[van-announce] Updated notice for Oct. 12 event w/ Malalai Joya, Kevin Neish and more...

[Derrick O'Keefe]

*Please forward widely* 

Real Aid, True Solidarity:

												Anti-War Benefit Evening for Afghanistan and Palestine 

												
Featuring Malalai Joya

												
Tuesday, Oct. 12

													7pm (Doors at 6:30pm)

													at W2 Storyeum 

													151 W. Cordova (Between Cambie and Abbott). Five minute walk from Waterfront Skytrain St, accessible by transit. 

Tickets:
 $10-$20 sliding scale, at People's Coop Books, 1391 Commercial Dr. 
There will also be some tickets available at the door. 

Main program will also feature: 

												- Solidarity Notes Labour Choir
- MC: Author Charles Demers 

													- Music by Joaquin Ernesto 
- Amal Rana on 'Af-Pak' war and flood disaster in Pakistan
- Gaza flotilla activist Kevin Neish... and more


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

												
Media Sponsor: rabble.ca