear, writer, Toronto
44. Rita Wong, poet-scholar, unceded Coast Salish lands
45. Karl Beveridge, artist, Toronto
46. Adam Lauder, art worker, Toronto
47. Carrie Perreault, artist, Toronto
48. Dot Tuer, writer, Toronto
49. Maureen FitzGerald, professor, Toronto
50. Sarah Butterfield, Vancouver
51. Peter Hasek, musician, Toronto
52. Jamie Ly, artist and educator
53. Ann Verrall, filmmaker, Halifax
54. Roilui Sin, scholar/educator, Toronto
55. Patrick Evans, architect/professor, Montreal 
56. Paul Schedlich, educator/musician, Toronto
57. Tammy Yiu Coyne, arts worker/online gallerist, Simcoe County
58. Shannon Griffiths, artist/designer, Toronto
59. Sue Shon, arts organizer/professor, Vancouver
60. Faten Nastas Mitwasi, artist/curator, Toronto
61. Susan Barratt, Halifax
62. Paul Schwartzentruberm, Halifax
63. A Jamali Rad, writer, Windsor
64. Tegan L Smith, artist, Toronto
65. Thomas McKechnie, playwright
66. Emily Jung, artist/arts worker, Toronto
67. Jin-me Yoon, artist, Vancouver
68. Jane Shi, writer, Vancouver
69. Tina Zafreen Alam, poet, Toronto
70. Adam Kuplowsky, Translator
71. Natalie Wee, writer/editor, Toronto
72. Whess Harman, artist/curator/writer, Vancouver
73. Yilin Wang, author/literary translator, Vancouver
74. Kathryn Lennon, writer/editor, Edmonton

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