[van-announce] International Day of Action June 30th

[shannon bundock]

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International Day of Action
END THE OCCUPATION OF IRAQ!
NO 'HANDOVER' UNDER OCCUPATION!
SELF DETERMINATION FOR IRAQ!
JUNE 30th @ 5:30pm
Vancouver Art Gallery
  
"There may have been a transfer of documents but there has not been a transfer of sovereignty. The government will not be truly independent so long as there is a foreign army in Iraq"

Jawdat al-Ubaid

"We either have to face reality or fool ourselves. The US did not come all this way and make such an effort just to hand back power without taking care of its own interests."


 
Ammar al-Janabi, a civil engineer, said the handover was "only an act on paper".

 
On June 30th is an international day of action which is being organized across Canada and across the world. Intially MAWO called the Vancouver demonstration when it endorsed the Toronto June 30th Organizing Committee's call out for a National Day of Action. 

On June 30th MAWO and the Vancouver anti-war movement will rally at 5:30pm at the Vancouver Art Gallery in coordination with anti-war protests world wide against the phony US-UK "transfer of sovereignty" to Iraqis. There is no independence or sovereignty under the guns of 160,000 foreign troops that will remain in Iraq after June 30th. We will mobilize to expose the myth of the "handover of power" in Iraq and reinforce the necessity to maintain focused and consistant action on oppostion to war and occupation. We will march to the US and UK consulates, with every footstep alongside our brothers and sisters struggling in Iraq and in solidarity with those marching worldwide for an end to imperialist occupation and plunder. Since calling the demonstration we have recieved wide support from across the country, including endorsement from the June 30th Organizing Committee. 

In Toronto, actions are taking place at 2pm with pickets and mass delegations at offices of Canadian corporations involved in profiting from the war in Iraq; at 4pm there is a student take-over and street reclaiming. There is a Rally in Toronto at 5pm at the U.S. Consulate with a march leaving there at 6pm. Solidarity and coordination across the country and across the world. 

 
IN VANCOUVER:
5:30PM AT THE VANCOUVER ART GALLERY
MARCH TO US AND UK CONSULATES
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