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Greetings Friends!  In this email you will find anti-war news and local
news events. If you have any questions or suggestions please remember that
you can contact us at stopwar at resist.ca
  *****Please join Stopwar.ca at
our monthly meeting next WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 5:30 PM AT THE MARITIME LABOUR
CENTER, corner Victoria Drive and Triumph St, four blocks north of
Hastings.    Our meeting will be opened by an educational presentation from
Hanna Kawas of the Palestine solidarity movement in Vancouver. He will
speak on the critical situation in Palestine, including Gaza, and talk on
Canadian government support for Israeli Apartheid and its war crimes and
events and activities in March during Israel Apartheid Week. In addition,
we will debrief StopWar's successes during the Olympics, and initiate the
ground work for an anti-war day of action May 29, 2010.
  
****************************  1. ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK: Canada's Role in
Palestine. Hosted by : SPHR at UBC 
Monday March 1st to Friday March 5th. 
2. THIRD ANNUAL SOCIAL JUSTICE FILM FESTIVAL
TRINITY UNITED
CHURCH
SHAUGHNESSY AT PRAIRIE, PORT COQUITLAM
MARCH 12, 13, 2010       3.
Outlook: Canada's Progressive Jewish Magazine
Annual Vancouver Outlook
Lasagna Supper
Sunday, March 21, 2010, 6 PM
Ben Chud Auditorium, Peretz
Centre, 6184 Ash St., Vancouver, BC
 
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 1.  ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK: CANADA'S ROLE IN PALESTINE.

SPHR at UBC is
proud to present its second Israeli Apartheid Week from Monday March 1st to
Friday March 5th. This year, IAW is going to focus on the role of Canada's
successive governments played in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict since
1947. IAW will also focus on the growing international boycott, divestment
and sanctions (BDS) campaign against the Israeli Apartheid regime. Israeli
Apartheid Week 2010 at UBC will feature:  SPEAKER TRAINING WORKSHOP BY ANNA
BALTZER: RSVP @  
 DATE: Monday, March 1, 2010 TIME: 5:00pm - 8:00pm
LOCATION: ANGU 295 @ UBC 2053 MAIN MALL V6T 1Z2 Vancouver, BC 
 FACEBOOK
EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=318319437230 [1] 
 Workshop
with Veteran Speaker Anna Baltzer: Educating Your Community About
Palestine! 
 Have you been to Palestine but never quite figured out how to
use your experience to affect real change? Do you know a lot about the
conflict but aren't sure what to do with what you know to bring a real
change? Or do you feel frustrated and ill-prepared when confronted with
opposition and difficult questions?
 Please note: SPACE IS LIMITED, and we
will be cutting off registration once we reach capacity. If you are
interested in attending, you MUST RSVP by filling out the following form:
http://tiny.cc/annabaltzer [2] 
 Please feel free to email
sphr.ubc at gmail.com [3] for more information and details on the event. 


TUESDAY MARCH 2 - 6:00 PM IN WOOD 6: "PALESTINE: WHAT AREN'T WE HEARING
"> hosting American activist ANNA BALTZER, who appeared on the Daily Show
this fall, with Palestinian academic and writer ALI ABU NIMAH.

Ali will
review the current situation in Palestine-Israel, in particular attention
to the blockade of Gaza, creeping apartheid in the West Bank and Israel the
failure of the peace process to produce a two-state solution, and future
prospects for a just peace based on full equality for Palestinians and
Israeli Jews.

Ali Abunimah is author of "One Country: A Bold Proposal to
End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse" and has contributed to numerous other
volumes and written hundreds of articles on the question of Palestine. He
was a 2008-2009 Palestine Center Fellow. He is co-founder of The Electronic
Intifada, an award-winning online publication about Palestine and the
Palestine-Israeli conflict.

Anna Baltzer is an American Columbia graduate,
former-Fulbright scholar, the granddaughter of Holocaust refugees, and an
award-winning lecturer, author, and activist for Palestinian rights. As a
volunteer with the International Women's Peace Service in the West Bank,
Baltzer documented human rights abuses and supported Palestinian-led
nonviolent resistance to the Occupation. Baltzer has appeared on television
more than 100 times (including most recently The Daily Show with Jon
Stewart, where she appeared alongside Palestinian presidential candidate
and nonviolence leader Dr. Mustafa Barghouti) and lectured at more than 400
universities, schools, churches, mosques, and synagogues around the world
with her acclaimed presentation, "Life in Occupied Palestine: Eyewitness
Stories & Photos," and her full-color book: Witness in Palestine: A Jewish
American Woman in the Occupied Territories. In 2009, Baltzer received the
Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee's prestigious Annual Rachel
Corrie Peace & Justice Award and a Certificate of Commendation from the
Governor of Wisconsin for her commitment to justice in the Holy Land. She
is a contributor to four upcoming books on the subject and serves on the
Middle East committee of the Women's International League for Peace
">www.AnnaInTheMiddleEast.com [4]

Anna will give a presentation about the
Occupation (checkpoints, settlements, the Wall, etc), the Nakba,
censorship, Israeli activism, and Ways to Get Involved. Her book on the
situation on the occupied Palestinian territory is excellent and it
accurately captures the essence of the Israeli occupation. Her experience
in Palestine is very valuable and important to learn, understand and
reflect upon.

Anna will be selling books and Palestinian embroidery at the
event. :)

Admission by donations: suggested donation between $10 - $20
sliding scale...

Please RSVP on the following link: http://tiny.cc/sphrubc
[5]

THURSDAY MARCH 4 -5:30PM IN ANGU 295: "CHRONICLES OF A REFUGEE,"
American co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), ADAM
SHAPIRO.

Stay tuned for updates on more IAW events!

Thanks for your
support

In Solidarity,

SPHR UBC

sphr.ubc at gmail.com [6]

www.sphr.org 
[7]

778-997-6548
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2.  THIRD ANNUAL SOCIAL JUSTICE FILM FESTIVAL

TRINITY UNITED
CHURCH

SHAUGHNESSY AT PRAIRIE

PORT COQUITLAM

MARCH 12, 13, 2010

 Friday
Evening 7:00 p.m. March 12

�The Lemon Tree� - This film embraces the very
essence of life in Israel and Palestine. It is based on a true story. The
Israeli Minister of Defense moves into a home directly facing the lemon
orchard of an Arab woman. A smile develops between his wife and the Arab
neighbour, and it is that smile that brings hope to the thousands of
Israelis and Palestinians seeking a true and lasting peace. Panel
discussion afterwards.

Saturday, March 13 10:00 a.m.

�Rethinking
Afghanistan� - Absolutely powerful presentation that will make you rethink
many aspects of this war--including the civilian casualties, staggering
economic cost, danger of a destabilized Pakistan and the question of the
assumption that life will be improved for Afghan women.

�TAXI TO THE DARK
SIDE� - this documentary carefully makes the case that U.S. officials are
implicitly encouraging torture, often of innocent prisoners. This film
likes the situation we have today in Canada of accusations that Canadians
are complicit in the same thing.

1:00 p.m.

�Playing for Change� - Peace
through music. How the power of music can unite us all. An uplifting film
telling how the �Playing for Change� movement is influencing people with
music. It is a remarkable example of the simple transformation power of
music to touch something in each of us.

�NOT A GAME� - this film, produced
by Vancouver�s Odd Squad is an educational tool on the dangers of crystal
meth, and sends an appropriate message for our most vulnerable and valuable
resource, our children. 

�CONNECTING THE DROPS� - This tells the story of
the recent KAIROS ecumenical delegation to the Alberta tar sands and the
effect of the tar sands on the environment and other implications.

�THE
SACRED BALANCE� - This film celebrates a new scientific world-view, an
inclusive vision of nature in which human beings are intimately connected
to all life processes on earth. David Suzuki narrates.

3:00
p.m.

�Belonging� - a film narrated by Dustin Hoffman. Beyond the climate
change debate, dozens of undisputed economic and environmental issues
warrant our own immediate concern and action. Luckily SCIENCE and SPIRIT
now converge and they deliver a message of respect and common sense that we
can all apply to our daily lives.

�POOR NO MORE� - narrated by Mary Walsh,
TV star. This film offers solutions to Canada�s poor. The film takes
Canadians to a world where people do not have to beg, where housing is
affordable and where education is free. They take a journey to Ireland and
Sweden to see how those countries tackled poverty while strengthening their
economy. They ask if other countries can do this why can�t we?

FRIDAY
NIGHT -BY DONATION. ALL DAY SATURDAY $10.00 OR $2.00 FOR STUDENTS OR LOW
INCOME. $5.00 FOR HALF DAY  
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3.     OUTLOOK   

CANADA'S PROGRESSIVE JEWISH MAGAZINE 

___ANNUAL
__VANCOUVER__ __OUTLOOK__ LASAGNA SUPPER_ 

_SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 2010__, __6
PM_ 

_Ben Chud Auditorium, Peretz Centre, __6184 Ash St.__, __Vancouver__,
__BC_ 

__  

 _Outlook: __Canada__'s Progressive Jewish Magazine_ has been
publishing continuously since 1962. It offers a unique selection of
political and cultural features, reflecting its distinct Jewish humanist
view of the world. It upholds the values of peace, social justice and
democracy the world over.  

PROGRAM: 

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_For the intellect ...._


MARK ARNOLD, Toronto lawyer and Canadian Legal Counsel for the
Palestinian Village of Bil'in (West Bank), will speak on, "Litigating War
Crimes in Canada--the Case of Bil'in."  

_For the soul ..._


Argentinian-Canadian mezzo-soprano 

FABIANA KATZ accompanied by 


Stephen Smith 

_And for the palate ..._ 

Our usual delicious LASAGNA
SUPPER! 

Cover charge $20 per person 

Please indicate Meat or Vegetarian


Free underground parking. 

Reservations or information: (604) 324-5101;
cjoutlook at telus.net [8]  

Links:
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[1]
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=318319437230
[2]
http://tiny.cc/annabaltzer
[3] mailto:sphr.ubc at gmail.com
[4]
http://www.annainthemiddleeast.com/
[5] http://tiny.cc/sphrubc
[6]
mailto:sphr.ubc at gmail.com
[7] http://www.sphr.org%c2%a0/
[8]
mailto:cjoutlook at telus.net
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