War Bonds: Poppies and War

war bonds: Every year the Royal Canadian Legion sells about 20 million red poppies in the lead-up to Remembrance Day, according to Rabble. Remember that red poppies were inspired by the 1915 poem In Flanders Fields by Canadian army officer John McCrae. Remember that today marks the culmination of a militarist, nationalist ritual organized by a reactionary state-backed group. The pro-war poem calls on Canadians to take up our quarrel with the foe and was used to promote war bonds and recruit soldiers during World War I. Remember that today, red poppies commemorate Canadians who have died at war. By focusing exclusively on our side Remembrance Day poppies reinforce a sense that Canada cause is righteous. Not being commemorated are the Afghans, or Libyans killed by Canadians in the 2000s, or the Iraqis and Serbians killed in the 1990s, or the Koreans killed in the 1950s, or the Russians, South Africans, Sudanese and others killed before that. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.