15) WHAT'S LEFT

(The following article is from the March 1-15, 2009, issue of People's Voice, Canada's leading communist newspaper. Articles can be reprinted free if the source is credited. Subscription rates in Canada: $25/year, or $12 low income rate; for U.S. readers - $25 US per year; other overseas readers - $25 US or $35 CDN per year. Send to: People's Voice, c/o PV Business Manager, 133 Herkimer St., Unit 502, Hamilton, ON, L8P 2H3.)

Haiti solidarity events

The Canada Haiti Action Network is organizing activities in cities across Canada in late February and March, marking the 5th anniversary of the imperialist overthrow of the elected government of Haiti.

Journalist and filmmaker Kevin Pina lived in and reported from Haiti for many years. Now resident in the U.S., he continues to report for Pacifica Radio Network and through the Haiti Information Project.

In British Columbia, Kevin Pina will speak at several upcoming events:
* Victoria: Sat., Feb. 28, time and location to be announced, organized by Victoria Peace Coalition, 250-478-6906.
* Vancouver: Sunday, March 1, 2 pm, Harbour Center, 515 W. Hastings St.
* Also on March 1, at 5:45 pm, Kevin Pina will speak in Delta, BC, at the South Delta Baptist Church, 1988-56 Street.
* The director’s cut of Pina’s new 80-minute film on Haiti, We Must Kill All the Bandits, will screen on Sat., March 14, 10 am at the Social Justice Film Festival in Port Coquitlam, Trinity United Church, 2211 Prairie Ave.,
* and again on Sunday, March 29, 2 pm at SFU Harbour Center, hosted by Haiti Solidarity BC.

* Pina will speak and screen his film at the University of Calgary, March 2, time and location tba.
* In Fredericton, New Brunswick, We Must Kill All the Bandits will be screened on Friday, Feb. 27, 7 pm, presented by Cinema Politica at Conserver House, 180 St. John St.
* An evening with Kevin Pina will take place at the Saskatoon Public Library, 311-23 St. East, on Tuesday, March 3, 6 pm, call 306 955-0894

IWD EVENTS

For details of events in Canada
and around the world, visit
http://www.internationalwomensday.com.

CALGARY, AB

Thursday, March 5, 5:30-10:30 pm, IWD celebration and potluck - organized by Women’s Centre of Calgary and the Women’s Committee of the Calgary District Labour Council, at the Carpenters’ Hall, 301-10 St. NW.

HAMILTON, ON

Sat., March 7, “When Sistahs Get Together” - all-day conference with guest speakers and entertainment, Staybridge Suites Hotel, 118 Market St.

KINGSTON, ON

Sun., March 8, IWD Rally - starts 12:30 pm at Grant Hall, 43 University Ave., march at 1:30, info fair 2:30-4:30 at 400 Elliott Ave. Organized by International Women’s Week Coalition.

NOVA SCOTIA

Sat., March 7, 8 pm, “Song Enchanted Evening” - musical celebration of IWD, proceeds to Juniper House Women’s Shelter, at the Osprey Arts Centre, Shelburne, NS, tickets $15.

SASKATOON, SK

Sat., March 7, 6:30 pm, “Viewing Saskatoon Through the Lens of Immigrant Women” - celebration to support women around the world, at Mendel Art Gallery, 950 Spadina Cres. East. Organized by International Women of Saskatoon, 306-978-6611.

Sun., March 8, noon to 4 pm, “Voicing Our Strengths and Moving Forward Together” - drumming, speakers, creative activities, organized by United Nations Association, at Mendel
Art Gallery.

SURREY, BC

Sat., March 7, 12:30-4 pm, Surrey’s 15th annual trade union-organized IWD event - entertainment, refreshments, door prizes, children welcome, at Queen Elizabeth Secondary, 9457 King George Highway, call 604-597-4358.

VANCOUVER, BC

Haiti Today - Sunday, March 1, 2 pm, journalist Kevin Pina speaks at SFU Harbour Center, 515 Hastings St. W., on the fifth anniversary of the overthrow of the Aristide government. Organized by Haiti Solidarity BC, 604-338-2558.

Wed., March 4, 5-9 pm, “Celebrating Women’s Achievements Past and Present” - with speakers, music, light refreshments. Free, open to all, at the Alice Mackay Room, Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia St. Organized by Oxfam, Amnesty International, WeCan and other groups.

Friday, March 6, celebrate women’s achievements, and stop violence, racism, and sexism. Organized by India Mahila Association, a women-only, alcohol-free event at Fraserview Hall, 8240 Fraser St., doors open 6 pm, welcome speech and entertainment at 7 pm, dinner and dance starting 8:30. For tickets and info call 604-321-7225.

Sun., March 8, “A Woman’s Place is Everywhere!”, a century of women and work, visual works by contemporary Canadian artists - workshop 2 pm, reception 4 pm, W2 Launch Pad, 116 W. Hastings.

Left Film Night - Saturday, March 14, two films on women in the Spanish Civil War (in Spanish, w. English subtitles):

7 pm, Carol’s Journey (“El Viaje de Carol”),
and 9 pm, Freedom Fighters, (“Libertarias”), at the Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Drive. Call 604-255-2041 for details.

The Fight for EI and Jobs, public forum with Communist Party leader Miguel Figueroa - Sunday, March 15, 7 pm, Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Drive. Call 604-254-9836 for details.

Spaghetti Dinner - 5 pm, Sunday, March 29, Van East Club CPC annual fundraiser for People’s Voice, followed by film at 7 pm, at 706 Clark Drive. Tickets $12, call 604-255-2041.

WINNIPEG, MB

Wed., March 4, 7 pm, IWD readings with poets Joanne Arnott, Rosanna Deerchild, and Katherena Vermette - at Convocation Hall, U of Winnipeg.

Sun., March 8, IWD March - starts 1:00 pm at York and Waterfront, by the site of the Human Rights Museum at the Forks, to U of W Bulman Centre for “feminist fair” resource tables and speakers.

Sun., March 8, 6 pm, annual IWD awards dinner - Jam Koon Garden Restaurant, 257 King St., tickets $50 from Grassroots Women, 488-3380 ext. 204.

TORONTO, ON

Norman Bethune Day celebration - Sat., Feb. 28, 290 Danforth Ave., tickets $5, door prize one week all-inclusive trip for two to Cuba, for details and tickets, please call PV Ontario Bureau, 416-469-2446.

Thursday, March 5, 7-9 pm, Women’s College Hospital presents Eve Ensler, a first hand account of mass rape and femicide in The Congo - at MaRs Discovery District Auditorium, 101 College St. Tickets $12.50 for community members, 416-978-8849.

Sat., March 7, IWD Rally - starts 11 am, OISE Auditorium, 252 Bloor St. West (St. George Subway Station), march leaves 1 pm, to info fair starting 1:30 at Ryerson, 55 Gould Street.

5th Annual Israeli Apartheid Week - lectures, films, and actions at University of Toronto, Ryerson, and York University. Prominent guests include Omar Barghouti, Palestinian researcher, commentator and human rights activist, and South African anti-apartheid leader Ronnie Kasrils. For full schedule with speakers, locations, times, check
http://www.apartheidweek.org.

Almighty Voice and His Wife, play by Daniel David Moses, director Michael Greyeyes - at Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson Ave. The Davenport Club CPC invites you to the April 4 performance, 8 pm. For tickets ($20), please contact Dave at 416-535-6586 or mckee.dave@sympatico.