[antiwar-van] *Wed Nov 21* MAWO Biweekly Education Class + Calendar of Upcoming Antiwar Events

[Kira Koshelanyk]

*Please Forward*

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MAWO ~ Mobilization Against War & Occupation
Organizing Meeting & Upcoming Direct Actions
http://WWW.MAWOVANCOUVER.ORG
info at mawovancouver.org
P 604.322.1764   F 604.322.1763
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Please join and help build these direct actions organized by 
Mobilization Against War and Occupation in the coming months.

~*~  EVENTS ORGANIZED OR ENDORSED BY MAWO  ~*~

((1)) Wednesday Nov.21st – MAWO Education Class
((2)) Saturday Nov.24th – MAWO Monthly Antiwar Rally
((3)) “4 Years of Art & Politics in Motion & Action: MAWO poster exhibition!”
 ((4)) Upcoming MAWO Events in December
((5)) Upcoming Events Endorsed by MAWO
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(((1))) MAWO EDUCATION CLASS
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>>>WEDNESDAY November 21st
6:30pm
Joe’s Café North Hall
(on Commercial Drive at Charles St)

MAWO’s bi-weekly education sessions delve into issues of building an effective and broad antiwar movement. This week we will be discussing the defence of politically targeted antiwar activist and MAWO co-chair Alison Bodine, now banned from Canada for 2 years. The attack on her and subsequent defence campaign that now continues on both sides of the border will be analyzed by Ali Yerevani, MAWO organizer and Fire This Time newspaper political editor, in the context of building a far reaching antiwar movement here in Canada.

(((2))) MAWO MONTHLY ANTIWAR RALLY
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>>>Saturday November 24th
2:00 pm
Vancouver Art gallery
(Robson Street @ Howe Street)

"US Hands Off Iran!"
“Don’t Attack Iran”
"Canada / NATO out of Afghanistan!"
"US / UK Out of Iraq!"
"Israel Hands off Lebanon & Gaza!"
"US / UN Hands off Africa
"Self-Determination for Indigenous Nations In Canada!"
"Self-Determination for All Oppressed Nations!"

President George Bush and the neo-cons in the US government are banging louder and louder the drums of war against the people of Iran. The recent tightening of sanctions against Iran, the announcement of the state army in Iran as a terrorist organization, the allocation of more and more money for destabilization from within the country and heating up the rhetoric against Iran – all establishes the vicious and criminal war drive against the people of Iran.

At the same time, the more than 6-year Canada/NATO war and occupation of Afghanistan is sinking deeper into crisis. Last Saturday’s deaths of two Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan brings Canada’s death toll up to 73. And what do the Afghan people face? They suffer the brutality of the Canadian war drive, with over 5,000 Afghan deaths since only the beginning of this year. And after 4.5 years of occupation and destruction in Iraq, Iraqi people are faced with increasingly deteriorating conditions of life and daily attacks by occupation forces and their private mercenaries. As Afghan and Iraqi people resist the occupation of their countries along with oppressed people around the world, join with people on the streets of Vancouver to demand an end to the new era war and occupation! 

(((3))) “4 Years of Art & Politics in Motion & Action: MAWO Poster Exhibition!”
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Exhibition on now!
>>>Large North Hall of Joe's Café (on Commercial Drive at Williams St).

In light of MAWO’s recent 4th anniversary, view the history of 4 years of consistent organizing against war and occupation, reflected in over 200 posters on display!

(((4))) UPCOMING MAWO EVENTS IN DECEMBER
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>>> MAWO Picket Action
"Canada / NATO Out of Afghanistan!"
"Independent Public Inquiry Now!"
Tuesday December 4th at 12 Noon
Canadian Armed Forces Recruitment Center
(1070 West Georgia)

>>> 5th ANNUAL MAWO ANTIWAR FILM FESTIVAL
“THE BATTLE OF IDEAS!”
> Day 1: “The New Era of War and Occupation”
> Day 2: “A New World is Possible: Films from Cuba”
Sat. Dec 15th & Sun. Dec 16th – All Day!
Britannia Community Center
(1661 Napier Street @ Commercial Drive)

(((5))) UPCOMING EVENTS ENDORSED BY MAWO
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>>> Picket Action - Free the Cuban Five NOW!
THURSDAY November 29th at 12:00pm
US Consulate (1075 W. Pender near Thurlow)
Organized by the Free the Cuban 5 Committee –Vancouver
604-719-6947 cuban5_van at yahoo.com

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