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

[Kira Koshelanyk]

*Please Forward Widely*
 
Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO) 
Vancouver, BC
 
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS & ACTIONS ORGANIZED BY MAWO
 
((( 1 ))) April 27 ~ MAWO General Organizing Meeting
((( 2 ))) April 28 ~ MAWO Multimedia & Discussion Night on Afghanistan
((( 3 ))) May 5 ~ MAWO Public Forum on Iraq
((( 4 ))) May 11 ~ MAWO General Organizing Meeting
((( 5 ))) May 12 ~ MAWO Multimedia & Discussion Night on US Interventions in Latin America
((( 6 ))) May 22 ~ MAWO Monthly Antiwar Rally and Petition Campaign
((( 7 ))) May 25 ~ MAWO General Organizing Meeting
((( 8 ))) May 27 ~ MAWO Canada/US/NATO Out of Afghanistan Picket
((( 9 ))) Events Endorsed or Recommended by MAWO: May Day, Antiwar rally
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((( 1 ))) MAWO GENERAL ORGANIZING MEETING
 
*Note date change*
 
TUESDAY April 27
6:30pm
Britannia Community Center
1661 Napier Street at Commercial Drive
 
Join MAWO to plan and organize upcoming antiwar events and actions! The meeting
will open with 30-45 minutes of news videos of current and ongoing wars and occupations.
 

((( 2 ))) MAWO MULTIMEDIA & DISCUSSION NIGHT ON AFGHANISTAN
Take in the recent news on war, peace and politics, and take part in discussion
 
Discussion Topic:
What is really going on in Afghanistan? The Escalation of War, Occupation and
Imperialism
 
Featuring 60 minutes of documentary films and interviews of Daniel Ellsberg, Matthew Hoh and Dahr Jamail
 
WEDNESDAY April 28
6:30pm
Joe's Cafe ~ in the Large North Hall
1150 Commercial Drive
 
Multimedia, Discussion & Snacks
 
> Daniel Ellsberg: Vietnam war whistleblower who leaked the “Pentagon Papers” top secret US Government documents.
> Matthew Hoh: First U.S. official to resign in protest of the war in Afghanistan.
> Dahr Jamail: Award winning independent antiwar journalist and author
 
Facilitated by: Nita Palmer ~ MAWO Executive Committee member and author of the new book “War and Occupation in Afghanistan ~ Which Way Forward?”
 

((( 3 ))) MAWO PUBLIC FORUM ON IRAQ
 
Iraq: The Ongoing Stranglehold of War and Occupation
 
WEDNESDAY May 5
6:30pm
Joe's Cafe ~ in the Large North Hall
1150 Commercial Drive
 
Multimedia, Speaker & Discussion
 
For poster click:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/100505forum.pdf 
 

((( 4 ))) MAWO GENERAL ORGANIZING MEETING
 
*Note date change*
 
TUESDAY May 11
6:30pm
Britannia Community Center
1661 Napier Street at Commercial Drive
 

((( 5 ))) MAWO MULTIMEDIA & DISCUSSION NIGHT ON US INTERVENTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA
Take in the recent news on war, peace and politics, and take part in discussion
 
Discussion Topic:
US war on Latin America: Coups, interventions, and occupations
 
WEDNESDAY May 12
6:30pm
Joe's Cafe ~ in the Large North Hall
1150 Commercial Drive
 
Multimedia, Discussion & Snacks
 
Facilitated by Thomas Davies, member of the Solidarity Coalition for a United Latin America, Committee in Solidarity with the People of Honduras and Comite de Ayuda Humanitaria- Haiti
 

((( 6 ))) MAWO ANTIWAR RALLY & PETITION CAMPAIGN
 
END THE OCCUPATIONS of Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine and Haiti!
SELF DETERMINATION for Indigenous Nations, Tamils & all Oppressed Nations!
US HANDS OFF Iran and Pakistan!
US HANDS OFF Honduras!
 
SATURDAY May 22 
2:00pm 
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street at Robson Street
Downtown Vancouver
 
For poster click:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/100522rally.pdf 
 

((( 7 ))) MAWO GENERAL ORGANIZING MEETING
 
*Note date change*
 
TUESDAY May 25
6:30pm
Britannia Community Center
1661 Napier Street at Commercial Drive
 

((( 8 ))) CANADA/US/NATO OUT OF AFGHANISTAN PICKET ACTION
 
Canada Out of Afghanistan Now!
Self Determination Now!
 
THURSDAY May 27
4:00pm
Canadian Forces Recruitment Centre
620 Royal Ave. at 
6th Street, New Westminster
 
For poster click:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/100527picket.pdf 
 

((( 9 ))) EVENTS ENDORSED OR RECOMMENDED BY MAWO
 
>>> All Out for May Day! March, Rally and Public Meeting
 
SATURDAY May 1st
 
May Day March & Rally
Assemble between 11am and 12pm noon 
Clark Park ~ 14th avenue at Commercial drive
March will go down Commercial drive to rally at Grandview Park
~ organized by Vancouver and District Labour Countil (VDLC)
 
Public Meeting
“Building a Workers’ Opposition in BC”
4pm to 6pm
Collingwood Neighbourhood House ~ 5288 Joyce Street
Multipurpose room
~ organized by Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) May Day Committee
 
Social Evening
7pm
Maritime Labour Center
~ organized by the VDLC
 
>>> Celebrate International Workers Day!
Saturday May 1
6:00pm
Chilean Housing Coop 
3390 School avenue
 
Live music, food and multimedia
 
Organized by Solidarity Coalition for a United Latin America
Scula_van at yahoo.ca 
 
>>> Rally and March to Stop Harper's War Now!
Saturday, May 29
1pm
Vancouver Art Gallery (North lawn, Howe & Georgia)
 
Organized by StopWar.ca 
 
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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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