[antiwar-van] *TODAY* MAWO Education Class & Calendar of Upcoming 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 Jan. 30th ~ MAWO Education Class
((2)) Wednesday Feb. 6th ~ MAWO General Meeting
((3)) Monday Feb.11th – Friday Feb.15th ~ 8th Student Week Against
War And Occupation (SWAWO)
((4)) Saturday Feb.16th ~ Monthly Antiwar Rally
((5)) Thursday Feb.21st ~ Canada/NATO Out of Afghanistan Picket
Action
((6)) March Calendar of Direct Actions
((7)) Upcoming Events Endorsed by MAWO
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((( 1 ))) WEDNESDAY January 30th
>>> 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 class will focus on Canada’s occupation of Afghanistan with a review
of the recent report from the Canadian governments “Independent
Advisory Panel on Afghanistan”

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


((( 2 ))) 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.


((( 3 ))) 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 16th 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!


((( 4 ))) SATURDAY February 16th
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 ))) MARCH CALENDAR OF DIRECT ACTIONS
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>>> INTERNATIONAL WEEKEND OF ACTION AGAINST WAR
Marking the 5th Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq

ANTIWAR RALLY
SATURDAY March 15th
12 Noon
Vancouver Art Gallery
(Georgia street at Hornby street)
Organized by: Stopwar.ca
Endorsed by: Mobilization Against War & Occupation

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
Seattle, WA – USA
Organized by: Mobilization Against War & Occupation

>>> ANTIWAR MUSICAL & CULTURAL NIGHT
SATURDAY March 29th
check www.mawovancouver.org for location and program updates!


((( 7 ))) 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

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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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