Defunding the Myths and Cults of Cold War Canada, by Richard Sanders

I met Richard Sanders about 40 years ago at a peace rally in Ottawa, and we remained friends. Like me, he opposed war, attended rallies, and studied anthropology. He founded the Coalition Against Arms Trade (COAT) and maintains the website which I read. He aims to educate us how the roots of war are perpetuated today.

Richard Sanders illustrated himself.

I recommend his latest article: ‘Defunding the Myths and Cults of Cold War Canada: Ongoing state support for East European émigré groups with deep fascist roots’, Press for Conversion, Issue #70, 2020.

Richard says: ‘In this 64-page exposé (with 600+ footnotes) I have documented the 70-year history of collaboration of the Canadian government (and the corporate media) with pro-NATO, East European émigré groups that killed millions of innocent people.

I show that the ethno-nationalist cult founders, leaders and heroes include: 

• veterans of various Waffen SS divisions and other fascist military formations that fought our allies,
• perpetrators of the Holocaust and other ethnic-cleansing war crimes, 
• officials from and apologists for various Nazi puppet regimes, 
• postwar CIA propaganda assets, 
• proponents of Cold War terrorist paramilitaries (such as the US-armed Nicaraguan contras and Afghan mujahideen), and 
• other virulently anticommunist 'freedom fighters' and their ideologues.'

Articles detailing Canadian government funding of East European émigré groups with deep fascist roots

Almost half of my report is now available online. 

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