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Picket Rally
International Day of Action
NO WAR ON IRAN!




NO WAR ON IRAN!
NO SANCTIONS ON IRAN!
NO INTERVENTION!
NO ASSASSINATIONS!

February 4, 2012
3pm
U.S. Consulate
1075 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC

Co-organized by:
Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO)
http://www.mawovancouver.org
Iranian Community Against War (ICAW)


              Endorsers include:
* World Can’t Wait
* United National Anti-War Coalition
* International Action Center (IAC)
* SI! Solidarity with Iran
* Refugee Apostolic Catholic Church
* Workers World Party
* CODEPINK Women for Peace
* American Iranian Friendship Committee
* ANSWER Coalition
* Antiwar.com
* Peace of the Action
* ComeHomeAmerica.us
* St. Pete for Peace
* WAMM, Women Against Military Madness
* Defenders for Freedom, Justice
& Equality -Virginia
* WESPAC Foundation
* Minnesota Peace Action Coalition
* Twin Cities Peace Campaign
* Bail Out The People Movement (BOPM)
* We Won’t Fly
* Movement for a Democratic Society
* Granny Peace Brigade
* Veterans for Peace – NYC Chapter 034
* Waco Friends of Peace
* Malcolm X Center for Self Determination
* Mobilization Against War and Occupation
* Iranian Community Against War
* David Swanson, Author of When
the World Outlawed War
* Phil Wilayto, Author of In Defense of Iran:
Notes from a U.S. Peace Delegation’s
Journey through the Islamic Republic
* Ramsey Clark, Former US Attorney
General, awarded UN Human Rights Award
* Cindy Sheehan, National Co-ordinator
of Peace of the Action
* Ray McGovern, Veterans for Peace
* Karla Hansen, Producer/Director
“Silent Screams”
* George Phillies, Editor for Liberty for America
* Larry Everest, correspondent for
Revolution Newspaper, author of
Oil, Power & Empire: Iraq
and the US Global Agenda





Rally for Justice!
International Day of Action
Free Leonard Peltier!



February 4, 2012
Noon
U.S. Consulate
1075 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC

Organized by:
Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee - LPDOC
http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/

Endorsed by:
Mobilization Against War & Occupation(MAWO)
http://www.mawovancouver.org
& Indigenous Rights and Action Project (IRAP)



Monthly Protest Action

Free the 5 Cuban Heroes!

Release Antonio, Fernando,
Ramón & Gerardo
From US Prisons!

Let René Return to Cuba!




THURSDAY February 9, 2012
4-5pm
U.S. Consulate
1075 W. Pender St.
(Vancouver, BC)

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



Cuban Film & Cultural Night!
A Valentines Special...

~Lista de Espera~
"The Waiting List"
A Film by Cuban Director JUAN CARLOS TABIO




FRIDAY February 10, 2012
7pm
Joe's Cafe
1150 Commercial Dr.
(Vancouver, BC)

Organized by:
Vancouver Communities in Solidarity With Cuba (VCSC)
http://www.vancubasolidarity.com






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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    Volume 4 Issue 8
    of Fire This Time Newspaper


    This issue includes articles on war and occupation in Afghanistan, Iraq and Sudan. On the homefront this issue has an article on the CUPE strike featuring an interview with former city councillor Tim Louis. Also from a local perspective is a report back on the June 29th Assembly of First Nations Day of Action and a report on the BC-wide Forestry strike. A special feature on the case of the Cuban 5 political prisoners held in US jails is also included, along with the full transcript of a BBC interview with Gerardo Hernandez - one of the Cuban 5. In addition an interview with three Vancouver activists explains their experience in the July 2007 Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba. One of Fidel Castro's latest reflections is also included, in spanish and english. Also included are two articles in spanish and one in english by our contributer from Cuba, Manuel Yepe. Please look inside for more!



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