[antiwar-van] *TODAY* MAWO Monthly Antiwar Anti-Occupation Rally & Petition Campaign

[Kira Koshelanyk]

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Mobilization Against
War & Occupation (MAWO)
Monthly Antiwar
Anti-Occupation Rally & Petition Campaign





SATURDAY February 21
1pm
Vancouver Art

Gallery
Robson Street at
Hornby Street
Downtown Vancouver,
Canada





For almost four
years the US government has been fomenting a civil war in Syria, with
the aim of overthrowing the Syrian government and of bringing yet
another independent country under the dominance of US imperialism.
The US has pumped Syria full of mercenary troops to fight against the
Syrian government with arms, training and funding through its
regional allies like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan and Turkey. Not only
has this created chaos in Syria, but the US arming and funding of
mercenaries included ISIS and gave rise to the group in Syria and now
Iraq. 






With the new excuse
of the growing enemy of ISIS, which the US themselves helped create,
they are now trying to justify
a new war and a large scale military escalation in Syria. On
Thursday, February 19th news broke that the US government
has a new plan to train so-called Syrian rebels in Turkey and Jordan,
with at least 5000 fighters trained a year for the next three years.
While the US government claims that these fighters are for combating
ISIS, it is clear that this is the part of the escalating US war
drive against Syria.





While calling for an
end to imperialist war and occupation abroad, the protest will
also be demanding
an end to the growing campaign of Islamophobia that
is being pushed and promoted, especially by imperialist governments
in North America and Europe. The most recent consequence
of this is the tragedy
of the three young Muslim students who were shot to death in Chapel
Hill, North Carolina on February 10th.
 This
has sparked protests and vigils around the world, including locally
in Surrey and Vancouver.





While Islamophobia
is a part of justifying and promoting imperialist wars abroad, it is
also used as an excuse to roll back civil liberties and silence the
dissent of all poor and working people at home. Under the guise of
“fighting terrorism”, the Canadian government is now pushing
forward Bill C-51 which, if passed, would grant hugely increased
powers to government institutions to spy on and imprison people for
the purposely vague and undefined crimes of “advocating” and
“promoting” terrorism. 






Peace and freedom
loving people around the world must unite to expose and oppose this
new era of war and occupation both at home and abroad!





Join MAWO to demand:
U.S. & CANADA
HANDS OFF SYRIA!
U.S./FRANCE/CANADA &
ALL IMPERIALISTS HANDS OFF IRAQ!
NO TO NEW U.S. WAR
ON IRAQ!
NO TO ISLAMOPHOBIA!
SCRAP BILL C-51!
END THE BLOCKADE OF
GAZA!
SELF-DETERMINATION
FOR PALESTINE!
END THE BLOCKADE OF
CUBA!
U.S./EU/NATO/CANADA:
HANDS OFF UKRAINE!
U.S. HANDS OFF
VENEZUELA!
LIFT ALL SANCTIONS
AGAINST IRAN!
FREE PRIVATE
MANNING, SOLDIER OF HUMANITY!
NO TO U.S. DRONES!
U.S. AND ALL
IMPERIALISTS OUT OF AFGHANISTAN NOW!
HANDS OFF NORTH
AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST!
SELF-DETERMINATION

FOR INDIGENOUS NATIONS AND ALL OPPRESSED NATIONS!
MONEY FOR JOBS,
HOUSING, HEALTHCARE AND EDUCATION, NOT FOR WAR AND OCCUPATION!
NO TO WAR AND
OCCUPATION! YES TO SELF-DETERMINATION!





For poster click:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/150221_MAWO_Rally.pdf
 

Join the facebook
event at: https://www.facebook.com/events/402836569894404
 











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