[Stopwar-l] Get your tickets now! Malalai Joya, Kevin Neish and more - Oct. 12

[StopWar]

Update: Gaza flotilla activist Kevin Neish will be joining us Oct. 12, one
week from today: Get your tickets now at People's Coop Bookstore, 1391
Commercial Drive

*Please forward widely*

Real Aid, True Solidarity

An Anti-War Benefit Evening for Afghanistan and Palestine

Featuring Malalai Joya

Tuesday, Oct. 12
7pm
at W2 Storyeum
151 W. Cordova (Between Cambie and Abbott)

Tickets: $10-$20 sliding scale, available soon at People's Coop
Books, 1391 Commercial Dr.

Main program will also feature:

MC - Author and comedian Charles Demers
Music by Joaquin Ernesto
Gaza flotilla activist Kevin Neish
Special guest speakers on Palestine and Pakistan

Followed by a special W2 After Party with DJs, Live Afghan music and songs
by Majid Qiyam, cash bar and food - 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
worth 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/)

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