[antiwar-van] *WEDNESDAY SEPT.12th* MAWO Organizing Meeting & Calendar of Upcoming Actions!

[Kira Koshelanyk]

*Please Forward*

~~~~ REMINDER ~~~~~
MAWO ~ Mobilization Against War & Occupation
Organizing Meeting & Upcoming Direct Actions
http://MAWOVANCOUVER.ORG  
mailto: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 September 12th – MAWO Organizing
Meeting
((2)) Saturday & Sunday September 15th & 16th
International Days of Action - Antiwar Demonstration
and All-Day Antiwar Conference
((3)) Wednesday September 19th – MAWO Education Class
((4)) October upcoming event schedule!
((5)) Upcoming Events Endorsed by MAWO

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((( 1 ))) MAWO ORGANIZING MEETING
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>>> WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 12th, 2007
6:30PM
Large North Hall of Joe's Cafe
(on Commercial Drive at Williams St)

Come join us and get involved with planning a full
schedule of events over the next several months
including forums, demonstrations, picket actions
and as part the International Day of Action called
by International ANSWER Coalition in US, we will be
planning the September 15th rally and march to be
followed by our bi-annual antiwar conference on
September 16th.


((( 2 ))) INTERNATIONAL DAYS OF ACTION - ANTIWAR
DEMONSTRATION AND ALL DAY ANTIWAR CONFERENCE
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MAWO has endorsed the call by the International
ANSWER Coalition in the US and is building for
the internationally coordinated actions against
war & occupation.

>>> SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 15th, 2007
International Day of Action - Antiwar Demonstration
2PM
Vancouver Art Gallery - Downtown Vancouver
(750 Hornby St @ Robson St)

Join people around the world and in Vancouver taking
the demands of Canada Out of Afghanistan and US/UK Out
of Iraq to the streets! Hear from speakers talking on
the growing era of war and occupation, and the
resistance of people from the Middle East, to Africa,
Latin America, and Indigenous Nations here at home
that are struggling for self determination and
demanding and end to war and occupation!


>>>SUNDAY 16th – All Day Antiwar Conference
"The World Since Sept.11th 2001: Prospects for
Building a World Wide Antiwar Movement"
11AM – 6PM
Vancouver Community College (VCC-Downtown Campus)
250 W Pender St - ROOM 240

Following the previous day's Antiwar Demonstration,
MAWO organizes this year's second of bi-annual
conferences to discuss in depth the focus of war and
occupation around the world, and how the antiwar
movement should respond. Join any of the 3 interactive
workshops and hear from a dynamic panel of speakers,
and participate in learning about and assessing the
gains and challenges of the growing movement of
resistance to the current era of war and occupation.
Pre-registration is Encouraged (but not required!)

WORKSHOPS:
1) War and Occupation in Iraq & Afghanistan:
Similarities and Differences
2) US targets Iran: Lessons from Iraq & Afghanistan
3) Building a United, Effective Antiwar Movement
** Special Multimedia Presentation: "Imperialist
Canada, Colonial Israel, Occupied Palestine"

For full program details go to:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/070916conference.html 


((( 3 ))) MAWO EDUCATION CLASS
FOCUS: Building an Effective Antiwar Movement
Session IV
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>>> WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 19th, 2007
6:30PM
Large North Hall of Joe's Cafe
(on Commercial Drive at Williams St)

The fourth installment of this critical series, MAWO
continues to focus on lessons from historical antiwar
movements and addressing contemporary challenges.
Please join us again in what has culminated to date as
a dynamic discussion on broadening and strengthening
the scope and nature of antiwar struggle today.


((( 4 ))) OCTOBER UPCOMING EVENT SCHEDULE!
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TUESDAY October 2nd
Canada/NATO Out of Afghanistan – Picket Action

MONDAY October 22nd to FRIDAY October 26th
Student Week Against War and Occupation - SWAWO

SATURDAY October 27th
Monthly Antiwar Demonstration


((( 5 ))) EVENTS ENDORSED BY MAWO!
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>>>THURSDAY September 20th to SUNDAY October 7th
FREE THE CUBAN 5 INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN!
-- 7 events from September 20th to October 7th
-- Organized by Vancouver Communities in Solidarity
with Cuba(VCSC)
-- For more information and full calendar of events
please visit: www.vancubasolidarity.com 


>>>TUESDAY September 11
HOMAGE & CANDLELIGHT VIGIL IN MEMORY OF S.ALLENDE &
OTHERS
-- 7PM at the Chilean Housing Cooperative (3390 School
Avenue)
-- Organized by the Solidarity Coalition for a United
Latin America [SCULA]


***MAWO meetings and bi-weekly education classes are a
part of building the antiwar movement by combining
political education and analysis with MAWO's direct
actions, events, seminars and conferences, and
festivals.

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