[antiwar-van] *Dec.1st* MAWO Forum on Afghanistan War Extension & NATO Summit
Kira Koshelanyk
kkoshelanyk at hotmail.com
Tue Nov 30 17:55:07 PST 2010
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PUBLIC FORUM:
Recent Decisions at NATO Summit in Lisbon, Portugal & Extension of Canadian
Mission in Afghanistan Beyond 2011:
What is the Meaning of these Decisions for Us and the People of AFGHANISTAN?
WEDNESDAY December 1, 2010
7pm
Joe's Cafe ~ in the Large North Hall
1150 Commercial Drive (at William St.)
Vancouver, Canada
On November 10th, 2010 the government of Canada announced the extension of the
presence of Canadian troops in Afghanistan beyond 2011 – the previously promised
end date. This decision was part of a new division of labour among imperialist
forces and the recent NATO summit which had a main focus of Afghanistan.
On November 19th and 20th, 2010 the 22nd summit of the NATO member states was
held in Lisbon, Portugal. Looking for a way out of the mess they created in
Afghanistan, the summit ended with an official declaration that NATO troops will
be withdrawn from the country and replaced by Afghan security forces by 2014.
However, this new withdrawal date is once again described as ‘condition-based’
and not ‘calendar-driven.’ As conditions continually worsen for both Afghans and
the occupation forces after more than 9 years of constant war, the decisions
made at this summit raise many questions about the future of Afghanistan:
>>What are the prospects for Afghanistan with an extended NATO withdrawal date?
>>Why is Afghanistan NATO’s central issue?
>>Who is the problem in Afghanistan and why is there such a strong resistance to
the occupation?
> Screening 45 minutes of documentary and news clips followed by speaker and
discussion
Speaker: Janine Solanki, Executive Committee member and Outreach coordinator of
Mobilization Against War and Occupation (MAWO).
For Facebook Event:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=157526557625152&index=1
To See Poster:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/101201forum.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
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