[Stopwar-l] Gaza Boat fundraiser & Peace Forum Teach-In Nov. 12, 13-14

[StopWar]

Reminders:

Boat to Gaza Fundraiser and World Peace Forum Teach-In

Important events ongoing all the weekend - Nov. 12, 13-14

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Nov. 12 - Canadian Boat to Gaza fundraiser

This is your chance to concretely help the people of Gaza. Commemorate the
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinians by supporting this
people-to-people project.

Friday, November 12, 2010, 7 pm

Unitarian Church, 949 W. 49th (at Oak), Vancouver

Vancouver Premiere:

SEVEN DAYS FROM A GAZA DIARY -  A riveting personal account of the first
seven days of Israel’s 2008-09 military assault on Gaza, written by a
young woman living under the bombing. The first part of 27-year-old
Khulood Ghanem’s diary has been adapted for reading performance by Seattle
playwright Edward Mast.

Also: Victoria activist and Mavi Marmara survivor, Kevin Neish

Admission: $10 (limited income) and $15 (regular)

Sponsored by Canada Palestine Association www.cpavancouver.org  and Social
Justice Committee, Unitarian Church of Vancouver Contact
email:info at cpavancouver.org

Info:
http://canadaboatgaza.org/cms/sites/cbg/en/events/view/10-11-12/FUNDRAISER_FOR_THE_CANADIAN_BOAT_TO_GAZA.aspx


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Nov. 13-14: The 3rd annual World Peace Forum Teach In.

Langara College

Featuring Amir Khadir, Paul Buhle, Kevin Neish, Manuel Yepe and many more.
Please see full program details here: http://peaceforumteachin.org

The decade and a half between the end of World War II and the 1960’s is
full of lessons that resonate strongly in the world we live in today.
While it is regarded by some as a period of grey and repressive reaction,
where any nails that stood out were hammered down, it was far from that.
Revolutions rocked the colonial world and shook the old order from China
to Algeria, Egypt to Cuba. Cultural rebellions—rock and roll, folk music
and the beat generation; feminism and the beginning of the ecology
movement—changed what we read, thought and heard. The ‘Quiet Revolution’
transformed Quebec and Canada.

>From the first cracks in the ‘socialist’ world to the unprecedented boom
in the capitalist, the fifties was a time rich in struggles that shaped
the world we live in. Both the victories and defeats of movements against
war and oppression and for a socially just and sustainable world have much
to teach us. Join us to learn, think, discuss, and act!

Details are at www.peaceforumteachin.org