[antiwar-van] *TODAY* MAWO Organizing Meeting and Calendar of Upcoming Antiwar Events and 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 ))) May 8 ~ MAWO Organizing Meeting
((( 2 ))) May 15 ~ MAWO Public Forum: Justice for Bradley Manning
((( 3 ))) May 22 ~ MAWO Organizing Meeting
((( 4 ))) May 26 ~ MAWO Monthly Antiwar Rally and Petition Campaign: Hands Off Iran and Syria! Free Bradley Manning Now!
((( 5 ))) May 29 ~ MAWO Public Forum: Palestinian Struggle for Self-Determination!
((( 6 ))) MAWO Newsletter #37: 5th Edition
((( 7 ))) Upcoming Events Endorsed and Supported by MAWO: March for Palestine, Cuban 5 Picket
 
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((( 1 ))) MAWO ORGANIZING MEETING
 
TUESDAY May 8
7pm
Britannia Community Center
1661 Napier St. at Commercial Dr.

At this week’s meeting join us in planning the upcoming month of MAWO antiwar actions leading into the summer. The meeting will open with 45mins of news-clips and videos about war and occupation and imperialist attacks at home and abroad. 
 

((( 2 ))) MAWO PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES

Justice for Bradley Manning: Free Bradley Manning Now!
 
Multimedia, Speakers and Discussion

TUESDAY May 15
7pm
Joe's Cafe [In Large North Hall]
1150 Commercial Dr. at William St 

Speakers:
Alison Bodine, Co-chair of MAWO and Executive Committee member
Aaron Mercredi, Indigenous activist and member of editorial board of Fire This Time Newspaper
 
For poster click: 
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/120515-MAWO-bradley-manning-forum-poster.pdf

To join Facebook event: 
http://www.facebook.com/events/303294123080360/

For MAWO’s Bradley Manning Support Campaign Brochure: 
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/brochures/MAWO-BradleyManning-brochure.pdf

For more information about the case of Bradley Manning: http://www.bradleymanning.org


((( 3 ))) MAWO ORGANIZING MEETING

TUESDAY May 22
7pm
Britannia Community Center
1661 Napier St. at Commercial Dr.

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 as well as the resistance of millions of masses to imperialist aggression.
 

((( 4 ))) MAWO MONTHLY ANTIWAR RALLY & PETITION CAMPAIGN
 
NO WAR! NO SANCTIONS!
HANDS OFF IRAN AND SYRIA!
FREE BRADLEY MANNING NOW!
 
End the Occupations of Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine & Haiti!
Saudi and all Foreign Troops out of Bahrain!
U.S., U.K., Canada, France, NATO, Hands Off Libya Now!
U.S. Hands Off North Africa & the Middle East!
Self Determination for Indigenous Nations & All Oppressed Nations!
Free Bradley Manning Now!
Join the World Wide Free Bradley Manning Campaign Today!
 
SATURDAY May 26
1pm
Vancouver Art Gallery
Robson & Howe St.
Downtown Vancouver, Canada
 
For poster click: http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/120526-mawo-rally-petition.pdf
 
To join Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/346176272111577/

 
((( 5 ))) MAWO PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES

Palestinian Struggle for Self-Determination!
>> From the Balfour Declaration (1917) to al-Nakba and Deir Yassin massacres (1948) and the formation of Israel, from the Sabra and Shatila massacre (1982) and the Palestinian Intifada resistance to the imprisonment of the whole Gaza Strip - What have we learned from history and what are the tasks of the antiwar movement in Canada and beyond?
 
Multimedia, Speakers and Discussion 

TUESDAY May 29
7pm
Joe's Cafe [In Large North Hall]
1150 Commercial Dr. at William St
 

((( 6 ))) MAWO Newsletter #37 5th Edition
 
Click to see MAWO Newsletter # 37 5th Edition:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/newsletters/newsletter37-5.pdf
 

 ((( 7 ))) Upcoming Events Endorsed and Supported by MAWO
 
>> March of Return: March for Palestine

SATURDAY May 19
2 PM 
Gather at Clark Park (14th and Commercial) at 2 PM, March to Grandview Park
Rally at Grandview Park

Organized by the Vancouver Coalition to Commemorate Al-Nakba 
For more information: nakbavancouver at gmail.com

>> Monthly Protest Action to Free the Cuban 5!
*** 5th of the Month for the Cuban 5! ***
~ Release Antonio, Fernando, Ramón & Gerardo From U.S. Prisons!
~ Let René González Return to Cuba Now!
~ Grant Visas to Olga Salanueva and Adriana Perez Now!
 
TUESDAY June 5
4pm
U.S. Consulate (1075 West Pender at Thurlow)
Vancouver
For poster click:
http://www.freethe5vancouver.ca/posters/2012/120605-free-the-cuban-5-picket.pdf

Organized by Free the Cuban 5 Committee Vancouver
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

 		 	   		  
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