[antiwar-van] Int'l Day of Action: Resist Trump! Resist War! & MAWO Calendar of Upcoming Antiwar Actions!

[Kira Koshelanyk]

MOBILIZATION AGAINST WAR & OCCUPATION - MAWO

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
1 )) Monday January 16 ~ MAWO Antiwar Organizing Meeting
2 )) Friday January 20 ~ #J20Resist! Resist Trump! Resist War! Global Day of Action - Vancouver Rally
3 )) MAWO Newsletter #63
4 )) Upcoming Events Endorsed and Supported by MAWO
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((( 1 ))) MAWO ANTIWAR ORGANIZING MEETING

MONDAY January 16 
7pm 
Britannia Community Centre 
1661 Napier St. at Commercial Dr. 
Vancouver, Canada 

Join Mobilization Against War and Occupation (MAWO) for the first antiwar organizing meeting of 2017. The meeting will begin with video and multimedia clips to bring us up to date on imperialist wars and occupations around the world, and reflect the struggle of oppressed people against war and injustice. We will review recent MAWO antiwar actions and events, and plan for upcoming events against imperialist wars and occupations. 

((( 2 ))) #J20 RESIST! RESIST TRUMP! RESIST WAR!

GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION ON INAUGURATION DAY – VANCOUVER RALLY

FRIDAY January 20
4:00pm
Vancouver Art Gallery
Robson Street at Howe Street
Downtown Vancouver, BC

Resist Trump!
Resist War!
Resist Islamophobia!
Resist Racism!
Resist Sexism!
Resist All Oppression! 

On Friday, January 20, a new U.S. administration will be sworn in.

The new Trump administration enters office promising to:
- Boost U.S. military spending and the capacity to wage war;
- Escalate attacks on Latino, Muslim, and other immigrant and oppressed communities;
- Expand U.S. nuclear weapons capacity;
- Gut environmental regulations and grant impunity to corporate and military polluters;
- Increase state repression against Black, Indigenous and other oppressed nationalities; 
- Launch a wholesale attack on oppressed and working people in the U.S.

On Friday, January 20, in Washington DC, cities across the U.S. and the world, hundreds of thousands will take the streets to protest an agenda of war and racism. Join us in Vancouver!

See Vancouver poster: http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/170120-J20-MAWO-rally.pdf 
Join Vancouver Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1775423106115719/ 

Click here for more information on #J20Resist global actions http://www.j20resist.org

 ((( 3 ))) MAWO NEWSLETTER #63

Check out MAWO Newsletter #63 for statements, articles and more at:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/newsletters/newsletter63.pdf 

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

< 1 > REPEAL BILL C-51 – Vancouver Action
Hey Justin Trudeau, "REPEAL BILL C-51 NOW!"

98th Weekly Action
Picket Action and Petition Drive!

MONDAY January 16
4:30pm
Langara-49th Avenue Skytrain Station
(Cambie @ 49th Avenue) 
Vancouver, BC

Join the Facebook event: 
https://www.facebook.com/events/230937303982389/

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!

TUESDAY January 17
4PM
U.S. Consulate
1075 W. Pender
Downtown Vancouver, BC

For poster: http://vancubavsblockade.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/170117_FCAB_PICKET.jpg 
Join the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1805594116356259/

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!

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

< 3 > PUBLIC FORUM >> Fidel & the Cuban Revolution: How Far We Have Come 

* Multimedia * Speakers * Discussion *
SATURDAY January 21
7PM
Joe's Cafe 
1150 Commercial Drive at William Street
Vancouver, BC

For poster click: http://firethistime.net/posters/2017/170121-Fidel-Cuba-FTT-Forum.pdf 
Join the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/213205479141948/

Organized by Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice
http://firethistime.net/
infoftt at mail.com | @FTT_np


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