[van-announce] Stopwar Nov. 23 Celebrate a Decade of Resistance

[Derrick O'Keefe]

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*Tickets Available Now*



StopWar Celebrates A Decade of Resistance



Friday Nov 23 7:30pm (Doors at 7pm)

The WISE Hall, 1882 Adanac (at Victoria Dr)



With

Emcee Charlie Demers (of CBC's “The Debaters)



Music

Solidarity Notes

Joe Keithly (D.O.A. Frontman)

The Carnival Band



Plus snacks, birthday cake, cash bar (19+)

Advance Tickets $15 at high life records, 1317 Commercial Drive

Tickets at the door sliding scale $10-$20



Stopwar, Vancouver's broad anti-war coalition, came together in late 2002

to oppose the war on Iraq. Our first large march and rally against war

with Iraq took place on November 17, 2002, and drew a crowd of 10,000. Our

largest demonstration took place February 15, 2003, when at least 40,000

people marched in Vancouver against war on Iraq. Our other most notable

march and rally was in March 2004, when 20,000 people came out to hear

Noam Chomsky speak to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the war in

Iraq.



In 2006, Stopwar shifted our focus to opposing Canada's combat role in the

war in Afghanistan, and in 2010, began opposing the Canadian government's

military spending, most notably the F-35 fighter jet program. In 2011,

Stopwar signed on to the the Peace & Propsperity, Not War & Austerity

campaign of the Canadian Peace Alliance.


Stopwar has participated in many community events over the years, including:

Canada Day

The Dragon Boat Festival

May Day

Under The Volcano

The Vancouver Pride Parade and Festival