[antiwar-van] *TONIGHT* MAWO Organizing Meeting & Calendar of Upcoming Antiwar Events‏

[Kira Koshelanyk]

MOBILIZATION AGAINST WAR AND OCCUPATION - MAWO

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
((( 1 ))) Dec 2 ~ MAWO Organizing Meeting
((( 2 ))) Dec 13 ~ MAWO Monthly Antiwar Rally & Petition Campaign
((( 3 ))) Dec 13 ~ MAWO Year-End Film & Cultural Night – Celebrating Wikileaks Whistleblower Chelsea Manning’s Birthday!
((( 4 ))) MAWO Statement on Iraq and Syria
((( 5 ))) MAWO Newsletter #51
((( 6 ))) Upcoming Events Endorsed and Supported by MAWO


((( 1 ))) MAWO ORGANIZING MEETING

TUESDAY December 2
7pm
Britannia Community Center
1661 Napier St. at Commercial Dr.
Vancouver, BC

Join MAWO to review the last year of MAWO’s antiwar, anti-occupation organizing, to report-back from the past month of our events and actions and to organize for our upcoming actions against war and occupation. The  meeting will start with 45 minutes of video clips covering news from around the world, focusing on imperialist threats and interventions as well as the resistance of oppressed people against war and occupation.  AND PETITION CAMPAIGN

((( 2 ))) MAWO YEAR END FILM & CULTURAL NIGHT!

Wrap up 2014 with an evening of documentary film, rhythms and rhymes against war and occupation! As the year draws to a close, we will sum up the last year of MAWO’s organizing as the leading antiwar, anti-occupation coalition in Canada. As we near 2015, we will reaffirm our commitment to continue educating, organizing and mobilizing with the demands of “No to War and Occupation! Yes to Self-Determination!”

The evening will also celebrate the birthday of Wikileaks Whistleblower Private Chelsea Manning! Chelsea Manning’s birthday is on December 17th, and she will be marking her 27th birthday, however she is forced to celebrate this day behind prison bars where she is serving out an unjust 35 year sentence. We celebrate Chelsea Manning as a soldier of humanity, who spoke out against US war crimes and is joined by supporters around the world fighting for justice and for her freedom!

SATURDAY December 13
7pm
Joe's Cafe (In large North Hall)
1150 Commercial Dr. At William St
Vancouver, BC

For poster click: http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/141213_MAWOCultural.pdf
Join the facebook event at: https://www.facebook.com/events/793944610646960/ 

((( 3 ))) MAWO STATEMENT

NO TO ANOTHER U.S. WAR IN IRAQ!
CANADA HANDS OFF IRAQ AND SYRIA!
NO TO ALL FORMS OF TERRORISM!

Statement from Mobilization Against War & Occupation - MAWO
October 24, 2014

Since the beginning of June 2014, the open wounds of Iraq caused by sanctions, wars and occupations have grown deeper. This is when the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS, also known as ISIL) began an onslaught against Iraq, establishing control of important border crossings, cities and territories in Iraq through terrorist actions directed against Iraqi civilians. As of June 29, ISIS had taken control of Iraq's second largest city, Mosul, and declared a “Caliphate” state in the areas under their control in Northern Iraq in opposition to the Iraqi state. Fighting between ISIS and the Iraqi military forces continues, imposing more violence and destruction on the people of Iraq who are already facing the daily reality of a country devastated by over 11 years of U.S.-led war and occupation.

Continue reading at: http://www.mawovancouver.org/articles/statements/141024-mawo-iraq-statement.html 

((( 4 ))) MAWO NEWSLETTER #51

Click to see MAWO’s #51 Newsletter:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/newsletters/newsletter51.pdf  

((( 5 ))) UPCOMING EVENTS ENDORSED AND SUPPORTED BY MAWO

I >> 109th Monthly Protest Action to Free All Cuban 5 Held in U.S. Jails!

FRIDAY December 5

Bicycle Ride for the Cuban 5!
3:00pm
Meet at the Vancouver Art Gallery (Robson St. side)
Downtown Vancouver, BC

Picket Action:
4:00pm
U.S. Consulate
1075 W. Pender St. @ Thurlow St.
Downtown Vancouver, BC

For facebook event click: https://www.facebook.com/events/1537598546483862/ 
See the poster at: http://www.freethe5vancouver.ca/posters/2014/141205_Cuban5_Picket.pdf 
Organized by Free the Cuban 5 Committee – Vancouver
http://www.freethe5vancouver.ca 

II >> Fire This Time - Free Public Forum
Part of the Fire This Time Forum Series
 
“Climate Change, the Environment and Capitalism! What's at Stake?”
FRIDAY December 5
7:00pm
Joe's Cafe - 1150 Commercial Drive @ William Street (in the Large North Hall)

Speakers:
* Brad Hornick, Climate Convergence Vancouver and System Change Not Climate Change organizer
* Thomas Davies, Editorial Board member of Fire This Time Newspaper 
Forum will also include multimedia and discussion.

For facebook event click: https://www.facebook.com/events/1562058954030109/ 
For poster click: http://www.firethistime.net/posters/2014/141205_ftt_climate_change.pdf 
Organized by Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice (FTT)
www.firethistime.net 

III >> On the Occasion of International HUMAN RIGHTS Day! 

WEDNESDAY December 10

VANCOUVER:
7pm
Joe’s Cafe
1150 Commercial Dr.
Co-organized by:
Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver
Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC)

TORONTO:
6:30pm
Beit Zatoun Cultural Centre
612 Markham St. (@Bathurst Subway)
Organized by: Toronto Forum on Cuba 

~ Why is the U.S. government denying the freedom and human rights of the 5 innocent Cuban political prisoners?
~ Why has the U.S. government upheld the illegal & immoral blockade against Cuba for more than 5 decades?

For facebook event click: https://www.facebook.com/events/389355181233965/ 
For poster click: http://www.freethe5vancouver.ca/posters/2014/141210_HumanRightsDay.pdf 

IV >> New Year's Eve Party! CELEBRATE 56 YEARS OF THE CUBAN REVOLUTION!

WEDNESDAY December 31, 2014
8:00pm
Victoria Drive Community Hall
2026 East 43rd AVE
(at Victoria Dr.), Vancouver

Food, Drinks, Live Music, DJ & Lots of Dancing!

Tickets. $20 pre-sale | $25 at the door
Infoline: 778-882-5223

For facebook event click: https://www.facebook.com/events/1561132424098431/ 
For poster click: http://www.vancubasolidarity.com/posters/2014-VCSC-NYE-poster.pdf
Organized by Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC)
http://www.vancubasolidarity.com 

V >> IMPORTANT EVENT - MARK YOUR CALENDAR
6th International Che Guevara Conference
"Cuba, A Socialist Project in Progress: What is at Stake?"

January 23 - 26, 2015
Vancouver and Kamloops, Canada

For poster click: http://www.vancubasolidarity.com/posters/2015-VCSC-CHECON6.pdf
Organized by Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC)
www.vancubasolidarity.com 

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