[van-announce] VSF Forum: Canada, Afghan & Federal Election issues

[Mike Krebs]

Vancouver Socialist Forum Presents:

CANADA, AFGHANISTAN AND ISSUES FACING WORKING PEOPLE IN THE CURRENT
FEDERAL ELECTION

Thursday October 9th
7pm
SFU Harbour Centre
(515 W. Hastings St)

Speakers:

- DAVE MARKLAND; editor of the news blog of Stopwar.ca. Read his very
informative blog at: http://stopwarblog.blogspot.com/

- MARIANA PAYET; organizer with No One Is Illegal, long time defenders
of immigrant and refugee rights in Canada.

- ROGER ANNIS; writer and editor for Socialist Voice.

There is a glaring absence of debate in the current federal election
over the big issues that are shaping the future of the country and the
planet.

One of those issues is the war in Afghanistan. A vast military drive
is taking place for control of oil and gas in the Middle East and
Central Asia. Economic researcher John Foster calls it "The New Great
Game," a reference to the earlier scheming by 19th century European
powers to colonize central Asia. Has
Canada joined in this renewed effort to colonize Asia? What do recent
comments from Jack Layton and the NDP about pulling troops out of
Kandahar mean for the anti-war movement? How can we build a movement
to oppose predatory wars against the peoples of this region.

Within the borders of Canada, the rights of immigrants and refugees
have been attacked under the same umbrella as Afghanistan in the name
of security. No party has been willing or able to begin to address the
demand to regularize the more than 200thousand non-status people in
Canada.

Organized by: Vancouver Socialist Forum
For more information call
778 858 5179