[antiwar-van] MAWO Calendar of Upcoming Antiwar Events & Actions

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Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO)
Vancouver, BC

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS & ACTIONS ORGANIZED BY MAWO

((( 1 ))) WEDNESDAY January 14 ~ MAWO Bi Monthly Public Forum
((( 2 ))) WEDNESDAY January 21 ~ MAWO General Organizing Meeting
((( 3 ))) SATURDAY January 24 ~ MAWO/ICAW Antiwar Rally
((( 4 ))) WEDNESDAY January 28 ~ MAWO Bi Monthly Public Forum
((( 5 ))) THURSDAY January 29 ~ MAWO ‘Canada Out of Afghanistan’ Picket Action
((( 6 ))) SATURDAY January 31 ~ Antiwar Cultural Night
((( 7 ))) SATURDAY March 21 ~ International Day of Action: Antiwar March & Rally
((( 8 ))) Events Endorsed by MAWO

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((( 1 ))) BI MONTHLY PUBLIC FORUM 
WEDNESDAY January 14
6:30pm
Large North Hall of Joe's Cafe
(William Street at Commercial Drive)

This week’s topic is:
’100 years of Palestinian People in Struggle: The Massacre of Palestinians in Gaza is an Ongoing War Crime by the Israeli Zionist Regime’

Topic questions:
~ What is the history of colonization of Palestine?
~ Why is Israel attacking Gaza at this time?
~ What issues are at stake?

Video showing, speaker and discussion
Speaker: Ali Yerevani, political editor of Fire This Time newspaper

((( 2 ))) MAWO GENERAL ORGANIZING MEETING
WEDNESDAY January 21
6:30pm 
Britannia Community Centre
1661 Napier St. at Commercial Dr

Join MAWO to plan and organize antiwar events and actions for 2009.

((( 3 ))) MAWO/ICAW ANTIWAR RALLY
SATURDAY January 24
2:00pm
Vancouver Art Gallery 
Robson Street at Howe Street, Downtown Vancouver

ISRAEL OUT OF GAZA! END THE SIEGE ON GAZA NOW!
Canada Out of Afghanistan!
US/UK Out of Iraq!
No War on Iran!

** If a rally is organized by the Palestinian Solidarity groups against the siege on Gaza on this day, MAWO's rally will be cancelled to support it

Co organized by Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO) and
the Iranian Community Against War (ICAW) 
www.icaw.blogspot. com

((( 4 ))) BI MONTHLY PUBLIC FORUM 
WEDNESDAY January 28
6:30pm
Large North Hall of Joe's Cafe
(William Street at Commercial Drive)

This weeks topic is:
'Canada’s War at Home: Homelessness and the Housing Problem in a Time of War and Occupation'

Video showing, speaker and discussion

((( 5 ))) ‘CANADA OUT OF AFGHANISTAN’ PICKET ACTION
THURSDAY January 29
3:00pm
620 Royal Avenue (near 6th Street, beside Douglas College)
New Westminster

Canada’s death toll in Afghanistan has now increased to 108, as Afghanistan continues to suffer deaths in the 10,000’s as a result of the brutal Canada/NATO occupation. Join us for MAWO’s 50th picket action to demand ‘Canada/NATO Out of Afghanistan NOW’

((( 6 ))) ANTIWAR CULTURAL NIGHT ‘BEATS OF CHANGE’
SATURDAY January 31
El Rancho Restaurant
112 Kingsway at Broadway 
Door at 7:00pm
Show at 8:00pm 

((( 7 ))) INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION ~ ANTIWAR MARCH & RALLY
SATURDAY March 21

Join MAWO, ICAW and groups around the world to demand ‘US/UK Out of Iraq! Canada Out of Afghanistan! End the Seige on Gaza! No War on Iran! No Sanctions on Iran!’ on the 6th anniversary of the US war on Iraq.

MAWO and ICAW have endorsed the call to action from the National Assembly in the U.S. to End the Iraq & Afghanistan Wars & Occupation.

((( 8 ))) EVENTS ENDORSED BY MAWO

>>> Surrey Rally to Protest the Siege on Gaza
Saturday January 17
1:30pm – 4:00pm 
Holland Park (13428 Old Yale Rd, Surrey)
Across from King George Skytrain Station

Organized by Pakistani Canadian Cultural Association, Pakistan Canada Association, Gateway Islamic Centre, Fijiyan Community Centre, BC Muslims Association, and various Palestinian solidarity groups.

>>> Grand March for Housing
Saturday April 4
10:00am - 1:00pm
Vancouver, BC

Organized by the Citywide Housing Coalition
http://www.citywidehousingcoalition.org 

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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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