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following article is from
the April 1-15,
2008
issue of People's Voice, Canada's leading communist newspaper. Articles
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CROSS-CANADA TOUR
The
ethnic cleansing of Palestine - with Israeli historian
Ilan Pappe,
cross-Canada tour sponsored by Near East
Cultural &
Educational Foundation (NECEF - http://www.necef.org)
and Solidarity
for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR - http://www.sphr.org).
Events include
Montreal
(March 25, 7 pm, Concordia Univ. Rm.
H-110),
Toronto
(March 26, 7 pm, Health Sciences Auditorium,6th Floor, 155 College
St.),
London
(March 27, 7:30,Labatt Hall, Univ. of
Western Ontario),
Calgary
(March 28,6:30,
ICT 102, Univ. of Calgary), and
Vancouver
(March 29, 7pm,
Mackay Room, Central Public Library).
VICTORIA,
BC
Rally to save schools - Monday, April 7, 11:30 am, province-wide rally at the Legislature to oppose the sell-off of public school lands. Info at bc.lands@gmail.com or call Jessica, 250-598-9272.
Annual
Corporate Golden Piggy Awards - Sunday, April 13, 2-4 pm, at new location, St. Ann’s Auditorium, 835 Humboldt St. (at Blanshard), free admission.
VANCOUVER,
BC
People’s Voice
Spaghetti Dinner - 5:30 pm, Sun., March 30, dinner $10, at Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Drive. Followed at 7 pm by Left Film Night, featuring “Shut Up & Sing,” documentary on the Dixie Chicks, admission free (donations welcome). For information, call 604-255-2041.
April Left Film Night, Sunday - April 27, 7 pm, Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Drive. “Harlan County USA,” documentary on Kentucky coal miners’s strike by Academy Award-winning director Barbara Kopple. Free (donations welcome), call 604-255-2041.
Frank Paul
Rally: stop the violence - Wed., May 7, 11 am to 5 pm, Federal Court Building, 701 W. Georgia St., organized by Indigenous Action Movement.
BURNABY, BC
Mother’s Day Pancake Breakfast -proceeds to People’s Voice,
Sunday, May 11, 10 am (last
call for pancakes 12 noon), 5435
Kincaid St. Admission $10 (or
$5 under 12), call Anna, 604-294-6775.
WINNIPEG,
MN
Manitoba-Cuba
Solidarity Committee, monthly meeting - Mon., Apr. 14, 7 pm, Workers Organizing Resource Centre, 280 Smith St.
Young
Communist
League-UW campus club
meets 1st & 4th Wednesday
each month, 5:30 pm, U of W buffeteria (4th floor top of escalators).
E-mail us atycl_manitoba@ycl-ljc.ca
YCL movie nights on
U of W campus - to get on the notice list for time, room,
and films, just
e-mail us at yclmovienight@hotmail.com.
EDMONTON,
AB
Edmonton
Young
Communist League - meets regularly at Remedy Cafe,
8631-109 St., 5 pm on the second Friday each month. Discussion topics
and suggested readings on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=3559215104.
TORONTO,
ON
“Sisters’
and Brothers’ Keeper - Cuba and Southern African Liberation” - 45 min. documentary on
Cuba’s contribution to South Africa’s struggle for freedom, Friday,
March 28,
7:30 pm, at 290 Danforth Ave. (west of Chester
subway. Guest
speaker film co-producer Prof. Isaac Saney. For
info, call Canadian-Cuban
Friendship Assoc.
Toronto, 416-654-7105.
ST.
CATHARINES, ON
People’s Voice Social - Thur., April 24, 7 pm, at 8 1/2 Allan Drive, (off Hillpark Lane), hosted by Eric Blair Club, with guest speaker Sam Hammond, People’s
Voice business manager and
CPC-Ontario St. Catharines
candidate in 2007 provincial
election. For directions/info
call 905-646-7274.
MONTREAL,
QC
Vigil against
occupation of Palestine -Fridays, noon to 1 pm,
at Israeli
Consulate, corner of Peel and Rene Levesque. For info: Palestinians And
Jews United, 961-3928.
People's
Voice deadlines:
APRIL 16-30
Thursday, April 3
MAY 1-15
Thursday, April 17 Send submissions
to PV
Editorial
Office,
706 Clark Drive, Vancouver,
V5L 3J1, pvoice@telus.net