[antiwar-van] MAWO Organizing Meeting/Forum-Class & Calendar of Upcoming Actions

[Kira Koshelanyk]

*Please Forward Widely*

Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO)

MAWO ORGANIZING MEETING and FORUM-CLASS:
WEDNESDAY September 3rd
6:30pm
Britannia Community Centre
1661 Napier St. @ Commercial Dr
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Join us for our bi-monthly organizing meeting to build our ongoing campaign of actions against war and occupation. The organizing meeting will be followed by Part 2 of last week’s forum-class with the presentation and discussion on:

"The Politics of Sanctions:
Further Victimization of the Third World"

We will discuss three main topics:
-What are sanctions?
-What is the history of sanctions?
-How are sanctions used against third world countries?

Speaker: Ali Yerevani, Political Editor of the Fire This Time Newspaper and member of the Iranian Community Against War (ICAW)
Speaker will be followed by discussion

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** CALENDAR OF EVENTS and ACTIONS ORGANIZED BY MAWO **

((( 1 ))) WEDNESDAY September 10 – MAWO Public bi-monthly Forum-Class
((( 2 ))) WEDNESDAY September 17 – MAWO Public bi-monthly General Meeting
((( 3 ))) SATURDAY September 20 & SUNDAY September 21 - MAWO 'Hip Hop vs. War'  Festival
((( 4 ))) SATURDAY September 27 – International Day of Action - “No War on Iran”
((( 5 ))) Upcoming Events Endorsed or Supported by MAWO

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((( 1 ))) WEDNESDAY September 10 – BI-WEEKLY FORUM-CLASS

Part 3 of "The Politics of Sanctions:
Further Victimization of the Third World"

This forum-class will be a continuation of the discussion on the issue of sanctions against the Third World.
Speaker: Ali Yerevani, Political Editor of the Fire This Time Newspaper and member of the Iranian Community Against War (ICAW)
Speaker will be followed by discussion

WEDNESDAY September 10
6:30pm
In the Large North Hall of Joe's Cafe
(Williams Street at Commercial Drive)


((( 2 ))) MAWO ORGANIZING MEETING:
WEDNESDAY September 17th
6:30pm
Britannia Community Centre
1661 Napier St. @ Commercial Dr
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Join us for our bi-monthly organizing meeting to build our ongoing campaign of actions against war and occupation. The organizing meeting will be focused on the upcoming MAWO 'Hip Hop vs. War'  Festival on Saturday and Sunday Sept 20-21 in Surrey and Vancouver.

((( 3 ))) SATURDAY September 20 & SUNDAY September 21
'HIP HOP vs. WAR' - 4th Annual Hip Hop Festival Against War & Occupation

Mark your calendars! Check www.mawovancouver.org for details and updates!

Vancouver & the Lower Mainland's outbreak of Hip Hop as a tool in spreading out the fight against war & occupation is back again in its 4th year! The only annual festival of its kind, featuring Indigenous & local artists + international artists from Cuba, the USA and the Middle East!

Saturday September 20th
5:30pm at SUNRISE PAVILION
10341 135 St., near Surrey Central Skytrain Station
Surrey, British Columbia

Sunday September 21st
1:00pm at the VANCOUVER ART GALLERY
750 Hornby St., on Georgia St. side, close to Granville St. Skytrain Station
Vancouver, British Columbia


((( 4 ))) SATURDAY September 27
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION:  NO WAR ON IRAN!

Join us for this important day of co-ordinated actions against the US’ propaganda and military build-up for war against Iran. The Vancouver protest will join dozens of other coordinated rallies and marches across the US to demand:

No War on Iran!
End Sanctions on Iran!
US/UK Out of Iraq!
Canada/NATO Out of Afghanistan!

Call to Action in US by: StopwaronIran.org
Call to Action in Canada by: Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO) & Iranian Community Against War (ICAW)

SATURDAY, September 27th
2:00pm
Vancouver Art Gallery (Robson St side)


((( 5 ))) Upcoming Events Endorsed or Supported by MAWO

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION:
Free the 5 Cuban Heroes Held in US Jails!
Protest the 10th Year of Their Unjust Imprisonment!

1)) PICKET ACTION
FRIDAY, September 12th
12:00pm
US Consulate (1075 W Pender St.)

2)) SPECIAL CUBAN CULTURAL NIGHT
Featuring Original Poetry for the Cuban 5
FRIDAY, September 12th
7:00pm
Mt. Pleasant Neighbourhood House
(800 East Broadway, close to Fraser St.)

Actions organized by:
Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver
Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba
778.889.7664 | cuban5_van at yahoo.com
www.vancubasolidarity.com/freethefivevan.html

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MAWO ~ Mobilization Against War & Occupation
http://WWW.MAWOVANCOUVER.ORG
info at mawovancouver.org
P 604.322.1764 || F 604.322.1763

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