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

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Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:50:46 AM
Subject: [pr-x] *WEDNESDAY* MAWO General Meeting & Calendar of Upcoming Antiwar 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 21 ~ MAWO General Organizing Meeting
((( 2 ))) THURSDAY January 22 ~ Surrey Public Forum ‘100 Years of Palestinian People in Struggle’
((( 3 ))) SATURDAY January 24 ~ MAWO Monthly Antiwar Rally CANCELLED ~ PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS
((( 4 ))) TUESDAY January 27 ~ Burnaby Public Forum ‘100 Years of Palestinian People in Struggle’
((( 5 ))) WEDNESDAY January 28 ~ MAWO Bi Monthly Public Forum
((( 6 ))) THURSDAY January 29 ~ MAWO ‘Canada Out of Afghanistan’ Picket Action
((( 7 ))) SATURDAY January 31 ~ Antiwar Cultural Night
((( 8 ))) SATURDAY March 21 ~ International Day of Action: Antiwar March & Rally
((( 9 ))) Events Endorsed by MAWO

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((( 1 ))) 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. The first 30 minutes of the MAWO meeting will be a screening of multimedia and film clips about the current situation of war and occupation, with a focus on the crisis in Gaza.  

((( 2 ))) MAWO PUBLIC FORUM
THURSDAY January 22
6:30pm
Whalley Public Library 
10347 135 Street, Surrey
beside Surrey Central Skytrain

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

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

((( 3 ))) MAWO MONTHLY ANTIWAR RALLY
SATURDAY January 24 

CANCELLED: 
The MAWO monthly rally demanding an end to the occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan, Gaza and Palestine is being cancelled in order to support the march and vigil to protest Israeli war crimes in Gaza, organized by the Vancouver Palestine Solidarity Coalition and Arab Women’s Organization. For details about the march and vigil please see the ((( 9 ))) endorsed events section of this email.


((( 4 ))) MAWO PUBLIC FORUM
TUESDAY January 27
6:30pm
Bonsor Community Center
6550 Bonsor Ave at Central Boulevard, Burnaby 
near Metrotown Skytrain

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

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

((( 5 ))) 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'

Film showing, speaker and discussion

((( 6 ))) ‘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’

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

((( 8 ))) 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! Self Determination for Palestine! 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.

((( 9 ))) EVENTS ENDORSED BY MAWO

>>> March and Candlelight Vigil Against Israeli War Crimes in Gaza
Saturday January 24
5:00 pm
Clark Park (Commercial and 14th Ave.) 

Organized by Vancouver Palestine Solidarity Coalition and Arab Women's Organization
vancouver.gazaprotest at gmail.com 

** Please note: The MAWO Saturday January 24 monthly rally demanding an end to the occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan, Gaza and Palestine, is being cancelled to support this march and vigil.

>>> Children of Gaza ~ UNICEF Fundraiser
Sunday January 25
11:00am to 6:00pm
Vancouver Art Gallery (Georgia at Hornby street)

Organized by UNICEF & Vercettie
info at vercettie.com

>>> Let Them Stay ~ event with Iraq War Resister Jules Tindungan
Sunday January 25
12:30pm
Fireside Room of the Hewett Centre, Unitarian Church of Vancouver
949 West 49th at Oak

Organized by War Resisters Support Campaign ~ Vancouver 
http://ca.geocities.com/vanresisters 

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

Organized by the Citywide Housing Coalition
http://www.citywide housingcoalition.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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