[antiwar-van] MAWO 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 ))) June 21 ~ MAWO Public Forum: Revolutionary Mass Movements in North Africa & the Middle East: Results and Prospects
((( 2 ))) June 28 ~ MAWO Organizing Meeting
((( 3 ))) MAWO in the News
((( 4 ))) MAWO Newsletter #33 3rd Edition
((( 5 ))) Important: MAWO's Open Letter to Antiwar Movement in Canada
((( 6 ))) MAWO Endorses the British  Columbia Aid Network For Cuba (BCANC)
((( 7 ))) Events Endorsed or Recommended by MAWO: Palestine, Cuba, Honduras, Cuban 5
 
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((( 1 ))) MAWO PUBLIC FORUM
 
Revolutionary Mass Movements in North Africa & the Middle East: Results and Prospects

TUESDAY June 21
7:00pm
Joe's Cafe [In Large North Hall]
1150 Commercial Dr. at William St.

Screening 1 hour of documentary and news clips followed by speaker and discussion

Speaker:  Ali Yerevani ~ political editor, social justice, Cuba solidarity and antiwar organizer

For Poster Click:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/110621forum.pdf

Join Facebook Event:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116843655069057&ref=mf


((( 2 )))  MAWO ORGANIZING MEETING

TUESDAY June 28
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 including a focus on the anti imperialist struggles in the Middle East and North Africa.


((( 3 ))) MAWO in the News

At the June 11 monthly MAWO antiwar rally and petition drive Press TV interviewed MAWO Outreach Coordinator, Janine Solanki, about the war in Afghanistan. You can view the video at the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXrHhT47ZpI


((( 4 ))) MAWO Newsletter #33 3rd Edition

Click to see MAWO Newsletter # 33 3rd Edition:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/newsletters/newsletter33-ed3.pdf


((( 5 ))) Important: MAWO's Open Letter to Stopwar.ca and the Canadian Peace 
Alliance (CPA)

http://www.mawovancouver.org/sections/revolutionandcounterrevolution/statements/110414statement.html


((( 6 ))) MAWO Endorses the British Columbia Aid Network For Cuba (BCANC)
 
To find out more about how to donate humanitarian aid for the 2011 Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba through this important new initiative from peace and social justice loving people across British Columbia visit:
http://www.bcanc.net
 
 
((( 7 ))) Events Endorsed or Recommended by MAWO
 
>> Protest the Jewish National Fund (JNF) Negev Gala Dinner

THURSDAY June 16
5:00pm
Four Seasons Hotel, Vancouver, BC
791 West Georgia Street

Organized by the Canada Palestine Association (CPA)
www.cpavancouver.org/


>> Che Guevara’s Ideas Are More Relevant Than Ever Before
Cultural Event & Report Back: Celebrate the 83rd Birthday of Revolutionary Hero Ernesto Che Guevara & Report Back from the 2011 Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade to Cuba

THURSDAY June 16
7:00pm
Joe’s Café (Large North Hall) ~ 1150 Commercial Drive at William St.

Organized by Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC)
http://www.vancubasolidarity.com/

Poster: http://www.vancubasolidarity.com/posters/110616cultural.pdf


>> TWO IMPORTANT EVENTS TO MARK THE 2ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. BACKED COUP IN HONDURAS

1 ))  PUBLIC FORUM: The 2 Year Anniversary of the U.S. Backed Coup in Honduras and the History of U.S. Colonialism in Latin-America

SATURDAY, June 18
7:00pm
Joe’s Café (Large North Hall) ~ 1150 Commercial Drive at William St.

2 ))  PICKET: “Reinstate President Zelaya NOW!” “Stop Kidnapping, Torture and Killing of Opposition NOW!” , “Free All Political Prisoners NOW!”, “U.S. Out of Honduras NOW!”

TUESDAY, June 28
4pm-6pm
United States Consulate (1075 W. Pender Street at Thurlow)

Organized by the Solidarity Coalition for a United Latin America (SCULA)


>> TWO EVENTS TO MARK IMPORTANCE AND URGENCY OF DEFENDING CUBAN 5 HEROES

1 ))  Free the 5 Cuban Heroes Held in US Prisons:
Cultural Night and Report Back from the 3rd International Cuban 5 Youth Summit from Havana, Cuba

** Featuring the music from legendary folk singer and song writer Thomas P. Radcliffe, a Vietnam era American War Resister and Conscientious Objector **

MONDAY, June 20
7:00pm
Joe’s Café (Large North Hall) ~ 1150 Commercial Drive at William St.

Organized by the Free the Cuban 5 Committee Vancouver
http://www.freethe5vancouver.ca/


2 ))  Free the 5 Cuban Heroes Held in US Prisons:
Public Forum 
Featuring Guest Speaker Alicia Jrapko (Coordinator of the International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5)
 
FRIDAY June 24
7:00pm
Joe’s Café (Large North Hall) ~ 1150 Commercial Drive at William St.

 
Organized by the Free the Cuban 5 Committee Vancouver
http://www.freethe5vancouver.ca/

Poster: http://www.freethe5vancouver.ca/posters/2011/110624cubanfiveforum.pdf

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http://WWW.MAWOVANCOUVER.ORG 
info at mawovancouver.org 
P 604.322.1764 || F 604.322.1763

 		 	   		  
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