[antiwar-van] *Tuesday* MAWO Organizing 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 ))) February 22 ~ MAWO Organizing Meeting
((( 2 ))) February 26 ~ MAWO Monthly Antiwar Rally & Petition Drive
((( 3 ))) March 1 ~ MAWO Public Forum “7 Years After the Coup ~ HAITI”
((( 4 ))) March 8 ~ MAWO Public Forum “IWD: The Role of Women in the Fight Against War and Occupation” 
((( 5 ))) March 15 ~ MAWO Organizing Meeting
((( 6 ))) March 17 ~ MAWO Canada/US/NATO Out of Afghanistan! Picket Action
((( 7 ))) March 22 ~ MAWO Public Forum “Iraq is Still Occupied: 8 Years of War, Devastation and Resistance”
((( 8 ))) March 26 ~ MAWO Monthly Antiwar Rally & Petition Drive
((( 9 ))) March 29 ~ MAWO Organizing Meeting
((( 10 ))) Events Endorsed or Recommended by MAWO: Gaza, Cuban 5
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((( 1 ))) MAWO ORGANIZING MEETING
 
TUESDAY February 22
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 45 minutes of news videos of current and ongoing wars and 
occupations.
 

((( 2 ))) MONTHLY ANTIWAR RALLY & PETITION CAMPAIGN
 
We invite you to participate in the MAWO monthly rally which is combined with 3 
hours of petitioning against government of Canada's war and occupation in 
Afghanistan.
 
WE ARE ALL THE SAME AND UNITED!
 
END THE OCCUPATIONS of Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine and Haiti!
SELF DETERMINATION for Indigenous Nations, Tamils & All Oppressed Nations!
US HANDS OFF North Africa & the Middle East!
US HANDS OFF Iran and Pakistan!
US HANDS OFF Latin America!
 
SATURDAY February 26
2:00pm
Vancouver Art Gallery
Georgia St (In Between Howe St & Hornby St)
 
See the poster:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/110226rally.pdf
 
Join the facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=200658706613324
 

((( 3 ))) MAWO PUBLIC FORUM
 
7 Years After the Coup ~ HAITI
 
TUESDAY March 1
7:00pm
Joe's Cafe [In Large North Hall]
1150 Commercial Dr. at William St.
 
In February of 2004 there was a U.S./Canada/France invasion of Haiti and a
coup against democratically elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Haiti is a country in deep political, social and economic crisis. Haiti is still
under a UN occupation.
 
>> What is the cause of the crisis in Haiti?
>> What is the future for Haiti?
 
Screening 45 minutes of documentary and news clips followed by 
speakers and discussion.
 
To see poster:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/110301forum.pdf 
 

((( 4 ))) MAWO PUBLIC FORUM
 
International Women's Day: The Role of Women in the Fight Against War & Occupation
 
TUESDAY March 8
7:00pm
Joe's Cafe [In Large North Hall]
1150 Commercial Dr. at William St.
 
Screening 45 minutes of documentary and news clips followed by speaker and 
discussion.
 

((( 5 ))) MAWO ORGANIZING MEETING
 
TUESDAY March 15
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 45 minutes of news videos of current and ongoing wars and 
occupations.
 

((( 6 ))) PICKET: CANADA/US/NATO OUT OF AFGHANISTAN NOW!
 
Canada/US/NATO Out of Afghanistan Now!
Self Determination for Afghanistan Now!
 
THURSDAY March 17
4:00pm
Canadian Forces Recruitment Centre
620 Royal Ave. at 6th Street, New Westminster
 

((( 7 ))) MAWO PUBLIC FORUM
 
Iraq is Still Occupied: 8 Years of War, Devastation & Resistance 
 
TUESDAY March 22
7:00pm
Joe's Cafe [In Large North Hall]
1150 Commercial Dr. at William St.
 
Screening 45 minutes of documentary and news clips followed by speaker and 
discussion.
 

((( 8 ))) MONTHLY ANTIWAR RALLY & PETITION CAMPAIGN
 
We invite you to participate in the MAWO monthly rally which is combined with 3 
hours of petitioning against the government of Canada's war and occupation in 
Afghanistan.
 
END THE OCCUPATIONS of Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine and Haiti!
SELF DETERMINATION for Indigenous Nations, Tamils & All Oppressed Nations!
US HANDS OFF North Africa & the Middle East!
US HANDS OFF Iran and Pakistan!
US HANDS OFF Latin America!
 
SATURDAY March 26
2:00pm
Vancouver Art Gallery
Georgia St (In Between Howe St & Hornby St)
 

((( 9 ))) MAWO ORGANIZING MEETING
 
TUESDAY March 29
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 45 minutes of news videos of current and ongoing wars and 
occupations.
 

((( 10 ))) Events Endorsed or Recommended by MAWO
 
>>> GAZA ~ Concentration Camp? Gaza Awareness
 
WEDNESDAY
February 23
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Saywell Hall SWH 10081, Academic Quadrangle at SFU (Burnaby Campus)
 
For tickets ($5) please contact:
Brothers: Maan (778 241 3346), Aamir (778 227 6506), Omar (604 317 7073)
Sisters: Mariam (604 780 3205), Hina (778 688 4610)
 
Organized by Simon Fraser University's Muslim Students Association
http://www.sfu.ca/~msa/gaza2011.html
contact-msa at sfu.ca
 

>>> Picket Action: Free the Cuban 5 Held in US Jails!
 
THURSDAY
March 10
4:00pm
US Consulate
1075 West Pender (at Thurlow) Downtown Vancouver
 
Organized by Free the Cuban 5 Committee Vancouver
http://www.freethe5vancouver.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