[antiwar-van] WEDNESDAY Feb.6th - MAWO General Meeting & Calendar of Upcoming Antiwar Actions

[Kira Koshelanyk]

*Please Forward Widely*

MOBILIZATION AGAINST WAR AND OCCUPATION (MAWO)

Join in the upcoming meetings and events and get
involved to help organize within the anti-war movement
through a campaign of actions!

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

((1)) Wednesday Feb. 6th ~ MAWO General Meeting
((2)) Monday Feb.11th – Friday Feb.15th ~ 8th Student
Week Against War And Occupation (SWAWO)
((3)) Wednesday Feb. 13th ~ MAWO Education Class
((4)) Sunday Feb.17th ~ Monthly Antiwar Rally *NOTE DATE CHANGE*
((5)) Thursday Feb.21st ~ Canada/NATO Out of
Afghanistan Picket Action
((6)) Upcoming Events Endorsed by MAWO
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((( 1 ))) WEDNESDAY February 6th
>>> MAWO GENERAL MEETING
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6:30pm
Britannia Community Center (1661 Napier St. @
Commercial Dr.)

Join MAWO to help organize the upcoming 8th Student
Week Against War & Occupation (SWAWO) and the
culminating February 16th Antiwar Rally! This meeting
will be a chance to reflect on the past 7 SWAWO’s to
better plan this semesters SWAWO and to sign up to get
involved on campus antiwar events. Also we will be
discussing the calendar of upcoming events and actions
for February and March. 


((( 2 ))) MONDAY Feb. 11th – FRIDAY Feb.15th
8TH STUDENT WEEK AGAINST WAR & OCCUPATION (SWAWO)
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Don’t Attack Iran!
No to Sanctions on Iran!”
US/UK Out of Iraq!
Canada/NATO out of Afghanistan!

MAWO joins with campus antiwar groups across the lower
mainland and Vancouver Island, to organize a
coordinated effort of antiwar forums, film-showings,
and to outreach at universities, colleges, and high
schools. MAWO was formed out of the first Student Week
Against War & Occupation, and is continuing with SWAWO
for the 8th time to connect the war abroad to
the effects that students face here at home, with
rising tuition and low minimum wage. This week will
culminate in the February 17th antiwar rally, bringing
all campuses together for a city-wide action. 

Events at:
UBC | SFU | UVIC | Capilano College| Douglas College |
Langara College | High Schools

Check www.mawovancouver.org for updates and details!


((( 3 ))) WEDNESDAY February 13th
>>> MAWO EDUCATION CLASS
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6:30pm
in the Large North Hall of Joe's Cafe
(Williams Street at Commercial Drive)

Join MAWO’s bi-weekly education class and participate
in comprehensive discussions on issues of war and
occupation that are impacting people around the world
and in turn, the antiwar movement. This week will continue 
the recent classes on Iran:

> A balance sheet of the last year of US political and
military offensives toward Iran.
> Why the increased US military aggression on Iran?
> What are the political issues at stake?
> What are the tasks of the antiwar movement in
defending the Iranian people?

Speaker: Ali Yerevani, political editor of Fire This
Time newspaper

 
((( 4 ))) SUNDAY February 17th (Note Date Change)
MONTHLY ANTIWAR RALLY
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2:00PM
Vancouver Art Gallery 
(Robson Street at Hornby Street)

Join students from the preceding week’s Student Week
Against War & Occupation, as well as workers, youth,
elders, community members, immigrants, refugees
and peace-loving people on the streets of Vancouver to
demand:

No War on Iran!
No Sanctions Against Iran! 
Canada/NATO Out of Afghanistan!
US/UK Out of Iraq!
Israel Hands Off Palestine!
Self-Determination for Indigenous Nations in Canada!


((( 5 ))) THURSDAY February 21st
CANADA/NATO OUT OF AFGHANISTAN PICKET ACTION
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4:00PM
Canadian Armed Forces Recruitment Center
(1070 West Georgia)

The Canadian government and their Advisory Panel on
Afghanistan are attempting to continue their vicious
occupation of Afghanistan, which has killed ten’s of
thousands through direct air strikes and even more
through the destruction of infrastructure, such as
sanitation, homes, electricity, hospitals and water
supplies. As a vote in Canadian Parliament is coming
up to push Canada’s end date in Afghanistan from 2009
to 2011, people in Vancouver must come out to the
streets to demand:
“Canada Out of Afghanistan Now!”
“Independent Public Inquiry Now!” 


((( 6 ))) UPCOMING EVENTS ENDORSED BY MAWO
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>>> Report Back From the 2nd International World Equilibrium
Conference in Havana, Cuba
~ Saturday February 9th at 6:30pm
~ Mount Pleasant Neighborhood House
800 E. Broadway (1 block East of Fraser)
~ Organized by Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba
(VCSC)
~ cubacommunities at yahoo.ca | 778-882-5223 |
www.vancubasolidarity.com

>>> Picket Action - Free the Cuban 5 NOW!
~ Tuesday February 19th at 4pm
~ US Consulate (1075 W. Pender near Thurlow)
~ Organized by the Free the Cuban 5 Committee –
Vancouver
~ 604.719.6947 | cuban5_van at yahoo. com
www.vancubasolidarity.com/freethefivevan.html

>>> Refuge from Militarism? The Stories of War
Resisters in Canada
~ Saturday February 23rd – 5:00pm – 9:00pm
~ A Small World Shop & Gallery (2120 Commercial Drive)
~ Organized by Brad McCall (US War Resister)
~ BradMcCallWarResister at yahoo.com

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MAWO ~ Mobilization Against War & Occupation
Antiwar General Meeting & Upcoming Direct Actions
http://WWW.MAWOVANCOUVER.ORG
info at mawovancouver.org
P 604.322.1764 || F 604.322.1763
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