Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice

Fire This Time is an independent newspaper reflecting the struggles of oppressed people for building a new world. The Fire This Time Newspaper is supported solely through the individual donations from readers and supporters.
Fire This Time prints 10,000 copies per issue 20% of this is distributed throughout Canada, US & Internationally via mail. As a result of expanding mail distribution, Fire This Time Newspaper can be found in progressive bookstores and shops in all major cities in Canada. In addition, the newspaper is available in more than 150 locations in the Lower Mainland!

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604-780-7604 or distro@firethistime.net

Monthly Antiwar Rally
& Petition Campaign

NO WAR!

NO SANCTIONS!

HANDS OFF IRAN & SYRIA!

End the Occupations of
Afghanistan, Iraq,
Palestine & Haiti!

Saudi and all Foreign
Troops out of Bahrain!

U.S., U.K., Canada,
France, NATO, Hands
Off Libya Now!

U.S. Hands Off
North Africa & the Middle East!

Self Determination for
Indigenous Nations &
All Oppressed Nations!

Free Bradley Manning Now!

Join the World Wide
Free Bradley Manning
Campaign Today!

SATURDAY May 26, 2012
2pm
Vancouver Art Gallery
Robson & Howe St.
Downtown Vancouver, Canada

Organized by:
Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO)
http://www.mawovancouver.org

79th Monthly Picket Action

Free the Cuban 5!

5th of the Month for the Cuban 5!

Release Antonio, Fernando,
Ramón & Gerardo
From U.S. Prisons!

Let René González Return
to Cuba Permanently!

TUESDAY June 5, 2012
4pm
U.S. Consulate
1075 West Pender Street
Downtown Vancouver, Canada

Organized by:
Free the Cuban 5 Committee - Vancouver
http://www.freethe5vancouver.ca

Public Forum

Workers of the World Unite!
Against War and Occupation

REPORT COMING SOON!

Volume 7 Issue 2
of Fire This Time Newspaper

This issue includes the following:
Free Bradley Manning: Soldier of Humanity

Québec students lead the struggle for humanity & dignity in Canada!

No To NATO! Abolish NATO!

Reflections by Fidel Castro

Who's Been Mean-Spirited? - Response to Jon Ferry's Article "Mean-Spirited BCTF Really Hurting Kids"

Musqueam Nation Stands Up for Ancient Nation

Drop All Charges Against Carlos Montes

Free the Cuban 5! Free the Cuban 5 Committee- Vancouver Strengthens Campaign for their Release

Free Cuba. Torch a Travel Agency

"Dealing with Iran"

Afghanistan: Permanent Occupation Planned

...and much more!

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Volume 7 Issue 1
of Fire This Time Newspaper

This issue includes the following:
Reflections of Fidel: Steven Harper's Illusions

Indian is Not a Four Letter Word

Free Bradley Manning Campaign Launched by Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO) in Vancouver B.C., Canada

Illusions Sold as Forecasts (eng./esp.)

A Decade of War in Afghanistan

Get Serious About Syria

Teachers in British Columbia Fighting for Better Public Education

A Message from Rene Gonzalez to the People of Cuba (eng./esp/)

Cuba: Looking Back and Ahead

Reflections of Fidel: The Marvelous World of Capitalism (eng./esp.)

MAWO's Open Letter to Stopwar.ca and the Canadian Peace Alliance (CPA)

Why is the U.S. Preparing for War with Iran?

...and much more!

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Volume 6 Issue 4
of Fire This Time Newspaper

This issue includes the following:
H1N1 and the Government of Canada's Inaction to Help Native People

War and Occupation in Afghanistan:
Which Way Forward?

Minimum Wage: $10 Ridiculous, $15 Not Enough, $17 Acceptable... for now

People Organize Resistance and Fight Back
at the G-20 Meeting in Pittsburgh, USA

My Flower to Bush, the Occupier
- the Story of My Shoe (speech by Muntadhar al-Zaidi)

The Untold Story of the Cuban 5:
Impossible Mission

Washington on Honduras:
the Tightrope Walker - [part II]

Louis Riel: A Revolutionary Legacy

Reflections of Fidel:
the Bells are Tolling for the Dollar

Hip Hop vs. War: Vancouver Hip Hop Festival Promotes Peace and Humanity

Vancouver, Canada: International Day of Action to Free the Cuban 5

World Food Day in Crisis

...and much more!

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Volume 6 Issue 3
of Fire This Time Newspaper

This issue includes the following:
Afghanistan Election Farce:
No Democracy under Military Occupation!

What is all this healthcare debate in the US about?

Washington on Honduras: The Tight Rope Walker

Leonard Peltier Parole Statement

Indigenous in the Belly of the Beast

Would MLK Back Iran's Protester's?

Our People Are Capable of Triumph Over All Difficulties

Reflections of Fidel: The Yanki Bases and Latin American Sovereignty

"Smart Power" Against Latin America

Vancouver Successfully Launches 20th Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba

MAWO Activities in July Expose Imperialist War Drive

Protest the G-20 Meeting in Pittsburgh,USA!
It's Time to Demand Jobs and an End to the War Against People at Home and Abroad!

Vancouver: Activists Form A Coalition To Oppose Right-Wing Coup in Honduras!

...and much more!

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Volume 6 Issue 2
of Fire This Time Newspaper

This issue includes the following:
AFGHANISTAN:
US, Canada and NATO Intensify the Killing of Innocent People

The Canadian Government on Honduras: Lessons for Today and Tomorrow

HONDURAS: US Counter Revolution Strikes Back in Latin America

Imperialist Campaign Continues Against Sudan

An Open Letter to the Anti-war Movement: How Should we React to the Events in Iran?

US Supreme Court Rejects Appeal for Review by the Cuban 5

Vancouver Joins International Days of Action to Free the 5 Cuban Heroes

The Indian Nation

MAWO Statement Against the Coup in Honduras

Where the Coup in Honduras Could Lead

Reflections of Fidel: A Nobel Prize for Mrs. Clinton

Cuban Five Visitation Rights for Adriana Pérez: Obama and Clinton Must Change Their Position

...and much more!

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Volume 6 Issue 1
of Fire This Time Newspaper

This issue includes the following:
SOFA: A Bad Seat for Iraq

Seven Years of Resistance by Afghan People Shows Absurdity of Bloodshed and Occupation

Why are the UN/Imperialists Carving up Congo?

Cuba After the Hurricanes: How Socialist Cuba Confronts Hurricanes and Natural Disasters

BOLIVIA: Revolution and Counter Revolution

The United States, Cuba and the Economic Crisis

Cuba Hurricane Relief and Reconstruction Fundraising: A Huge Success from Coast to Coast!

UN General Assembly Condemns US Blockade on Cuba

"We Can Move Toward a Just City" - Interview with Dave Diewert, Vancouver Downtown Eastside Activist and a Founder of Streams of Justice

Canadian Democracy vs. Indigenous People

Louis Riel: A Revolutionary Legacy

Five Cuban Anti-Terrorist Heroes: A Symbol of Resistance Against Injustice

Vancouver: A City of Homelessness and Poverty Olympics

Reflections of Fidel: Total Transparency (English/Spanish)

...and much more!

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Volume 5 Issue 4
of Fire This Time Newspaper

This issue includes the following:
It's true, Believe it - Canada is an Imperialist country...

Canadian Democracy in Action: The Tale of Elizabeth May

Cuba Hurricane Relief & Re-Construction Campaign

Hip Hop Versus War

Interview with Pioneers of Palestinian Hip Hop Sabreena da Witch & Da Arabian MCs

Interview with Sam McKay - Council Member of the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation

Pride & Dignity Against Wind & Rain (English & Spanish)

Che Guevara, Thinker & Fighter! Are His Ideas Relevant for the 21st Century? Vancouver Conference

Reflection of Fidel Castro - "The Good-Guy Role, at Whose Expense?" (English & Spanish)

Carlos Lage Speech to Municipal People's Power Assembly Presidents

15th Protecting Mother Earth Gathering

*5 Cuban Heroes Special Section*

Message from Rene Gonzalez, one of the 5 Cuban Heroes

International Campaign for Visitation Rights of Wives of the Cuban 5

56 MPs Sign Letter of Support for Cuban 5
...and much more!

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Volume 5 Issue 3
of Fire This Time Newspaper

This issue includes the following:
"Canada First Defence Strategy" and the Occupation of Afghanistan

Canada's Genocidal Residential Schools

Why Africa Roars (English & Spanish)

Bill C-50 Government of Canada New Anti-Immigrant Legislation

Justice for Frank Paul!

What's the Big Deal About Biofuels?

US government "Day of Solidarity" with the Cuban People

Interview with Clarence Thomas of ILWU on the May 1st, 2008 work stoppage against the US war and occupation in Iraq

Lifting the Prohibitions (English & Spanish)

The World of Work in a Changing Cuba

Reflection of Fidel Castro - "The Empire's Hypocritical Politics" (English & Spanish)

Free the 5 Cuban Heroes Political Prisoners Held in US Jails

Key Address by Jose Ramon Machado Ventura to the Conference on World Food Security (English & Spanish)

Global Economy: Recession or Realignment (English and Spanish)
...and much more!

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Volume 5 Issue 2
of Fire This Time Newspaper

This issue includes the following:
Iraq: 5 Years of War, Occupation & Resistance

Poverty has a Woman's Face

Mining in Ontario, Colonial Conquest of Indigenous People

Fidel Won the Battle

Gaza: the Acid Test for Palestinian Liberation

Canada vs. Afghanistan

The Fight for a Living Wage

Interview with Kat Norris on Justice for Frank Paul (English & Spanish)

Speech by Raul Castro at the closing session of the National Assembly of People's Power (English & Spanish)

Free Mumia Abu Jamal!

Break the US Blockade: Interview with John Waller

Free the 5 Cuban Heroes Political Prisoners Held in US Jails

Visit Revolutionary Cuba

Defend Alison Bodine

The US Attack on Iran, a talk by Rostam Pourzal

Report back from the Conference for World Equilibrium in Cuba

International Women's Day 2008
...and much more!

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Volume 5 Issue 1
of Fire This Time Newspaper

This issue includes articles on the US' escalating threats against Iran. Featured is a special piece on this war drive by Dr. Naser Zarafshan, in both English and Farsi. Included on the international front are articles on the current occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the build up of war against Sudan. On the home front, articles explore the issue of police brutality, both in the killings of Frank Paul and Robert Dziekanski. Also included is an article on the current attack on Muslim women through elections legislation in Canada. Additionally, two interviews are featured; one with Indigenous activist Ray Bobb on the question of treaties; and one with Rav Ghuman of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, on the Sears lockout imposed on his Union. Notably as well, this issue has a report back from the international conference for the Cuban 5, "Breaking the Silence", held in Toronto, Canada in Nov 2007. Related to Cuba, this issue also includes Fidel Castro's latest reflections and a speech by Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque on the UN vote against the blockade on Cuba. Look inside for much, much more!

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Volume 4 Issue 9-10
of Fire This Time Newspaper

This issue includes articles on:
Recent elections in Cuba

The occupation of Iraq

Fidel Castro's Reflections on Che, and "Super-revolutionaries" (in Spanish & English)

Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO) statement on Afghanistan

The case of targeted antiwar activist Alison Bodine

Cuba's response to Bush (in Spanish & English)

The treaty process in Canada

Venezuela and Indigenous struggle

Interview with homelessness activist, Dave Diewert

The US-backed occupation of Somalia

Report backs from the 2007 Pastors for Peace Caravan and Che Guevara Work Brigade to Cuba

Israel's attack on Palestine

The occupation of Haiti

Two articles by our contributor from Cuba, Manuel Yepe (in Spanish & English)
...and much more!

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