[antiwar-van] TODAY: MAWO Education Class & Calendar of Upcoming Antiwar Actions

Wed Mar 12 08:31:40 PDT 2008

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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 March 12th - MAWO EDUCATION CLASS
((( 2 ))) SATURDAY/SUNDAY March 15/16th - GLOBAL
ACTION ~ WORLD AGAINST WAR
((( 3 ))) WEDNESDAY March 19th - MAWO GENERAL MEETING
((( 4 ))) THURSDAY March 20th - MAWO PICKET ACTION -
CANADA/NATO OUT OF AFGHANISTAN!
((( 5 ))) SATURDAY March 29th - ANTIWAR MUSICAL &
CULTURAL NIGHT
((( 6 ))) UPCOMING EVENTS ENDORSED BY MAWO

((( 1 ))) WEDNESDAY March 12th
>>> MAWO EDUCATION CLASS
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Join MAWO for the bi-weekly education class to discuss
issues facing the antiwar movement today.

This week's discussion will focus on the Canada/NATO
occupation of Afghanistan. There will be a
presentation on the crisis facing Canada and other
imperialist countries in their efforts to suppress the
rapidly growing resistance in Afghanistan. Also this
class will discuss why the Conservatives, Liberals, and
other political parties in Canada are calling on other
countries to send more troops to help occupy Afghanistan.
The discussion will also cover the upcoming parliamentary
vote on whether or not the government of Canada will
extend its occupation of Afghanistan until at least 2011.

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

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

((( 2 ))) 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 & Canadians Against War (CAW)
Endorsed by: Mobilization Against War & Occupation
(MAWO) and Iranian Community Against War (ICAW)

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 and Canadians Against
War 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. For information on transportation
email info at mawovancouver.org 

((( 3 ))) WEDNESDAY March 19th
>>> MAWO GENERAL MEETING
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Join MAWO to continue building anti-war activity in
Vancouver following the weekend of action against war.
MAWO's ongoing campaign against the Canada/NATO war
and occupation of Afghanistan is continuing to build
momentum and we will be organizing for another picket
action against this war. Join us in building and
organizing for this and other anti-war actions!

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

((( 4 ))) THURSDAY March 20th
>>> MAWO Picket Action: CANADA/NATO OUT OF AFGHANISTAN!
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As the Canada/NATO occupation of Afghanistan continues
to cause misery and suffering for millions of Afghans,
the fight against this unjust war is continuing to grow
in both Afghanistan and Canada. This has caused a crisis
for the government of Canada and other occupying
countries as they have been scrambling to find enough
foreign troops to repress the resistance in Afghanistan. This
coupled with the recent death of the 79th and 80th Canadian
soldiers since the invasion began have made headlines across
Canada over the past month. Peace loving people must unite
under the demand of "CANADA/NATO OUT OF AFGHANISTAN!"
and come to the streets for this monthly picket against the war
and occupation of Afghanistan!

4:00pm
Canada Armed Forces Recruitment Centre (1070 W. Georgia
St.)

((( 5 ))) 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.

((( 6 ))) UPCOMING EVENTS ENDORSED BY MAWO
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>>> World Against War Day of Action
> Wednesday March 19th 
> Picket at the US Consulate (1075 W. Pender @
Thurlow) from 11am to 1pm
> Organized by Stopwar.ca and Canadians Against War
> Endorsed by Mobilization Against War and Occupation
& Iranian Community Against War (ICAW)

>>> Cuba Beyond Fidel: B.C. Wide Speaking Tour!
> Monday March 17th ~ Saturday March 22nd 
> City and campus events in Vancouver, Victoria and
Comox Valley
> 778.882.5223 | cubacommunities at yahoo.ca |
www.vancubasolidarity.com 

>>> Free the Cuban Five Picket Action!
> Tuesday March 25th
> Picket at the US Consulate (1075 W. Pender @ Thurlow)
from 4pm to 5pm
> Organized by the Free the Cuban 5 Committee -
Vancouver
> 604.719.6947 | cuban5_van at yahoo.com
www.vancubasolidarity.com/freethefivevan.html

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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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