[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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((( 1 ))) October 6 ~ Int’l Day of
Action MAWO Rally and Petition Campaign: No War! No Sanctions!
((( 2 ))) October 9 ~   MAWO Organizing
Meeting
((( 3 ))) October 16 ~ MAWO Forum:
Hands off Syria! Don't Attack Iran!
((( 4 ))) October 26 ~ MAWO'EEN! 9
Years of Antiwar Organizing: Looking Back & Moving Forward 
(((
5 ))) MAWO Newsletter #40
((( 6 ))) Upcoming Events Endorsed and
Supported by MAWO: Meeting of the Vancouver Committee to Defend
Freedom of Expression, Cuban 5, Indigenous Peoples Day, Che Guevara
Conference

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1 ))) **** INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION ****
AGAINST WARS ABROAD &
POLICE STATE ATTACKS ON CIVIL LIBERTIES AT HOME!

On the 11th anniversary of the
occupation of Afghanistan the United National Antiwar Coalition
(UNAC) in the U.S. has called for an International days of action
against wars at home and abroad from October 5-7. Mobilization
Against War and Occupation has endorsed this call and is organizing
for a rally and petition campaign.



Join peace loving people around the
world in standing against imperialism and demanding
NO WARS! NO SANCTIONS!
HANDS OFF SYRIA! DON'T ATTACK IRAN!
STOP DRONE ATTACKS!
BRING ALL THE TROOPS HOME NOW!
STAND
AGAINST ISLAMOPHOBIA AND STOP THE RACIST CAMPAIGN AGAINST
MUSLIMS!
STAND TOGETHER TO SAY NO TO RACISM, RAIDS, AND
REPRESSION! 


	JOIN THE CAMPAIGN AND CALL TO 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!




MAWO RALLY AND PETITION
CAMPAIGN
SATURDAY October 6
2pm
Vancouver Art Gallery
Robson
& Howe St.
Downtown Vancouver, Canada

To read the UNAC
Call for Action click: http://nepajac.org/Oct7Call.pdf



Join the facebook event at:
https://www.facebook.com/events/421513524576342/




See the poster
at:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/121006-mawo-rally.pdf




((( 2 ))) MAWO ORGANIZING
MEETING

TUESDAY October 9
7pm
Britannia Community
Center
1661 Napier St. at Commercial Dr.

This week’s MAWO
meeting will be planning for upcoming actions against war and
occupation, especially the escalating threats and covert intervention
against Syria and Iran. The meeting will begin with 45 minutes of
video clips focusing on the imperialist new era of war and occupation
and the struggle of poor and working people for a better world. 




((( 3 ))) MAWO FREE PUBLIC FORUM 




>> Hands Off Syria! No War on
Iran!



TUESDAY October 16
7pm
Joe's Cafe
[In Large North Hall]
1150 Commercial Dr. at William
St

Multimedia - speakers – discussion 




((( 4 ))) MAWO'EEN! 9 Years of Antiwar
Organizing: Looking Back & Moving Forward 




On October 29, 2003 Mobilization
Against War & Occupation (MAWO) was formed to bring peace-loving
people together to educate, organize and mobilize against war and
occupation. 9 years on, MAWO's anniversary is a chance to reflect on
the 9 years of antiwar organizing and go forward with MAWO's
committement to continue fighting against war and occupation and for
a better world. 




An Evening of Words, Visuals, Beats &
Treats! 




FRIDAY October 26
7pm
Joe's Cafe
[In Large North Hall]
1150 Commercial Dr. at William St

((( 5 ))) MAWO Newsletter
#40

Click to see MAWO’s #40
newsletter:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/newsletters/newsletter40.pdf

(((
6 ))) Upcoming Events Endorsed and Supported by MAWO



>> Meeting – Vancouver
Committee to Defend Freedom of Expression

WEDNESDAY October
3
7:00pm
Joe's Cafe [In Large North Hall]
1150 Commercial
Dr. at William St

On August 31, political activists were
assaulted by Transit Police and RCMP officers while distributing Fire
This Time a free, non-commercial, social justice newspaper at
Metrotown Skytrain Station. The Vancouver Committee to Defend Freedom
of Expression formed to defend Fire This Time and stop assault on all
political activists. Join in to plan and organize for unity and to
fight back in defense of civil liberties and democratic rights!

For
a report from the September 7th public forum and organizing meeting
about the case: 
http://stopassaultonpoliticalactivists.wordpress.com


For videos of the assault:

http://www.youtube.com/user/firethistime

Fire
This Time Movement for Social Justice
http://www.firethistime.net
>> International Day of Action –
Free the Cuban 5 Now!
83rd monthly protest
Marking the 36th anniversary
of the Air Cubana flight bombing by terrorist Luis Posada Carriles



Friday October 5th
4 – 5pm 

U.S. Consulate (1075 West Pender)



Organized by the Free the Cuban 5
Committee - Vancouver 

www.freethe5vancouver.ca



>> International Indigenous
Peoples Day



Sunday October 7
12 noon
Westlake Park
Pine Street at 4th Avenue,
Seattle, USA



Organized by Native Peoples Alliance
with Friends & Allies



>> 5th Annual
Vancouver International Che Guevara Conference



Cuba's Reform: Capitalism or Socialism



November 3 & 4
Russian Hall
Vancouver, Canada



* November 2 ~ Special event in honor
of the 5 Cuban Heroes held in U.S. jails



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


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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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