[antiwar-van] WEDNESDAY Feb.27th ~ 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 antiwar movement
through a campaign of actions!

CALENDAR OF EVENTS ORGANIZED OR ENDORSED BY MAWO

((1)) Wednesday Feb. 27th ~ MAWO Education Class
((2)) Wednesday March 5th ~ MAWO General Meeting
((3)) March 15/16 ~ International Weekend of Action
Against War & Occupation
((4)) Saturday March 29th ~ Antiwar Musical & Cultural
Night
((5)) Upcoming Events Endorsed by MAWO
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((( 1 ))) WEDNESDAY February 27th
>>> MAWO EDUCATION CLASS
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Join MAWO for the bi-weekly education class to discuss issues
facing the antiwar movement today.

>>> WAR RESISTERS:
> Who they are?
> What they want?
> What is their importance to the antiwar movement
internationally?

Speaker: BRAD MCCALL, a well known war resister and activist
who will be talking about war resisters and his experiences.

6:30pm
in the Large North Hall of Joe's Cafe
(Williams Street at Commercial Drive)


((( 2 ))) WEDNESDAY March 5th
>>> MAWO GENERAL MEETING
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Join MAWO to continue planning for the coming
month of antiwar actions, such as the March 15th/16th
Global Action ~ World Against War which includes Vancouver’s
March 15th antiwar rally, and the March 16th conference in
Seattle which will be MAWO’s first time organizing an event
across the border!

6:30pm
Britannia Community Center (1661 Napier St. @
Commercial Dr.)


((( 3 ))) SATURDAY/SUNDAY March 15/16th
>>> GLOBAL ACTION ~ WORLD AGAINST WAR
Marking the 5th Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq
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ANTIWAR RALLY
SATURDAY March 15th
12 Noon
Vancouver Art Gallery
(Georgia street at Hornby street)
Organized by: Stopwar.ca and Canadians Against War (CAW)
Endorsed by: Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO)

ANTIWAR CONFERENCE
>> Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine: What We Have
Learned from the New Era of War & Occupation and What
are the Prospects for Building an Effective Anti-war
Movement
SUNDAY March 16th
1:00pm – 7:00pm
Seattle, WA ~ USA

Organized by: Mobilization Against War & Occupation
Endorsed by: ANSWER Seattle

On Saturday March 15th hundreds of cities across the
world will take to the streets demanding an end to US
aggression and sanctions on Iran and an immediate end
to the Iraq war, five years after the US began its war
on this Middle Eastern country. The US/UK war on Iraq
has already killed at least 1.2 million Iraqis, and
now this war drive is threatening the people of Iran
with war. In Vancouver Stopwar.ca is organizing a March
and Rally that MAWO is fully endorsing and participating in.
Join social justice and antiwar activists in demanding an end
to all these wars, sanctions, and aggressions by Canada and
the US.

Then on Sunday, March 16th, MAWO organizers are catching
buses down to Seattle, Washington for an anti-war
conference. The main speaker of this conference will
be MAWO cochair and spokesperson Alison Bodine, who
is currently fighting a 2 year ban from Canada. Alison
is a US citizen and an antiwar activist who was
politically targeted by the government of Canada in
late 2007 and forced out of the country for two years.
MAWO will be joining American antiwar activists from
the International ANSWER Coalition in Seattle to host
an antiwar conference focusing on the tragedy of
war and occupation as well as the domestic attacks by
the governments of the US and Canada against
immigrants, refugees, nonstatus people, and social
justice and antiwar activists. This international
conference against war and occupation is the first of
its kind organized by MAWO in collaboration with ANSWER
Seattle. Information on buses with MAWO will soon be available.


((( 4 ))) SATURDAY March 29th
>>> ANTIWAR MUSICAL & CULTURAL NIGHT
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Bringing together anti-war politics and music and
culture, MAWO will be joining talented musicians
together with antiwar organizers and activists for a
cultural night of resistance. Local musicians will be
spinning tracks and combining the words of resistance
with rhyme and rhythm… Come join MAWO, local talent,
and music lovers for this exciting event.

check www.mawovancouver.org for location and program
updates.


((( 5 ))) UPCOMING EVENTS ENDORSED BY MAWO
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>>> 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
iwdvancouver at gmail.com

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


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