[antiwar-van] *WEDNESDAY Feb.13th* MAWO Education Class & 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)) Monday Feb.11th – Friday Feb.15th ~ 8th Student
Week Against War And Occupation (SWAWO)
((2)) Wednesday Feb. 13th ~ MAWO Education Class
((3)) Sunday Feb.17th ~ Monthly Antiwar Rally *NOTE
DATE CHANGE*
((4)) Wednesday Feb. 20th ~ MAWO General Meeting 
((5)) Thursday Feb.21st ~ Canada/NATO Out of
Afghanistan Picket Action
((6)) Upcoming Events Endorsed by MAWO
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((( 1 ))) 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!


((( 2 ))) 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


((( 3 ))) 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!


((( 4 ))) WEDNESDAY February 20th
>>> MAWO GENERAL MEETING
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6:30pm
Britannia Community Center (1661 Napier St. @
Commercial Dr.)

Join MAWO to review and report back on the last week
of organizing on 7 campuses for the 8th Student Week
Against War & Occupation, as well as the culminating
Feb.17th antiwar rally. In this meeting we will also be
planning the Canada/NATO out of Afghanistan picket
action on Feb.21st and organizing for a coming month
of antiwar actions, set to take place both in Vancouver
and Seattle! 


((( 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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>>> 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

>>> Celebrate International Women’s Day! Unite for
Women’s Rights!
~ Saturday March 1st at 6pm
~ Collingwood Neighbourhood House (5288 Joyce Street- 1
block South of Joyce Skytrain Station)
~ Organized by the Solidarity Coalition for a United Latin
America (SCULA)
~ scula_van at yahoo.ca 

>>> International Women’s Day 2008 “Women Unite Against
War & Poverty”
~ Saturday March 8th 
~ March from Thornton Park (Main Street Skytrain) at 11am
~ Rally at Victory Square (Hastings at Cambie) at 12pm
~ Info Fair at BCIT Downtown Campus (555 Seymour Street)
from 1pm – 4pm. 
~ Celebration at Trout Lake Community Center (3350 Victoria
Drive) at 7pm
~ For more info contact the International Women's Day
Organizing Committee at 604-780-7604

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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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