StoneMtn Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 *At least 33 cities across Canada will take part in these global days of action. We aim to bring out a huge crowd to these two events in Vancouver. Please help us to achieve this by circulating broadly.* [color:" blue"] Global Day of Action On this 2nd-year anniversary of the illegal U.S. invasion of Iraq, join millions around the world to say YES to PEACE and JUSTICE! NO to WAR and OCCUPATION! [color:"red"] Saturday March 19th Gather 11.30 a.m. @ Seaforth Peace Flame Park (south end of Burrard Bridge) Rally with music and speakers 1.p.m. @ Sunset Beach (off Beach Ave @ Bute) Featured Speakers - Dahr Jamail, Independent Journalist in Iraq; Http://dahrjamailiraq.com Walden Bello, Winner of the "Alternative Nobel Prize" and renowned political analyst. http://www.focusweb.org and Father Jon de Cortina, Co-Founder of the Association in Search of the Disappeared Children. Musicians - Kibwe, David Quigg's Band & the Carnival Band Families are encouraged to attend: there will be balloons and other entertainment at the rally site Also A Public forum - featuring: Dahr Jamail, who will show new footage of the battle of Fallujah, taken as an 'unembedded' journalist inside Fallujah. and Walden Bello, who will speak on the Anti-War Movement Today. Friday, March 18, 7.00 p.m. doors St Andrew's Wesley Church, (Burrard at Nelson), Vancouver. Sliding scale admission $5 - $10 (no one turned away) Organized by StopWar.ca - A Labour/Community Peace Coalition: www.stopwar.ca. 604 737-1299 Endorsers of March 19 Rally: City of Vancouver - City of Burnaby - BC Federation of Labour - Dr David Suzuki, Environmentalist - Anglican Diocese of New Westminster Justice and Peace Unit - Oxfam Canada - Physicians for Global Survival - Muslim Canadian Federation - Vancouver & District Labour Council - United Church of Canada - Coalition in Solidarity with the People of Iraq - Canadian Peace Alliance - CAW Canada - End the Arms Race - B.C. Government and Services Employees' Union - Canadian Federation of Students - Communist Party of Canada - Coalition of Progressive Electors - Veterans Against Nuclear Arms - New Democratic Party - Council of Canadians (Vancouver Chapter) - International Socialists - Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) - Youth For A Better World - ADALA, Canadian Arab Justice Committee - Anti-Poverty Committee - AMS Women's Centre - Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (BC) - Check Your Head - SFU Muslim Student Association - St Chiara Community - Vancouver Raging Grannies - Dr Fred Bass City, Councilor - Hospital Employees Union - Vancouver Green Party - The Canadian Latin-American Collective - International Longshore Workers Union, Local 400 - Libby Davies MP - Svend Robinson MP - Tim Louis City Councilor - Michael Wallace, Professor Political Studies UBC - Bob Rosen, Past President Surrey Teachers Association - Adrienne Montani, Trustee VSB - Valerie Raoul, Professor Women's Studies & French - Lloyd Edwards, Past President of Surrey Teachers' Association - Vancouver Vigils - Communist Party of Canada, Marxist Leninist - Canadians Concerned About Free Trade - Jews For A Just Peace - Social Justice Committee Unitarian Church of Vancouver - Society Promoting Environmental Conservation - Palestine Solidarity Group -- Dan Chambers, United Church Minister - Canada Palestine Support Network - Council of Canadians, Mid Island Chapter - South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy - Mennonite Central Committee - Women Elders in Action - Douglas College Student Union - Medical Students For Global Survival - Committee for Solidarity with Columbia - UBC Social Justice Club - Nursing Undergraduate Society - Queers United Against Kapitalism - Canada Palestine Association - Trade Union Committee for Justice in the Middle East - Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centers - Emily Carr Students Against the War Coalition - Direct Action Against Refugee Exploitation - International Society for Peace & Human Rights - Marginalized Workers Action League - Lawyers Against the War - Franciscan Sisters of the Attonement - Sunshine Coast Peace Group - Arab Palestine Association - Simon Frazer Student Society - New Socialist Group - Happy Planet Foods - School of the Americas Watch, Kootenay Branch - Green Party (BC) - Vancouver Non-Violence Training Collective - Council of Canadians (Richmond Chapter) - Salaam, Vancouver -Bible Holiness Movement - College and Institute Educators Association - Global and Societal Ministries BC Conference, United Church of Canada - Senior Networks BC - Christian Task Force on Central America (BC) - BC Teachers Federation - Council of Canadians (BC) - Burnaby Civic Employees' Union, Local 23 CUPE - Trinity United Church (Kitsilano) Social Justice Group - Franciscan Sisters of Joy - Douglas College Faculty Association & Executive Council - Canada Asia Pacific Resource Network - Vancouver Secondary Teachers' Association - Seniors on Guard for Medicare - Social Justice Committee of South Frazer Unitarian Congregation - International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees, Local 891 - Pacific Spirit Family & Community Services Society- Vancouver Catholic Worker - Chinese Refugees Rights Committee - Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ (Doukhobors) - The Peace Walker Society - BC Synod-Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada - Vancouver Community College Faculty Association - Vancouver Association of Chinese Canadians - "Solidarity Notes", VDLC Labour Choir - World Sikh Organization - Common Ground - B.C. Association for Learning & Preserving the History of WW II in Asia - Vancouver-Kingsway Provincial NDP Constituency Association - December 9 Coalition - Dunnett Classic Drums - Public Service Alliance of Canada, Local 60 - The Carnival Band - International South Asia Forum - Bikes Not Bombs - Bus Riders Union - Graphic Communications International Union - Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C. - Serbian-Canadian Society of Vancouver - SFU Centre for Labour Studies - City Centre Student Union - Canada Cuba Friendship Association - Surrey Teachers Association - Canadian Memorial Church & Centre for Peace - Global Justice - No-One is Illegal - UBC NDP Student Committee - South Asian Students Alliance - Simon Frazer Green Party - Palestine Community Centre - Colour Connected - Port Coquitlam Trinity United Church - Vancouver Co-op Radio - Langara Peace Coalition - Stereoground Band - Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Vancouver Local - People's Co-op Book Store - Artists Against War - Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 15 - Across our Differences - Green Party of Canada - Kootenay Fellowship of Reconciliation - Nelson Light for Peace Coalition - Necessary Voices - Surrey Teachers Association - CUPE Local 407 - Vancouver Committee for Domestic Workers and Caregivers Rights - Freedom Socialist Party. 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bokonon Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 i'll wear my "to remember means to work for peace" button tomorrow at work. that and hack in to the FBI site and fu©k sh!t up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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