[Stopwar-l] Malalai Joya and more
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Mon Nov 23 00:15:47 PST 2009
In this email:
1. Malalai Joya Book Launch A Huge Success!!
2.
Important message about the StopWar mailing lists.
3. International Day
of Solidarity with the Palestinian People: Women Speak out on Palestine and
Gaza, November 27th
4. War Resister Support Campaign update and call for
letters
1.
MALALAI JOYA BOOK LAUNCH A HUGE SUCCESS!!
Dear
Friends:
StopWar.ca is very pleased to report that the North American
launch of "A Women Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who
Dared to Raise Her Voice" last Saturday, November 14th, was an overwhelming
success.
Malalai Joya addressed a capacity crowd of approximately 1,000
people at St. Andrew's Wesley Church, where she was greeted by a standing
ovation from an appreciative audience, who were clearly engaged by her
message, and moved by her passion and commitment to create a better future
for the people of her long-suffering nation.
With the generous donations
of those in attendance, we were able to raise over $3,500 towards Malalai's
humanitarian projects in Afghanistan. We would also like to acknowledge the
financial support of our friends in the labour community: Vancouver as
well as our friends at Colour Connected UBC.
We are also very grateful to
all of our supporters and endorsers who helped us get the word out by
publishing the event in their newsletters and on websites, sending out our
announcements via their e-mail contacts, and displaying posters and
leaflets at their places of business. Your assistance has been invaluable,
and we are truly moved by the outstanding level of support that was so key
to making this such an inspiring evening of solidarity with the people of
Afghanistan.
Once again, thank you all for your support. We are
encouraged, inspired, and invigorated to continue the campaign to bring our
troops home, to end the occupation, and to find meaningful ways to support
the true aspirations of our brothers and sisters in Afghanistan for peace,
justice, and self-determination.
In Peace and Solidarity,
Marla Renn and
Megan Schlase
co-chairs, StopWar.ca
To hear Malalai Joya's speech in
Vancouver visit Radio 4 All at
http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/37338 [1]
To hear Malalai Joya
on CBC vist http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/ [2]2009/200911/20091119.html [3]
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.
AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE REGARDING STOPWAR EMAIL LISTS.
You are
receiving this message because you are already a member of StopWar's
general mailing list. This is a low traffic site (3-4 emails/month on
average) for StopWar related news
and announcements. We now have another
list, StopWar delegates. This list will be higher traffic (4-6 email/month)
but will keep you in touch with the StopWar general and sub-committee
meetings, news links, and more regular updates on anti-war/peace related
organizing events. If you would like to be part of this list then please
send an email to stopwar at resist.ca [4] and request to be added to the
StopWar delegates list.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3.
Please post widely
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE
PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
WOMEN SPEAK OUT ON PALESTINE AND GAZA!!
Guest Speaker:
Ms. Huwaida Arraf
Also speaking: MP Libby Davies and Dr. Sunera
Thobani
Friday, Nov. 27 - 7 pm
SFU Harbour Centre, Room 1900
515 W.
Hastings, Vancouver
Leading Palestinian-American activist Huwaida Arraf
will be coming to Vancouver on November 27th to help us mark the
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinians. Huwaida is a
cofounder of the International Solidarity Movement and Chairperson of the
Free Gaza movement that was the first to the break the horrific siege on
Gaza by boat.
Admission by donation: suggested donation $5-10
ALL PROCEEDS
FROM THE MEETING WILL GO TO THE FREE GAZA MOVEMENT.
Organized by:
Canada
Palestine Association
www.cpavancouver.org [5]
Co-sponsors: Solidarity
for Palestinian Human Rights SPHR-UBC www.sphr.org [6]
Jews for a Just
Peace/Independent Jewish Voices www.jewsforajustpeace.com [7]
Check out
our facebook event at:
[8] [9]
[10]http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=163949472430">
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. WAR RESISTERS SUPPORT CAMPAIGN - VANCOUVER
--- Please see
the appended article from today's Toronto Star. ---
Dear friends,
This
is a great victory for supporters of war resisters across Canada. Let's
make sure Stephen Harper and Jason Kenney hear about this Federal Court
victory, and know what Canadians think. Other resisters still face imminent
deportation to jail for saying no to the Iraq War!
Please send a LETTER
TO THE EDITOR to Canwest papers covering the story, in support of Skyler
James and all U.S. Iraq War resisters living in Canada:
The Vancouver Sun
< sunletters at vancouversun.com [12] >
Montreal Gazette <
letters at thegazette.canwest.com [13] >
Ottawa Citizen <
letters at thecitizen.canwest.com [14] >
Or find your local paper contact
here:
http://www.canadians.org/wordwarriors/contacts.html [15]
EVERY
SINGLE LETTER MAKES A DIFFERENCE!
- 200 words or less
- make it personal
- include name, address and daytime phone number to confirm authorship
Solidarity and Peace,
War Resisters Support Campaign (www.resisters.ca
[16])
Links:
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[1]
http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/37338
[2]
http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2009/200911/20091119.html
[3]
http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2009/200911/20091119.html
[4]
https://mce_host/stopwar@resist.ca
[5] http://www.cpavancouver.org/
[6]
http://www.sphr.org/
[7] http://www.jewsforajustpeace.com/
[8]
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=163949472430&ref=ts
[9]
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=163949472430&ref=ts
[10]
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=163949472430&ref=ts
[11]
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=163949472430&ref=ts
[12]
mailto:sunletters at vancouversun.com
[13]
mailto:letters at thegazette.canwest.com
[14]
mailto:letters at thecitizen.canwest.com
[15]
http://www.canadians.org/wordwarriors/contacts.html
[16]
http://www.resisters.ca/
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