[mobglob-discuss] Fw: Oct. 12 special event with Malalai Joya, Kevin Neish and more...

[Paul Browning]

From: Derrick O'Keefe 
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 12:50 AM
To: Derrick 
Subject: Oct. 12 special event with Malalai Joya, Kevin Neish and more...

*Please forward widely* 


Real Aid, True Solidarity:
Anti-War Benefit Evening for Afghanistan and Palestine 

Featuring Malalai Joya

Tuesday, Oct. 12
7pm (Doors at 6:30pm)
at W2 Storyeum 
151 W. Cordova (Between Cambie and Abbott). Five minute walk from Waterfront Skytrain St, accessible by transit. 


Tickets: $10-$20 sliding scale, at People's Coop Books, 1391 Commercial Dr. There will also be some tickets available at the door. 

Main program will also feature: 
- Solidarity Notes Labour Choir
- MC: Author Charles Demers 
- Music by Joaquin Ernesto 
- Amal Rana on 'Af-Pak' war and flood disaster in Pakistan
- Gaza flotilla activist Kevin Neish... and more

Followed by a special W2 After Party with Live Afghan music and songs by Majid Qiyam, cash bar - 9pm until late

"Today the soil of Afghanistan is full of land mines, bullets, and bombs -- when what we really need is an invasion of hospitals, clinics, and schools for boys and girls." - Malalai Joya


Information

Malalai Joya was the youngest woman elected to Afghanistan’s parliament in 2005, but was expelled from her position and has faced five assassination attempts because of her opposition to the warlords in the Karzai regime and her fearless advocacy of women’s rights. She has emerged as one of the most prominent voices against NATO’s war, with TIME magazine recently naming her as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. 

With the Canadian government threatening to extend Canada’s support of the occupation of Afghanistan beyond 2011, this special evening is an important chance to hear directly from an Afghan women’s leader about the war.

In addition, your contributions will go towards bringing genuine aid to the people directly affected by Canadian foreign policy in both Afghanistan and Palestine. Money raised will be go to support two very worthy causes:

-The Canadian Boat to Gaza, a civil society initiative to challenge the siege of Gaza and deliver urgently needed humanitarian aid. A cross-Canada effort is currently underway to raise funds to send a Canadian Boat as part of the next international flotilla organized by the Free Gaza Movement (See http://canadaboatgaza.org/)

-Malalai Joya’s Defense Committee, which provides much needed financial support to Hamoon Clinic, a free medical facility in Farah Province, and which works to support other grassroots health and education projects throughout Afghanistan. (See http://www.malalaijoya.com/dcmj/donate-to-joya.html)

Organized by StopWar.ca. For more information, email stopwar at resist.ca. 

Sponsored by W2 Storyeum (http://www.creativetechnology.org/)

Media Sponsor: rabble.ca












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