(The following article is from the April 16-30, 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.)


Annual Earth Walk - Sat., April 25, starts 12 noon from provincial legislature. Visit the People’s Voice table at the Info Fair in Centennial Square.


Mother’s Day Pancake Breakfast - Sunday, May 10, 10-1, 5435 Kincaid St., all you can eat $12 ($6 children), organized by Burnaby Club CPC, proceeds to PV Fund Drive.


Slingshot Hip Hop, with DAM, “defiant Palestinian rappers”, and other performers - Friday, April 24, 7 pm, FABRIC (66 Water St.), 18+ w/ID, $20 advance at Rhizome or Cafe Katmandu.

Myths for Profit, documentary on Canada’s role in war industries - Sat., April 25, 2 pm, Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour Ave., admission $7.50. Also in White Rock, May 1, 7:30 pm, call 604-536-7535.

Left Film Night - Sunday, April 26, 7 pm, Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Drive, Native Land, narrated by Paul Robeson, dramatization of corporate attacks on US workers during the Depression. Call 604-255-2041 for details.

May Day - Friday, May 1, 7 pm, hosted by May Day Committee, at the Maritime Labour Centre, 1880 Triumph St. Speakers, music, refreshments, display tables, all welcome, for info call Vancouver & District Labour Council, 604-254-0703.


May Day Rally - Sat., May 2, 2 pm, street rally at 120 St. & 72 Ave., by the Earl’s Restaurant. Sponsored by Fraser Valley Peace Council, Lower Fraser Club CPC, and others, call Harjit at 604-543-7179 for info.


Political discussion & beer, all welcome to join Saskatoon CPC members - third Monday of every month, in the tv room at Amigo’s, 632-10 St. East.


Jewish Communists in Weimar and Nazi Germany, from Revolution to Resistance and annual Warsaw Ghetto Memorial, Mon. - April 20, 7 pm, with Dr. Stefanie Schuler-Springorum of Hamburg, 700 Jefferson Ave. All welcome.

Ukrainian Labour Temple 90th anniversary banquet - Sat., Apr. 25, cocktails 5:30, dinner 6:30 pm. Tickets $40, phone Assoc. of United Ukrainian Canadians, 589-4397.


Fiesta de la Victoria, celebrate the election of FMLN candidate Mauricio Funes in El Salvador - Sat., April 18, 7 pm, Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St., for info: 647-261-0477.

International Festival of Poetry of Resistance, in honour of the Cuban Five - April 24-30, opening gala 7 pm, Friday, April 24, Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave. For program, visit http://www.poetryofresistance.ca.

Partisans of Allah: Jihad in South Asia - talk by author Ayesha Jalal on present-day jihadi groups, 7 pm, Friday, May 15, Room 2-214, 252 Bloor West (OISE), $10. Sponsors: Canadian Muslim Union, Ctee. of Progressive Pakistani-Canadians, Left Institute, South Asian People’s Forum. Info: 416-536-6771, 416-284-4893.