[Stopwar-l] News & Events
StopWar
stopwar-l at lists.resist.ca
Wed May 12 07:43:20 PDT 2010
Greetings StopWar friends and supporters! Below is an updated list of
anti-war related events and news in and around the Vancouver area.
1.
Book Launch: The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book
by Gord Hill,
Kwakwaka'wakw
Friday May 14, 7PM
Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship
Centre
1607 E. Hastings
2. Vancouver Launch of the Dominion's Special
Issue on the G8/G20
Come for the Magazine, Stay for the Party
Friday May
14 2010
APC Space, 459 E Hastings
3. Grandview Park Block Party**
Saturday May 15th, Time 8:30pm
4. VANCOUVER COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION
NETWORK - CALL TO OPPOSE THE G8 UNIVERSITY SUMMIT **May 20-22 at the
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories
***
Events include:
* WE ATE THE G8 TEACH-IN - MAY 13
* WE ATE THE G8
PEOPLE'S SUMMIT - MAY 15
*THE PEOPLE'S STREET SUMMIT - MAY 21 5. Reclaiming
Rights: a DOXA film on Afghanistan, Saturday May 15, 1:30pm Pacific
Cinematheque, Vancouver. *Discussion to follow
6. Rally and March to Stop
Harper's War Now!
Saturday,May 29 , 1pm
Vancouver Art Gallery
7.
DUKOT film tour
Thursday, June 3, 2010 (6:30pm)
Friday, June 4, 2010
(6:30pm)
Saturday, June 5, 2010 (6:30 p.m.)
*see below for details.
8.
StopWar AGM
Saturday June 12th, 11am -4pm
Maritime Labour Centre,
Vancouver
Lunch is provided, and all are welcome!
9. War Resisters
Support Campaign - Update and appeal
10. Independent Jewish voices appeal
11. Local Independent Media Appeal
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1.
__ by Gord Hill
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2. VANCOUVER LAUNCH OF THE DOMINION'S SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE G8/G20 _Come
for the Magazine, Stay for the Party _
Friday May 14 2010 APC Space,
459 E Hastings
The Vancouver Media Co-op and Solidarity with
Anti-Olympics Convergence Arrestees invite you to join us for the launch of
the Dominion's G8/G20 issue. Launch with a couple speakers at 8pm, party
from 9 onwards! Come by for a minute, or stay for the evening... If you are
planning to head to Toronto for the summit, this could be a chance to
connect informally with others who are thinking of doing the same.
Organizer: vmc at mediacoop dot ca or 604 630 6864 _Please note, this
space is not wheelchair accessible. _
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/events/3321 [1]
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3.
**Grandview Park Block Party**
Saturday May 15th, Time
8:30pm
Dancing, Bike Polo and more! Let's take the streets!!
If you are
opposed to the "Friends of Grandview" plan of
gentrification we encourage
you to organize any kind of social event or project independently and/or
attend the Community Assembly to seek
collaboration!
http://defendgrandview.wordpress.com/ [2]
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4. [ please post widely ]
From May 20th to the 22nd Vancouver will be
host to the G8 University
Summit ahead of the G8/G20 meetings in Toronto
in late June. Local
organizers are coordinating a series of events on the
themes of education
and the G8 in the lead up to a march and mobilization
against the G8
University Summit on Friday May 21st.
1 >> Thurs. May
13th - We Ate the G8: Teach in (Panel on Education)
2 >> Sat. May 15th -
We Ate the G8: People's Summit (Day of Workshops)
3 >> Fri. May 21st - The
People's Street Summit (March ">WE ATE THE G8: TEACH-IN
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Thursday May 13th 7pm-9pm
Take Back UBC
Robson Square!
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Food, warm beverages,
childcare, and bus tickets will be available.
Students and Educators
share their experiences of resistance to the
corporate school system, and
explore alternative education models
Speakers:
>>> JANE BOUEY on the
impacts of recent funding cuts on public education
in Vancouver
>>>
ANDREA MORGAN on the (un)sustainable university: rethinking food, land
and
community
>>> DUSTIN RIVERS on teaching language and anti-colonial
education in
indigenous communities
>>> MYKA ABRAMSON on the G8 and G20,
the Olympics and the Future of Public
Education
>>> SUMAYYA KASSAMALI on
the G8 University Summit, UBC and the G8, and
global summit resistance
>>> ANTHONY MEZA-WILSON on emancipatory education: a vehicle for social
transformation.
Join the We Ate the G8 Teach In on Facebook
THE
PEOPLE'S STREET SUMMIT!
Bringing their Summit to the Ground!
Join us for
a rally in opposition to the G8 University Summit.
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Friday, May 21st
Vancouver Art Gallery
3PM: March
Canada Place 4PM
Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories
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Endorsed by:
Check Your
Head, City Wide Housing Coalition, Comuna of the Popular
Indigenous
Council of Oaxaca (CIPO), Delta/Richmond Chapter of The Council
of
Canadians, East Vancouver Abolitionists, Food Not Bombs,
GatewaySucks.org,
Justicia for Migrant Workers, No One Is Illegal
-Vancouver, No One is
Illegal-Toronto, Oil Sands Truth, Pink Resistance,
Purple Thistle Centre,
The Rational on Coop Radio, Simon Fraser Public
Interest Research Group,
Siraat Collective, Social Justice Centre - UBC,
Student Environment Centre
- UBC, Teaching Support Staff Union - SFU,
Toronto Community Mobilization
Network, VANACT, UBC Colour-Connected
Against Racism, Vancouver Seattle
Womyn's Action Network, Vancouver Status
for Women.
To endorse this
rally or for more information email van.mobilize at gmail.com [4]
website
http://vcmn.resist.ca [5]
From May 20th to the 22nd Vancouver will be
hosting the G8 University
Summit ahead of the G8 & G20 meetings in Ontario
this June. Like the G8 ">RECLAIMING RIGHTS: A DOXA FILM ON AFGHANISTAN,
Saturday May 15, 1:30pm Pacific Cinematheque, Vancouver. *Discussion to
follow
Filmmaker Brishkay Ahmed remembers attending a traditional
Afghan wedding ceremony, where two consenting souls committed their willing
desires with ink on paper. With their hands bound in henna and prayer, the
young couple then lit a flame of hope. Ahmed believes that the candle is
still burning and she turns her attention to present day Afghanistan, where
optimism is flickering and the desire for change is palpable.
_Reclaiming
Rights_ follows a team of sassy Afghan lawyers who navigate the chaotic
streets of Kabul and risk their own safety to defend their clients. Their
clients are women and girls in turquoise burqas. For these young women,
words like "Section 183 of the Constitution" or "Item Number 12 of the
Civil Rights" mean little. But from their lawyer's perspective, a window
has opened. The opportunity to reclaim lost legal rights through courage
and education has arrived. Sex, marriage, love and the law are explored as
the girls share their stories to seek freedom and justice. What is most
surprising is that news seems to travel at triple speed when it is spoken
in Farsi. One court victory leads to another and the women in the film
can't help but celebrate how far they've come already.
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6.
RALLY AND MARCH TO STOP HARPER'S WAR NOW!
Saturday,May 29 , 1pm
Vancouver Art Gallery
(North lawn, Howe ">REAL AID, NOT BOMBS!
The war
in Afghanistan has killed many thousands of Af-
ghan civilians, and over
140 Canadians. The total cost
to Canadian taxpayers is projected to reach
$22 billion.
Canada's annual military budget is over $18 billion, and
the
Harper government plans to pour $500 billion into the
military over the
next 20 years. At the same time, gov-
ernments across Canada are cutting
funds for education,
health care, and low-income housing. It's time to
bring the
troops home. Military spending must be redirected towards
genuine humanitarian aid for the people of Afghanistan,
and urgent social
priorities in Canada!
We're looking for your ideas and your participation,
as
we aim to make this a creative and vibrant show of pro-
test on May
29. To get involved, or for more information,
email stopwar at resist.ca
[6].
Organized by StopWar.ca
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7.
The Canada-Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights is a local
solidarity organization committed to the promotion and defense of human
rights in the Philippines. Together with Migrante B.C., BAYAN Canada, and
the Victoria- Philippines Solidarity Group, we are bringing to Vancouver,
for its premiere showing, the award-winning film DUKOT (DESAPARECIDOS)
during the first week of June 2010.
DUKOT is a winner of the 2010 _Gawad
Tanglaw_ Award for Best Story and Movie Screenplay. DUKOT is based on true
stories, with all incidents in it having actually happened. It had its
world premiere at the Montreal Film Festival where it earned positive
acclaim for its "great storytelling, thematic urgency, technical competence
and tour de force performance of lead actors."
DUKOT brings back the
political film genre, which was made popular by great Filipino directors
like Lino Brocka and Mike De Leon. Palanca awardee Bonifacio P. Ilagan, who
wrote the film directed by Joel C. Lamangan, says it "could very well be
the first full-length film to deal squarely with the current phenomenon of
human rights violations in the Philippines."
Vancouver will be the last
stop of the Canada-wide DUKOT film tour. It will have been shown in
Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa. In Vancouver, the film screenings
will be at:
UBC ROBSON SQUARE (Theatre)
800 Robson St., Vancouver, B.C.
Thursday, June 3, 2010 (6:30pm) and
Friday, June 4, 2010
(6:30pm)
Vancouver Public Library
ALMA VANDUSEN color: #444444;">
The
Canada tour of the DUKOT film aims to bring public awareness of the
political killings in the Philippines. Since 2001, over 200 cases of
enforced disappearances and more than 1,000 cases of extrajudicial killings
have been documented in the Philippines. The labour movement has lost many
of its leaders to this State-sponsored violence. Last November 2009, the
Philippines made headlines worldwide with the massacre of 57 people,
including 30 journalists, prior to the Maguindanao provincial election.
There is also the case of the Morong 43, doctors and community health
workers who were illegally arrested, detained, were tortured, and are still
languishing in a military camp. We wish to ensure atrocities like these no
longer continue. All funds raised from the screenings will go to support
the Philippine human rights alliance, Karapatan and the organization of the
families and relatives of the disappeared, Desaparecidos in the Philippines
as well as our educational and advocacy programs in British Columbia.
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8.
STOPWAR AGM
Saturday June 12th, 11am -4pm
Maritime Labour
Centre, Vancouver
Lunch is provided, and all are welcome!
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9.
War Resisters Support Campaign - Vancouver
Dear Friends and
Supporters:
We have exciting news! On May 25, Parliament will begin the
second reading of Bill C-440, in support of U.S. war resisters in Canada.
If passed, C-440 will give the weight of law to the two motions already
passed by the House of Commons in support of U.S. Iraq War resisters. The
bill will not be voted on in May, but a one-hour debate in the House of
Commons is an important step towards the eventual passage of the bill.
ON
MAY 25, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WAR RESISTERS SUPPORT CAMPAIGN WILL DELIVER
TO OTTAWA THOUSANDS OF SIGNED POSTCARDS AND PETITIONS THAT DEMONSTRATE THE
WIDE SUPPORT FOR WAR RESISTERS THROUGHOUT CANADA. If you have already
signed and distributed postcards, THANK YOU. If you have not, or if you can
get more signatures, there is still time. THE NEW DEADLINE FOR SIGNED
POSTCARDS TO BE IN OUR NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS IN TORONTO IS MAY 21.
** To
request more postcards, please email wrscnational at gmail.com [7]. Please
give us a paper mailing address and let us know how many cards you can
use.
WE HAVE SOME POSTCARDS ALREADY IN VANCOUVER - please email Bradley at
bhughes at fastmail.fm [8]
** Also, please remember to contact your M.P. to
ask her or him to support Bill C-440. You can do so through this link on
our website:
http://letthemstay.ca/action/email-your-mp/ [9]
Thank you
for your ongoing support of our efforts to make Canada a safe haven for
people of conscience who refused to participate in an illegal and immoral
war. U.S. Iraq War resisters still face deportation and the threat of jail
for doing the right thing. Please help us keep up the fight on their
behalf.
** To request postcards: wrscnational at gmail.com [10].
** To
send an e-mail to your M.P. here:
http://letthemstay.ca/action/email-your-mp/ [11]
** For more information
and updates on Bill C-440: http://www.letthemstay.ca/ [12]
** To donate:
http://letthemstay.ca/donate/ [13]
Organized by the War Resisters Support
Campaign:
http://www.resisters.ca/ [14]
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10.
Dear friends,
As our name declares we are independent Jewish
voices, and we hope that the proposed newspaper advertisement finds an
echoing voice in you. This is the first time that West Coast Jewish
Canadians have spoken out against the recent high-handed attempts of public
bodies to curtail our freedom of speech, specifically, our right to
criticize the actions of the State of Israel. And it is crucial to the
health of our community that Jews speak with more than one voice.
We need
your names to make our voices heard. So please reply to Terry Greenberg (
terrygreenberg at hotmail.com [15] ) indicating you would like to add your
name. We also need your money because ads are expensive. So please mail a
check made out to Independent Jewish Voices to
Sid Shniad
8965 130B
Street
Surrey, BC
V3V 7B5
If you are not Jewish, we would greatly
appreciate a donation. For those who can afford it, a $50.00 donation would
be very helpful. If not, please give what you can. We would also appreciate
your passing this appeal on to other Jewish friends and
acquaintances.
Terry Greenberg
Bob Rosen
Carl Rosenberg
Martha Roth
Marty
Roth
Sid Shniad
for Independent Jewish Voices-Vancouver
Text of ad:
THE
BULLYING MUST STOP
We are a group of Jewish Canadians concerned about
recent political developments. Supporters of Israel have taken to labeling
critics of Israel as anti-Semitic. We disagree. We oppose anti-Semitism,
and don't need any instruction on the subject from the Harper Government.
We refuse to remain silent about the attempt to shut down debate on Israel
that is occurring in this country.
Both here and abroad there is a wide
range of Jewish opinion on Israel. All Canadians - Jews and non-Jews alike
- have the right to criticize Israeli policies or defend the human rights
of Palestinians without fear of reprisal or of being smeared with the
slanderous charge of anti-Semitism.
Recently, we have witnessed a series
of governmental attacks on freedom of speech: The Canadian Parliamentary
Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism, which threatens to criminalize
legitimate criticism of Israel, and motions by various bodies (the Ontario
legislature, the Toronto District School Board, and the federal Parliament)
to ban the word "apartheid" in reference to Israel's occupation of
Palestinian peoples; attacks on groups that fund Palestinian causes (the
defunding of KAIROS, the threatened defunding of Toronto Pride, and the
subversion of Rights and Democracy); and attacks on freedom of association
(the denial of a visa to George Galloway).
The leadership of groups such
as the B'Nai Brith and the Canadian Jewish Congress has encouraged attempts
to prevent such criticism. These organizations do not speak in our name.
Canadians have the right to criticize the actions of their own or any
foreign government, including Israel. We refuse to be bullied into silence.
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_11. _
_"Whether it's the Alberta tar sands or our role in Haiti, _The
Dominion_ has the guts to look at Canada without the fairytales about our
national virtues that comfort and blind us. Our country is at a crucial
turning point and we need the brave writers at _The Dominion to tell us the
truth about where we are heading. Only readers like you can keep this
crucial voice alive and growing louder. Please, pitch in!"
- Naomi
Klein
Dear Dominion and Media Co-op supporters and contributors,
New
media has taken root in Canada, and we invite you to help it grow!
MAY IS
MEMBERSHIP MONTH [16] for the Dominion and Media Co-op, and we would like
you to celebrate with us! We have excellent prizes for new May members and
gifts for current sustainers! Read on!
At a time when the corporate media
monopolies are going broke, folding and downsizing, _The Dominion_ [17] and
Media Co-op [18] are growing. For seven years,_ The Dominion_ and Media
Co-op have been reporting on critical Canadian stories in a monthly print
publication and on the web. Our 2008 issue on the impact of the tar sands
[19] came before its discussion in the mainstream press, and our
on-the-ground 2010 Olympic Winter Games [20] reporting was recognized
internationally.
To those who have been a part of that growth, thank you
for your commitment and support! In celebration of Membership Month - and
to show our appreciation to our sustaining members - we will be mailing you
a surprise limited edition gift created by one of our talented
contributors.
TO THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET JOINED THE CO-OP, THIS MONTH WE
ARE ASKING YOU TO by becoming a sustaining member of the Dominion and
Media Co-op with a monthly pledge of $20.
IF YOU SIGN UP THIS MONTH, YOU
RECEIVE:
- a copy of Yves Engler's new book, _Building Apartheid_
- a fair
trade "Own Your Media" t-shirt
- three complementary community
subscriptions to_ The Dominion_ which will be sent to organizations or
individuals of your choice
- a surprise Membership Month gift
You will
also be entered in THIS WEEK'S DRAW to win a gift basket from Just Us! [21]
coffee roasters! The basket includes:
- a 12oz bag of Fair Trade Organic
Ethiopian Harar single-origin coffee
- a box of Fair Trade Organic Maritime
Breakfast tea
- a 100g bar of Fair Trade Organic Dark Chocolate
a 12oz Just
Us! Travel Mug
LAST YEAR DURING MEMBERSHIP MONTH, WE SIGNED UP OUR 100TH
SUSTAINER. HELP US REACH THIS YEAR'S GOAL OF DOUBLING OUR SUSTAINER BASE,
AND SIGNING UP OUR 200TH!
But why is your support so crucial? Because our
response to the media crisis is a different media model altogether.
Three
years ago, _The Dominion_ incorporated as a multi-stakeholder co-operative,
where editors, contributors and readers are members and accountable to each
other.
We have been working with people across Canada to build a network
of Media Co-op [22] Locals that provide consistent, critical coverage of
un(der)-reported stories. Today, Locals are up and running in Vancouver
[23], Toronto [24] and Halifax [25].
The seed of democratic media in
Canada has been planted, and it is time to reach the roots far and wide
across the country, and deep into local communities.
THE DOMINION DEPENDS
ON READERS - PEOPLE LIKE YOU - TO PAY FOR THE NEWS THEY READ.
Reader
membership to the Dominion and Media Co-op is critical. Readers, through
financial contributions, sustain the work of journalists and organizers by
becoming sustaining members of the Cooperative. And, if you live in
Vancouver, Toronto or Halifax, becoming a sustainer means you receive the
added bonus of knowing your funding directly supports local, grassroots
journalists and organizers in your city!
But readers are not just our ATM.
Readers participate. Members are kept abreast of the Co-op's operations,
and their concerns and questions are addressed directly; they vote on the
direction of the Co-op at the Annual General Meeting; they elect a
representative to the Board of Directors; and they are involved in steering
_The Dominion's _coverage through our online working groups.
Consider what
independent journalism is worth to you. Then, head here [26] to check out
options for sustaining critical, independent media in Canada.
If you are
not yet convinced, why not become a subscribing member and receive_ The
Dominion _on your doorstep - or in your inbox - each month? For $25, you
receive receive a year's worth [27] of independent, investigative
journalism.
Thank you for your time and attention, and happy
spring!
Sincerely,
The Editors
Links:
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[1]
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/events/3321
[2]
http://defendgrandview.wordpress.com/
[3]
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?profile=1&id=685250623#%21/event.php?eid=105429066167094&ref=mf
[4]
mailto:van.mobilize at gmail.com
[5] http://vcmn.resist.ca/
[6]
mailto:stopwar at resist.ca
[7] mailto:wrscnational at gmail.com
[8]
mailto:bhughes at fastmail.fm
[9]
http://letthemstay.ca/action/email-your-mp/
[10]
mailto:wrscnational at gmail.com
[11]
http://letthemstay.ca/action/email-your-mp/
[12]
http://www.letthemstay.ca/
[13] http://letthemstay.ca/donate/
[14]
http://www.resisters.ca/
[15] mailto:terrygreenberg at hotmail.com
[16]
http://www.mediacoop.ca/membershipmonth
[17]
http://www.dominionpaper.ca/
[18] http://www.mediacoop.ca/
[19]
http://www.dominionpaper.ca/tarsands
[20] http://2010.mediacoop.ca/
[21]
http://www.justuscoffee.com/
[22] http://www.mediacoop.ca/about
[23]
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/
[24] http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/
[25]
http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/
[26] http://mediacoop.ca/join/sustainer
[27]
http://www.mediacoop.ca/join/subscribe
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