[antiwar-van] *FRIDAY Mar.18* MAWO Antiwar Day of Action – Rally & Forum & Calendar of Upcoming Antiwar Events & Actions!

[Kira Koshelanyk]

MAWO Calendar of Upcoming Events & Actions!

MOBILIZATION AGAINST WAR AND OCCUPATION - MAWO

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
 ((( 1 ))) 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”
((( 2 ))) Tuesday March 22 ~ MAWO Antiwar Organizing Meeting
((( 3 ))) MAWO Newsletter #57
((( 4 ))) Upcoming Events Endorsed and Supported by MAWO


(((1 ))) TWO ANTIWAR  & ANTI-OCCUPATION ACTIONS!
>> Marking the 13 Years Since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq!

See the poster here: http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/160318-MAWO-Rally-Forum-Antiwar-Iraq.pdf
Join Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1519413995028600/

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

THE WORLD DEMANDS AN END TO WAR!
CANADA OUT OF IRAQ!
CANADA OUT OF AFGHANISTAN!
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!
U.S. Stop Bombing Libya! U.S. Hands Off Libya!
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*

Speakers:
> MAMDOH ASHIR – Iraqi-Canadian and Muslim community social justice organizer
> ALISON BODINE – Chair, Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO)
> AZZA ROJBI – North African social justice organizer from Tunisia and Executive member of Mobilization Against War and Occupation (MAWO)

Also featuring Live Music by:
> THOMAS P. RADCLIFFE - Legendary folk singer/songwriter from New Mexico, a Vietnam era U.S. War Resister and Conscientious Objector

((( 2 ))) MAWO ORGANIZING MEETING

TUESDAY March 22
7:00PM
Britannia Community Center
1661 Napier St. at Commercial Dr.
Vancouver, Canada

Join the Mobilization Against War and Occupation (MAWO) meeting to get involved in organizing against U.S.-led wars and occupations around the world! During the meeting we will discuss past antiwar actions and events and plan for upcoming organizing into the Spring. The meeting will start with 45 minutes of videos and multimedia about wars and occupations.

((( 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 > REPEAL BILL C-51 – Vancouver Picket Action

53rd Weekly Action! Rally & Petitioning!

MONDAY March 14
4:00PM
Burrard Skytrain Station
Downtown Vancouver, BC

Join Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1652261361702017/

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

< 2 > 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

< 3 > End Canada’s Military Mission in Iraq – Vancouver Rally

SATURDAY March 19
2:00PM
Waterfront Skytrain Station
Downtown Vancouver, BC

Organized by StopWarCa

< 4 > CHE GUEVARA BRIGADE – INFO NIGHT & FUNDRAISER!

Join the Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade to Cuba!
Adventure, Volunteering & Fun!
Info Night & Fundraiser!

SATURDAY March 19
7pm
Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House
800 E Broadway, Vancouver

Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) invites you to join us for an info night and fundraiser for the 24th annual Ernesto Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade to Cuba! The evening will feature videos, photos, poems and stories from past Brigadistas, as well as a chance to win some fantastic Cuban prizes in a raffle draw and help to raise money for people joining the Brigade this year!

Join the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/903362336446349/

For the full 2016 Brigade program and information please visit: http://www.canadiannetworkoncuba.ca/brigade/2016Program.pdf

The Che Guevara Volunteer Brigade is a project of the Canadian Network on Cuba:
http://www.canadiannetworkoncuba.ca/brigade

For more information and to register please contact BC Coordinators:
Tamara Hansen 778-882-5223
Thomas Davies 778-889-7664
Or e-mail vancubasolidarity at gmail.com

Co-organized by: Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) and Friends of Cuba Against the U.S. Blockade – Vancouver (FCAB-Vancouver)
(Members of the Canadian Network on Cuba-CNC)
Web: http://www.vancubasolidarity.com | http://vancubavsblockade.org/
Email: vancubasolidarity at gmail.com | NoBloqueoVancouver at gmail.com

< 5 > SOCIALIST CUBA TODAY: HOW FAR WE HAVE COME!
Celebrating One Decade of Fire This Time Newspaper!

With Special Guest Speakers:
>> MR. JULIO GARMENDIA PEÑA – His Excellency, the Cuban Ambassador to Canada
>> MRS. MIRALY GONZALEZ GONZALEZ – First Secretary of the Cuban Embassy in Canada
>> WILFREDO J. PEREZ BIANCO – Chief of Mission, First Consul General of the Venezuelan Consulate in Vancouver
>> GARRY OWENS – A long time social justice and Cuba solidarity organizer in the U.S. and organizer with the Black Panthers and Black power movement in the 1960’s and 70’s

SATURDAY April 2
7:00PM
Vancouver Public Library
350 West Georgia Street
Downtown Vancouver, BC

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


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