Events
Edmonton
End the Occupations: Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, and Haiti!
What: Rally followed by open forum discussion
Start Time: Saturday, March 20 at 2:00 p.m.
End Time: Saturday, March 20 at 4:30 p.m.
Where: Gazebo Park/Strathcona Library
Sponsor: Edmonton Coalition Against War & Racism [ECAWAR]
Toronto
Iraq War Resisters in Canada: WHY THIS FIGHT MATTERS
Fundraising dinner and campaign update
FRIDAY MARCH 19th
Steelworkers Hall
25 Cecil Street, Toronto
6:30 pm Dinner
7:30 pm Programme
With lawyer Alyssa Manning and Iraq war resisters Robin Long (by skype) and Phil McDowell
$20 suggested donation • raffle prizes • refreshments
www.resisters.ca
Toronto
On the 7th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq:
VETERAN RESISTERS SPEAK OUT AGAINST WAR
SUNDAY MARCH 21st, 4 pm
Friends Meeting House
60 Lowther Avenue
(north of Bloor at Bedford – St. George subway)
• Live from LA: RON KOVIC, Vietnam veteran and author of Born on the Fourth of July
• Live from Vancouver: RODNEY WATSON, US Iraq war resister in sanctuary
• Live in Toronto: JEREMY HINZMAN, first US Iraq war resister to seek asylum in Canada
Followed by Q&A. Admission by donation, PWYC
Organized by the War Resisters Support Campaign • www.resisters.ca • 416.598.1222
For more updates on the campaign for Bill C-440 (war resisters bill) visit letthemstay.ca
Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa
DR. MUSTAFA BARGHOUTI: PALESTINIAN POLITICAL DYNAMICS AND THE REALITIES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE
Canadians For Justice and Peace in the Middle East
March 20, 2010 - March 22, 2010
Join us as Dr. Barghouti discusses Palestinian political dynamics, and his perspectives on a just peace in Israel-Palestine. CJPME will host a private brunch in Toronto with Dr. Barghouti on Saturday, March 20, at 12:00 noon, during which attendees will have the opportunity to interact in a friendly, intimate setting with Dr. Barghouti. Dr. Barghouti's speaking tour will stop in three Canadian cities:
Toronto, Ontario - Saturday, March 20, 2010, 07:00 PM.
Montreal, Quebec - Sunday, March 21, 2010, 06:30 PM.
Ottawa, Ontario - Monday, March 22, 2010, 06:30 PM.
For more information see: http://www.cjpme.org/
News/Analysis
Assassins for Hire
Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants
New York Times
March 14
KABUL, Afghanistan — Under the cover of a benign government information-gathering program, a Defense Department official set up a network of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants, according to military officials and businessmen in Afghanistan and the United States.
Read more at: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/
Gen. McChrystal: Kandahar Invasion Already Started
Predicts Months of Escalation Ahead
Antiwar.com
March 17
Officials had previously talked of the NATO invasion of Kandahar Province as something happening in late spring or early summer. Using the Marjah offensive as a guide, a massive number of US and allied troops would invade Kandahar city and the surrounding region.
Read more at: http://news.antiwar.com/2010/
Travers: Harper uses troops as political shield
Toronto Star
March 18
This easy winter has been hard on Stephen Harper's reputation as the smartest guy in the room. Suspending democratic debate to silence questions about prisoner abuse, using a throne speech and budget to recalibrate his agenda and tinkering with the national anthem have all fallen flat.
Read more at: http://www.thestar.com/news/
Afghanistan confirms blanket pardon for war crimes
Peter Graff
Reuters
Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:06am EDT
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan confirmed for the first time publicly on Tuesday that it had enacted into law a blanket pardon for war crimes and human rights abuse carried out before 2001.
Read more at: http://www.reuters.com/
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