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Jun 20, 2023, 11 tweets

I'm here in Hamilton, for @TheCanadaFiles, covering the 2nd stop of Dimitri Lascaris' Canada-wide tour: "Making Peace with Russia, One Handshake at a Time".

Ukraine supporters have already made their presence known and are trying to get in without tickets. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

First interruption of the event, stopped quickly.

Look for more clips in the morning.

An Iranian-Canadian attendee spoke about the myth of freedom and democracy in Canada, rejecting a previous question asker who said people in favour of Lascaris' tour should be grateful to be in Canada.

2/2 of the rebuttal and Lascaris' response.

An audience member was very concerned about the rise of neo-Nazism, centered on Ukraine, and stated her concern about lack of Jewish resistance to Canadian government policy which has supported them. Lascaris responded.

1/2

2/2, end of Lascaris' response.

Before the Hamilton event began, Dimitri Lascaris shared his thoughts on the London stop of his cross-Canada tour.

Before the event started, Lascaris shared his thoughts on how the Hamilton stop of his tour was set to go.

After the event was over, @CcarKen of @HamiltonHcsw talked about successfully holding the Lascaris talk despite attempts to shut it down. He said that the broader Lascaris cross-Canada tour is a critical moment to build a constituency for peace in Canada.

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