[antiwar-van] *THURSDAY Aug.20* Picket Action Demands Canada Out of Afghanistan Now!

[Kira Koshelanyk]

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Mobilization Against War and Occupation (MAWO)
 
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MAWO Picket Action:
CANADA/US/NATO OUT OF AFGHANISTAN NOW!
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THURSDAY August 20
4:00pm
620 Royal Avenue
New Westminster, BC
(near New Westminster Skytrain Station, beside Douglas College)
 
Thursday August 20th marks election day in Afghanistan, the second election farce conducted during almost eight years of foreign occupation. Just one day before the elections, which are lauded as a great achievement for ‘democracy’ in Afghanistan, reports of fraud, corruption, ballot selling and a lack of security at polling stations are widespread. However, the most critical question remains: How can democratic elections occur in a country occupied by more than 65,000 foreign troops? However elections are conducted, the fact remains that whatever happens in Afghanistan is decided by the occupation forces – not by the people of Afghanistan.
 
Despite the so-called ‘democracy’ that the US/Canada/NATO occupation forces claim to be bringing to Afghanistan, the human rights situation in Afghanistan continues to worsen. After eight years of supposed ‘reconstruction’ in Afghanistan, less than one quarter of the population has access to drinkable water, two-thirds of the population remains illiterate, suicide rates among women are higher than ever, and the rate of civilian deaths at the hands of the occupation forces has increased by 25% in the last year alone, according to the United Nations.
 
In Canada, opposition to the war is growing as more and more Canadian soldiers – now 127 - come home in caskets. A recent EKOS poll showed that at least 54% of Canadians oppose the war in Afghanistan. After eight years, this madness, this cruelty, this destruction of human life must stop. Now is the time for all who believe in a world of justice and who value human life to come together to put an end to this occupation. We must raise our voices together to expose the disgusting truth of the occupation of Afghanistan, and unite around the demands:
 
CANADA/US/NATO OUT OF AFGHANISTAN NOW!
SELF DETERMINATION FOR AFGHANISTAN NOW!
TROOPS OUT NOW!
 
For poster click:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/090820picket.pdf
 
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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
Vancouver, Canada
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