[antiwar-van] WEDNESDAY Sept.19th: Actions to Defend Alison Bodine, MAWO Education Class & Calendar of Upcoming Ac

[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 19th – Saturday September 22nd – 
       ACTIONS TO DEFEND ALISON BODINE: Antiwar Activist
       Under Attack! 
((2)) Wednesday September 19th – MAWO Education Class
((3)) Wednesday September 26th – MAWO Organizing Meeting
((4)) Tuesday October 2nd - Canada/NATO Out of Afghanistan -
        Picket Action
((5)) Monday October 22nd to  Friday October 26th - Student Week 
       Against War and Occupation – SWAWO
((6)) Upcoming Events Endorsed by MAWO

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((( 1 ))) ACTIONS TO DEFEND ALISON BODINE: 
Antiwar Social Justice Activist Under Attack!
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>>>PRESS CONFERENCE & DAILY DEFENCE RALLY
WEDNESDAY September 19th 
12:00PM 
Citizenship and Immigration Canada Offices
300 W. Georgia (at Hamilton)

>>>DAILY DEFENCE RALLY 
THURSDAY September 20th
2:00PM 
Citizenship and Immigration Canada Offices
300 W. Georgia (at Hamilton)

>>>DAILY DEFENCE RALLY
FRIDAY September 21st
12:00PM
Citizenship and Immigration Canada Offices
300 W. Georgia (at Hamilton)

>>>FREE PUBLIC FORUM: 
>From Washington DC to Vancouver BC: 
Antiwar and Social Justice Activists Under Attack!
“Drop All Charges Against Alison Bodine Now!”
SATURDAY September 22nd 
6:30PM
Chilean Housing Co-op (3390 School Ave.)

Emergency appeal to all people in struggle! Alison Bodine, an antiwar activist 
with MAWO and US citizen was arrested on Thursday Sept. 13th, 2007, when 
she returned to the US/Canada border to reclaim previously detained political 
materials. Released due to public pressure, she still is facing an Immigration 
Admissibility Hearing. Alison’s case is a further attack on immigrants, refugees 
and all non-residents and is clearly a political case as she is being targeted as 
an antiwar and social justice activist. As fellow  social justice and antiwar activists 
we must unite to demand: ”DROP ALL CHARGES AGAINST ALISON NOW!”

Alison Bodine Defence Committee
alisonbodine.blogspot.com    
defendalisonbodine at hotmail.com or free_alison_bodine at yahoo.ca  
778-891-1470 | 778-882-5223 | 604-339-7103


((( 2 ))) MAWO EDUCATION CLASS
FOCUS: Antiwar Social Justice Activists Under Attack: 50 Years of Resistance
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>>> WEDNESDAY September 19th, 2007
6:30PM
Large North Hall of Joe's Cafe
(on Commercial Drive at Williams St)

>From the Southern US states in the 1950’s Civil Rights Movement, to
the “Out Now” slogan of Vietnam’s Antiwar Movement to today, activists  
continue to face arrest and intimidation. These tactics are striking closer 
to home as Alison Bodine, a political organizer and social justice activist 
with MAWO was recently arrested by the Canada Border Services Agency 
after her antiwar literature was detained. She will be outlining the significance 
of her case along side the experiences of a veteran social justice activist of 
the Vietnam Antiwar and US Civil Rights Movements, MAWO member David 
Whittlesey. For further analysis we will be hearing from Ali Yerevani, political 
editor of the Fire This Time Newspaper, participant of the 1979 Iranian 
Revolution, and Executive Member of CUPE 15. Join in for in depth discussion 
on this topic of importance to all antiwar and social justice activists. 


((( 3 ))) MAWO ORGANIZING MEETING
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>>> WEDNESDAY October 26th, 2007
6:30PM
Large North Hall of Joe's Cafe
(on Commercial Drive at Williams St)

MAWO meetings are an excellent opportunity to get directly involved
in building our events for the upcoming brimming Fall calendar of picket 
actions, forums, march & rallies and the upcoming Student Week Against 
War & Occupation!


((( 4 ))) PICKET ACTION: 
CANADA/NATO OUT OF AFGHANISTAN!
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FOCUS: Canada/NATO Out of Afghanistan!
Independent Public Inquiry Now!
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>>>TUESDAY October 2nd, 2007
12:00PM Noon
Canadian Armed Forces Recruitment Center
1070 W. Georgia St.

As the Canadian/NATO war drive escalates, we witness an ever-
ascending death rate of Afghan civilians and Canadian soldiers 
returning home in coffins. Here at home, military spending 
skyrockets as social services budgets plummet. Join us as MAWO 
continues to consistently respond to the growing era of war and 
occupation, with direct actions to take the demands of “Canada Out
Of Afghanistan” to the streets!


((( 5 ))) STUDENT WEEK AGAINST WAR AN OCCUPATION – SWAWO
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>>>MONDAY October 22nd to FRIDAY October 26th, 2007

School is back in session and MAWO is organizing with 
antiwar groups on campus across the lower mainland 
to bring a coordinated week of workshops, forums, film 
showings and more. As students face skyrocketing tuition 
fees and barrage of military recruiters, the reality of Canada’s
war abroad has impacted students to get involved in organizing
against this current era of war and occupation! 


((( 6 ))) EVENTS ENDORSED BY MAWO!
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>>>THURSDAY September 20th to SUNDAY October 7th 
FREE THE CUBAN 5 INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN!
--THURSDAY September 20th Picket Action
-- 12PM -  1PM at the US Consulate (1075 W. Pender
st. Downtown Vancouver)

-- 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   


>>>FRIDAY September 21st 
“SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN MEXICO & THE STRUGGLE 
AGAINST REPRESSION BY THE NEO-LIBERAL AGENDA”
-- 7PM at the Chilean Housing Co-op (3390 School Ave – 
Vancouver)
-- Organized by the Solidarity Coalition for a United Latin America
-- For more information contact scula_van at yahoo.ca  


>>>SATURDAY October 27th
CANADA WIDE ANTIWAR ACTION CALLED BY THE 
CANADIAN PEACE ALLIANCE
*** MAWO is supporting and endorsing the action called by the CPA
-- Gather 12PM at Waterfront Station (Cordova and Seymour) to march
-- Rally 2PM at the Vancouver Art Gallery (Georgia and Howe)


***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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