[antiwar-van] *SATURDAY* MAWO Antiwar Rally & Calendar of Upcoming Antiwar Events & Actions!

[Kira Koshelanyk]

MAWO Calendar of Upcoming Events & Actions!

MOBILIZATION AGAINST WAR AND OCCUPATION - MAWO

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
((( 1 ))) Saturday February 20 ~ MAWO Monthly Antiwar Anti-Occupation Rally & Petition Campaign
((( 2 ))) Tuesday February 23 ~ MAWO Antiwar Organizing Meeting
((( 3 ))) Tuesday March 15 ~ MAWO Public Forum – Turkey Out of Iraq and Syria!
((( 4 ))) Upcoming Events Endorsed and Supported by MAWO


((( 1  ))) MAWO MONTHLY ANTIWAR RALLY & PETITION CAMPAIGN

TURKEY OUT OF SYRIA AND IRAQ!
US/UK/CANADA/FRANCE/NATO: NO TO WAR ON SYRIA, IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN!
SAUDI ARABIA HANDS OFF YEMEN, SYRIA AND IRAQ!

SATURDAY February 20
2:00PM
Vancouver Art Gallery
Robson Street at Howe Street
Downtown Vancouver, BC

Join MAWO to organize against war & occupation!

Imperialists Stop Aiding ISIS/ISIL/Daesh!
No to Islamophobia!
Israel Hands Off Palestine! End the Occupation Now!
Open the Borders: Stop War and Occupation, Not Refugees!
Stop Saudi/US War on Yemen! Stop Bombing Yemen!
U.S. and All Imperialists Out of Afghanistan Now!
U.S./EU/NATO/Canada: Hands Off Ukraine!
U.S. Hands Off Venezuela!
End the Blockade of Cuba!
Lift All Sanctions Against Iran!
Free Private Manning, Soldier of Humanity!
No to U.S. Drones!
U.S. Hands Off North Africa and the Middle East!
No to War & Occupation! Yes to Self-Determination!
No to War & Occupation! No to Environmental Degradation! 
Money for Jobs, Housing, Healthcare and Education, Not For War and Occupation!
Self-Determination for Indigenous Nations and All Oppressed Nations!
Repeal Inhuman and Repressive Bill C-51!

Join the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1550249551951858/
See the poster here: http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/160220-MAWO-Rally.pdf

((( 2 ))) MAWO ORGANIZING MEETING

TUESDAY February 23
7:00PM
Britannia Community Center
1661 Napier St. at Commercial Dr.
Vancouver, Canada

Join MAWO’s antiwar & anti-occupation organizing meeting. The meeting will begin with 45 minutes of multimedia and video news updates about the new era of war and occupation and people’s resistance to wars and occupations around the world. We will be discussing the past actions and planning for upcoming events and actions against imperialist wars and occupations. 

((( 3 ))) MAWO PUBLIC FORUM

>> Turkey Out of Iraq and Syria!
Turkey's Destructive and Reactionary Role in the New Era of War and Occupation

TUESDAY March 15
7:00PM
Joe’s Café (In large North Hall)
1150 Commercial Dr. At William St
Vancouver, BC

*Speakers*Multimedia*Discussion*

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

< 1 > PICKET ACTION TO END THE U.S. BLOCKADE ON CUBA!

WEDNESDAY February 17
4:00PM
U.S. Consulate
1075 W. Pender
Downtown Vancouver

Join Friends of Cuba Against the U.S. Blockade – Vancouver for a monthly picket action to demand the U.S. end the cruel and illegal blockade against Cuba and demand the return of Guantanamo military base to Cuba!

See the poster here: 
http://vancubavsblockade.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/160217FCABPicket_Poster.jpg

Organized by Friends of Cuba Against the U.S. Blockade (FCAB – Vancouver)
http://www.vancubavsblockade.org/ 
NoBloqueoVancouver at gmail.com |@NoBloqueoVan

< 2 > WORKSHOP “AN INSIGHT INTO VENEZUELAN GEOPOLITICS” 

FRIDAY February 19
7:00PM
Dogwood Centre for Socialist Education
(706 Clark Drive)
 Vancouver BC, unceded Coast-Salish Territory
*Free Admission

For more info and to join the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1543894585902997/

Organized by the Hugo Chavez People’s Defense Front – South West chapter

< 3 > REPEAL BILL C-51 - UPCOMING VANCOUVER ACTIONS!

- 1- 50th Weekly Picket Action & Petition Drive!

MONDAY February 22
4pm
Waterfront Skytrain Station
(W. Cordova St @ Seymour St.)
Vancouver, BC

- 2 - REPEAL BILL C-51 VANCOUVER CONFERENCE

SUNDAY February 28
12:30-4:30PM
SFU Harbour Centre – Room 2270
515 Hastings (between Richards St. & Seymour St.)
Downtown Vancouver, BC

- 3 - 51st Weekly Action! Rally & Petitioning! 

MONDAY February 29
4:00PM
Broadway – City Hall Skytrain Station
(Broadway @ Cambie St.)
Vancouver, BC

For poster of Vancouver actions: https://www.facebook.com/RepealBillC51/photos/a.1577217079162113.1073741828.1577144725836015/1675218422695311/?type=3&theater

Organized by the Working Group to Stop Bill C-51
http://www.repealbillc51.org | @StopBillC51

< 4 > BLACK HISTORY MONTH – FIRE THIS TIME PUBLIC FORUM

>> From Malcolm X and Martin Luther King to Thomas Sankara and Patrice Lumumba:  African and Afro-American Leadership and the Struggle Against Colonialism and Capitalism Today

FRIDAY February 26
7:00PM
Joe’s Café (In large North Hall)
1150 Commercial Dr. At William St
Vancouver, BC

* Speakers*Multimedia*Discussion*

Organized by:
Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice (FTT)
http://www.firethistime.net | @ftt_np

< 5 > INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2016

>> Celebrating the Revolutionary Women of Cuba & Venezuela! 

WEDNESDAY March 9
 6:30PM
Roundhouse Community Centre
 (181 Roundhouse Mews @ Davie & Pacific)
Downtown Vancouver

To view the event poster: http://www.vancubasolidarity.com/posters/160308-IWD-EVENT.pdf
To join the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/660349204105946/

Organized by Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC)
http://www.vancubasolidarity.com | @vancuba_vcsc



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