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VICTORIA, BC
"Include Me!" - anti-racism
and anti-discrimination event, Fernwood Community Centre, 1240
Gladstone, Sunday, Sept. 23, 12-4 pm, contact CUPE BC Committee Against
Racism and Discrimination, 250-882-3833.
Victoria, BC
VANCOUVER, BC
StopWar.ca - coalition
meetings on 2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 5;30 pm, Maritime Labour Centre,
1880 Triumph St., see http://www.stopwar.ca for
updates.
Celebrate Chile's National Day -
Sat., Sept. 15, 7 pm, Peretz Centre, 6184 Ash St., with Chilean food
and refreshments, music with Banda Guaramo, tickets $15, organized by
Peña LatinoAmericana.
Municipal Matters: how the
provincial government is cutting out community choice - Heritage Hall,
3102 Main St., Tue., Sept. 18, 7:30 pm, co-sponsored by Council of
Canadians (604-688-8846) & Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
Stop the fare increase - rally and
march Sat., Sept. 22, 1 pm, from Main Street Skytrain station, contact
Bus Riders Union office, 672 E. Broadway, 604-215-2775, bru@resist.ca.
VDLC Labour Cabaret - music, poetry,
drama, Friday, Sept. 28, 7:30 pm, at Rhizome Cafe, 317 E Broadway.
People's Co-op Bookstore AGM - 7:30
pm, Friday, Sept. 28, 1391 Commercial Drive, call 604-253-6442.
Left Film Night - 7 pm, Sunday,
Sept. 30, “Incident at Oglala,” documentary on Leonard Peltier, at
Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Drive, with speaker on the
John Graham case, call 604-255-2041 for info.
Commemorate the 40th Anniversary of
Che Guevara's Death:
- Political/cultural event -
Fri., Oct. 5, 7 pm, ANZA Club, 3 West 8th Ave. (Ontario St.), sliding
scale $5-20.
- Conference on the Importance
of Che’s Ideas in Contemporary Latin America, Sat., Oct. 6, SFU Harbour
Centre, 515 W. Hastings. Organized by Coordinadora Cafe Rebelde.
Anti-War
Rally - Sat., Oct. 27, with speaker Malalai Joya, Afghan woman MP,
gather 12 noon at Waterfront Station for 1 pm march to Art
Gallery. For details, see stopwar.ca.
Protest massive zoning in Vancouver
- Tue., Sept. 18, 6:30 pm, City Hall, for details: info@citywidehousingcoalition.org.
Peace Without Borders - Sat., Sept.
29, cross-border strategy sessions on building the movement (10 am -1
pm), concert with David Rovics and others (2-5 pm), at Peace Arch Park,
organized by World Peace Forum Society, BC Labour Against War, Canadian
Students Federation, StopWar.ca, Whatcom Peace & Justice Centre,
Community to Community Development, see http://www.worldpeaceforum.ca.
EDMONTON, AB
Edmonton Young Communist League -
meets regularly at Remedy Cafe, 8631-109 St., at 5 pm on the second
Friday each month. Check out the discussion readings on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=3559215104.
TORONTO, ON
Rally for a People's Agenda - 7 pm,
Sat., Sept. 29, GCDO Hall, 290 Danforth. Meet the Communist
candidates, live music, bar and food. For info call 416-469-2446 or
see http://www.votecommunist.ca.
Tribute to Benny Moré - Cuban
music with Pedrito Calvo and Juno award-winner Hilario Duran,
Sunday, Sept. 30, 8:30 pm, at Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas West. Tickets
$30, or $69 for dinner reservation & guaranteed seating.
Doors open 7 pm, call 416-588-0307.
Cuban Film Festival - celebrate CCFA
Toronto’s 30th anniversary at the Brunswick Theatre, 296 Brunswick Ave.
(at Bloor West), Oct. 26-28.
Films
include:
Friday,
Oct. 26
* 7 pm, VAMPIRES
IN HAVANA (1985, animated), international mafia vampires try to steal a
magic potion to live in broad daylight;
* 9 pm, LIVING TO
THE LIMIT (2003) documentary of AIDS patients including a theatrical
re-enactment of their stories.
Sat.,
Oct. 27
* 2 pm,
GUANTANAMERA (1995, comedy, director Tomas Gutierrez Alea), a family
has to transport a corpse in accordance with a new state plan;
* 7 pm, EL BENNY
(2006) drama on the life of musician Benny Moré;
* 9:30 pm,
INVENTOS: HIP HOP CUBANO (2003) documentary by Eli Jacobs-Fantuzzi on
the pioneers of Cuban hip hop.
Sunday,
Oct. 28
* 2 pm, VIVA
CUBA, two children promise eternal friendship but their families have
political differences;
* 7 pm, THE TRIAL
(documentary, 2006), the story of the Cuban Five;
* 9 pm,
SISTERS’ AND BROTHERS’ KEEPER: CUBA AND SOUTHERN AFRICAN LIBERATION
(2007), how Cuba responded to Angola’s call for international help.
Tickets $10, seniors/unwaged $8, no
reserved seats.
HAMILTON, ON
Solidarity Picnic - presented by
Hamilton FMLN, People’s Voice and Solidarity House, Sunday, Sept. 16,
at Port Maitland (100 yards from the beach). All you can eat, all day
for $10/person, children under 12 free, for info contact Sam Bonilla
(905-304-9831) or http://www.solidarityhouse@cogeco.ca.
See
ad on page 2.
MONTREAL, QC
Vigil against occupation of
Palestine - every Friday, noon to 1 pm, at Israeli Consulate,
corner of Peel and Rene Levesque. For info: Palestinians And Jews
United, 961-3928.
WINNIPEG, MB
Drive out the Harper Tories! -
Picket and rally at MP Stephen Fletcher’s constituency office, Tues.,
Sept. 25, 5-6 pm, 3111 Portage Ave. (close to Grace Hospital).
Information: Jacob Penner-Norman Bethune Club CPC, 586-7824.