[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 ))) March 12 ~ MAWO Special Forum "Mass Movements, Foreign Intervention, & the Role of the Antiwar Movement: What is at Stake in Libya”
((( 2 ))) March 15 ~ MAWO Organizing Meeting 
((( 3 ))) March 17 ~ MAWO Picket Action: Canada/US/NATO Out of Afghanistan! 
((( 4 ))) March 22 ~ MAWO Public Forum "Iraq is Still Occupied: 8 Years of War, 
Devastation and Resistance"
((( 5 ))) March 26 ~ MAWO Monthly Antiwar Rally & Petition Drive
((( 6 ))) March 29 ~ MAWO Organizing Meeting
((( 7 ))) *New* MAWO Newsletter #31 
((( 8 ))) Events Endorsed or Recommended by MAWO: Cuban 5, March & Rally in Seattle, March Against Racism
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((( 1 ))) SPECIAL MAWO PUBLIC FORUM

Mass Movements, Foreign Intervention, & the Role of the Antiwar Movement:
What is at Stake in Libya

SATURDAY March 12
7:00pm
Joe's Cafe [In Large North Hall]
1150 Commercial Dr. at William St.

~> What are the differences and similarities between the revolutionary mass
movements throughout the Middle East and North Africa?
~> What does sanctions and a no-fly zone mean for the people of Libya?
~> How should the antiwar movement react to the situation in Libya?

Screening 45 minutes of documentary and news clips followed by speaker and 
discussion

Speakers:

~> Manolo de los Santos ~ Manolo is a Dominican social justice leader and political organizer in New York, as well as in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. He was in Haiti following the devastating 2010 earthquake, coordinating the IFCO/Pastors for Peace medical and humanitarian aid project, in cooperation with the Cuban Medical Mission.

~> Ali Yerevani ~ Long time Iranian social justice organizer, political editor of the Fire This Time newspaper and the Battle of Ideas Press, and a participant in the 1979 Iranian Revolution
 
To see poster:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/110312forum.pdf

Join the facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=170941729625000
 
 
((( 2 ))) 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.
 

((( 3 ))) 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
 
For poster click:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/110317picket.pdf
 
 
((( 4 ))) 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
 
To see poster:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/110322forum.pdf
 

((( 5 ))) 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.
 
US HANDS OFF North Africa & the Middle East!
NO FOREIGN INTERVENTION in Libya!
NO TO SANCTIONS & A NO FLY ZONE in Libya!
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 Latin America!
 
SATURDAY March 26
2:00pm
Vancouver Art Gallery
Georgia St (In Between Howe St & Hornby St)
 
For poster click:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/110326rally.pdf
 
 
((( 6 ))) 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.
 

((( 7 ))) *NEW* MAWO Newsletter #31

MAWO's Newsletter #31 focuses on the current situation in the Middle East and North African, with statements from MAWO, as well as reflections from Fidel Castro and a statement from the Venezuelan foreign minister.

Click the following link to read the new MAWO newsletter:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/newsletters/newsletter31.pdf 
 
 
((( 8 ))) Events Endorsed or Recommended by MAWO
 
~> 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
 
 
~> National Day of Action: 
Resist U.S. War & Occupation on the 8th Iraq War Anniversary!
 
SATURDAY March 19
12:00pm
Westlake (4th and Pine)
Seattle, U.S.
 
Co Sponsored by: Act Now to Stop War & End Racism (ANSWER), Sound Non Violent Opponents of War (SNOW), Seattle Anti Imperialist Committee (SAIC), World Can't Wait (WCW), Veterans for Peace (VFP) #92, endorsed by Mobilization Against War & Occupation ~ MAWO
 
 
~> Community March Against Racism
 
SUNDAY
March 20
2:00pm
Waterfront Skytrain Station
Downtown Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories

www.nooneisillegal.org

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