[antiwar-van] *TUESDAY* Feb. 23 MAWO Organizing Meeting & Calendar of Upcoming Antiwar Events & Actions!

[Kira Koshelanyk]

MAWO Calendar of Upcoming Events & Actions!

MOBILIZATION AGAINST WAR AND OCCUPATION - MAWO

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
((( 1 ))) Tuesday February 23 ~ MAWO Antiwar Organizing Meeting
((( 2 ))) Friday March 18 ~ 2 Antiwar & Anti-Occupation Actions Marking 13 Years Since Invasion of Iraq!
>> MAWO Monthly Antiwar Anti-Occupation Rally & Petition Campaign
>> MAWO Public Forum – “Building an Antiwar Movement in Canada”
((( 3 ))) MAWO Newsletter #57
((( 4 ))) Upcoming Events Endorsed and Supported by MAWO


((( 1 ))) 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, including events marking the 13th anniversary of the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. 

((( 2 ))) TWO ANTIWAR  & ANTI-OCCUPATION ACTIONS 
>> Marking the 13th Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq! 

See the poster here: http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/160318-MAWO-Rally-Forum-Antiwar-Iraq.pdf

>>> MAWO Monthly Antiwar Rally & Petition Campaign! <<<

THE WORLD DEMANDS AN END TO WAR!
U.S. STOP BOMBING LIBYA! U.S. HANDS OFF LIBYA!
SAUDI ARABIA HANDS OFF YEMEN, SYRIA AND IRAQ!
US/UK/CANADA/FRANCE/NATO: NO TO WAR ON SYRIA, IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN!
TURKEY OUT OF SYRIA AND IRAQ!

FRIDAY March 18
4:00PM
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!

ALSO ON FRIDAY, MARCH 18:

>>>  MAWO Public forum  <<<

BUILDING AN ANTIWAR MOVEMENT IN CANADA

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

*Speakers*Multimedia*Discussion*

((( 3 ))) MAWO NEWSLETTER #57

Check out MAWO Newsletter #57 for statements, articles and more at:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/newsletters/newsletter57.pdf

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

< 1 > BLACK HISTORY MONTH – FIRE THIS TIME PUBLIC FORUM

>> The African Liberation Movement, Black Lives Matter, Police Brutality, Racism, Black Nationalism, Self-Determination, the Civil Rights Movement: A revolutionary Perspective! 

MALCOLM X, MARTIN LUTHER KING, THOMAS SANKARA, PATRICE LUMUMBA. MAURICE BISHOP, BLACK PANTHERS:  Black Leadership Fighting Against Imperialism and Capitalism

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

* Speakers*Multimedia*Discussion*

Featuring speakers: 
>> Garry Owens, member of the Black Panther Party from 1968-1972. A long time social justice organizer in the U.S., Garry grew up in Seattle and served in the military before joining the Black Panthers. Among other things, he handled the party’s speakers bureau. 
>> Azza Rojbi, North African social justice organizer from Tunisia and Executive member of Mobilization Against War and Occupation (MAWO) 

See the poster here: http://firethistime.net/posters/2016/160326-Black-History-Month.pdf

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


< 2 > REPEAL BILL C-51 - UPCOMING VANCOUVER ACTIONS!

-  1 - 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

More info & to join Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1574847472833348/

- 2 - 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


< 3 > 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


< 4 > VENEZUELA SOLIDARITY PICKET & INFO TABLING! 

In Venezuela the Struggle Continues!

FRIDAY March 11
> 4pm to 5pm ~ Picket Action at US Consulate (1075 West Pender at Thurlow Street)
> 5:30pm to 7pm ~ Info Tabling at the Vancouver Art Gallery (Robson at Howe Street)
Downtown Vancouver, Canada

See the poster here:
http://firethistime.net/posters/2016/160311-Venezuela-Events.pdf

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


< 5 > AN EVENING OF CUBA SOLIDARITY

SATURDAY March 12
7:00PM
Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Dr.
Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish territories

More info & to join on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1690399594581462/

*Free admission. Food and Drinks by donation. Other Donations are welcomed and will be greatly appreciated. All donations go towards helping send folks to the Che Guevara Work Brigade. 

Hosted By: Young Communist League-Vancouver


< 6 > PICKET ACTION TO END THE U.S. BLOCKADE ON CUBA!

THURSDAY March 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/index.php/2016/02/15/lift-the-blocakde-on-cuba-7th-monthly-protest-in-vancouver/

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



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