15mobile) WHAT'S LEFT

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WHAT'S LEFT

(The following article is from the February 15-31, 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

KELOWNA BC

Cuban Solidarity Dinner Party, Mardi Gras theme, proceeds towards Cuban hurricane relief - Sat., Feb. 21, 6 pm, tickets $20, for details call Mark, 250-860-6108.

VANCOUVER, BC

Celebration of the lives of Rosaleen Ross and Bill Mozdir - 2 pm, Sunday, Feb. 15, Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Drive. Call BC Committee CPC for information, 604-254-9836.

Women’s Memorial March, remembering murdered and missing women - 1 pm, Sat., Feb. 14, from Main & Hastings.

Valentine’s Day Fundraiser, sponsored by Latino Club CPC - 6 pm-midnight, Sat., Feb. 14, Peretz Centre, 6184 Ash St. For tickets and information, contact BC Committee CPC, 604-254-9836.

Celebration of the lives of Rosaleen Ross and Bill Mozdir - 2 pm, Sunday, Feb. 15, Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Drive. Call BC Committee CPC for information, 604-254-9836.

Corporate attacks on free speech, panel forum - Tue., Feb. 17, 7 pm, Room 1700 SFU Harbour Centre, sponsored by Seriously Free Speech Committee.

Left Film Night- Sunday, Feb. 22, 7 pm, at the Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Drive. Featuring “North Country,” free admission (donations welcome), call 604-255-2041 for details.

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.

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.