[Stopwar-l] StopWar Meetings and Events this Month - Including Sept. 15 Forum on Libya

Sun Sep 4 16:30:44 PDT 2011

1) September StopWar Meeting - Sept. 7
2) StopWar Public Forum - Sept. 15: NATO Hands Off Libya
3) 3) ANNUAL WOMEN’S HOUSING MARCH - Sept. 17
4) Forum on the Palestinian Statehood Initiative - Sept. 18

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1) September StopWar Meeting - Sept. 7

You are invited to StopWar's general meeting this Wednesday, September 7,
5:30pm at Maritime Labour Centre (111 Victoria Drive). Here's our agenda
for this month:

1. Libya Update and Libya Forum
2. Even on 10th anniversary of invasion of Afghanistan
3. Dick Cheney Visiting Vancouver
4. George Bush Pickett/Brigette DePape social
5. “Necessary Speakers” series
6. Proposal to update Stopwar's Facebook
7. Decide on October chair
8. Announcements

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2) Public Forum: NATO HANDS OFF LIBYA!
The Libyan People, Not NATO, Must Determine The Country's Future!

A Public Forum to Discuss the Past, Present, and Future of Libya

Thursday, September 15, 7pm
W2 Woodwards, 111 West Hastings (Basement)

Organized by Stopwar.ca

Speakers:

Derrick O’Keefe
Dave Markland

Contact: stopwar at resist.ca

Join Stopwar.ca, Vancouver’s broad anti-war coalition, for a forum on the
continuing struggle of the Libyan people for self-determination, and
against the continued NATO presence in Libya.

>From the beginning of the uprising against the Gadaffi regime, Stopwar has
supported their right of the Libyan people to a free and democratic
society. For that reason, we opposed the NATO bombing of Libya. Freedom
cannot be delivered by the armies and warplanes of NATO countries. These
are the former colonial rulers of Libya who have propped up dictatorial
regimes throughout the Middle East and North Africa and have brought ruin
to Iraq and Afghanistan.

The overthrow of the Gaddafi regime does not end the struggle for freedom
in Libya. A new stage now opens, in which the imperialist military and
political presence are a serious threat to the Libyan peoples'
aspirations. We call on the Canadian government to cease its participation
in the NATO intervention in Libya. We call on NATO to withdraw its
military forces and advisers from Libya.

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- mark the date and do read below on ways to support -

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17 2011:

3) ANNUAL WOMEN’S HOUSING MARCH
immediately followed by a
DTES BLOCK PARTY TO BLOCK CONDOS

Link:
http://dtesnotfordevelopers.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/womens-housing-march-block-party/

RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=272871019394832

Spread the word! Click here for poster and here for leaflet

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5th ANNUAL WOMEN’S HOUSING MARCH
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Sat. Sep 17 @ 1:30 pm
Starts at Cordova and Columbia, just west of Main St.
Unceded Coast Salish Territories

On Saturday Sep 17 at 1:30 pm, join the Downtown Eastside Women Centre
Power of Women Group* in the 5th Annual March for Women’s Housing and
March Against Poverty.

We invite groups to bring their banners and anything else for our festive
march and ‘GentriFucation Tour’. All genders are welcome and celebrated.
Please bring your drums and regalia. This march is child-friendly and
there will be a rest-vehicle for elders. Spread the word!

This year, we celebrate the recent victory that has forced the provincial
government to commit funding to a 24-hour low barrier shelter for women as
a result of our collective efforts. We also continue to march for: -
Social Housing, Childcare, and Healthcare for all!
- No more Evictions and No more Gentrification in the Downtown Eastside! -
Stop Criminalizing the Poor!

Email: project at dewc.ca or Phone: 778 885 0040

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Immediately followed by A DTES BLOCK PARTY!
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BLOCK PARTY TO BLOCK CONDOS ON THE 100 BLOCK
Sat. Sep 17 at around 4 pm
Music, food, and the last bit of summer sun!

Marc Williams wants to build condos at the old Pantages Site in the
Downtown Eastside. Condos in the heart of the neighbourhood will cause
higher property values, higher rents in single-room occupancies,
displacement of current residents, increased policing, and low-income
residents feeling unwelcome in their own neighbourhood.

We are getting the neighbourhood and all our allies together to protect
the site for 100% social housing for low-income residents. The DTES is not
for developers to make millions, it is for our vibrant and vital
low-income community!

HOW TO SUPPORT:

* If you are a group, endorse the DTES Community Resolution:
http://dtesnotfordevelopers.wordpress.com/savepantages/

* If you are an individual, sign the online petition:
http://www.petitiononline.com/nocondos/petition.html

* If you work in the DTES, sign the Boycott Statement:
http://dtesnotfordevelopers.wordpress.com/dtes-workers-boycott/

* If you are a social housing provider, don’t collaborate with Sequel 138:
http://dtesnotfordevelopers.wordpress.com/social-housing-provider-boycott/

Organized by Stop Pantages Condos Coalition: Aboriginal Front Door,
Carnegie Community Action Project, Citywide Housing Coalition, DTES
Neighbourhood Council, DTES Power of Women Group, Gallery Gachet, Streams
of Justice, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users.

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4) BEYOND THE PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD INITIATIVE:
Freeing Palestine and Delegitimizing Israel

A TEACH-IN AND DISCUSSION
Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011
2:00 PM-4:30 PM
Vancouver Public Library
Alma VanDusen Room
350 West Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=241166679261361

The Palestinian Authority's "September statehood initiative" - in which
the United Nations will be asked to recognize Palestine as a member state
upon the convening of the UN General Assembly in September - has led to a
great deal of discussion and media coverage about Palestine,
self-determination and statehood. What does the statehood initiative
really mean? What are its implications for the Palestinian struggle for
liberation, and for the Palestinian people, inside and outside Palestine?

Join the Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign (BIAC) for a teach-in and
facilitated discussion about the Palestinian "statehood initiative,"
raising critical questions and analysis about the statehood initiative and
its implications for the Palestinian movement - and what we can do in
Canada to support freedom, liberation and return for Palestine and
Palestinians, including the global campaign for Boycott, Divestment and
Sanctions (BDS).

Saeb Erekat of the PA recently stressed that the PA has no desire to
"delegitimize Israel," using the same term as the organized Zionist
movement in denouncing the "delegitimization of Israel." In fact,
delegitimizing the illegitimate is precisely the struggle of the
Palestinian movement for liberation - and exactly the goal of BDS,

Featuring Discussions:
"Palestinian Struggle: Liberation or Statehood?"
"Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions: Global Solidarity for Palestine"
"Canada and Israel: Settler-Colonial United Front"

For more information regarding this event, please contact the Boycott
Israeli Apartheid Campaign at boycottapartheid at gmail.com

Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign
http://boycottisraeliapartheid.org

boycottapartheid at gmail.com

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