Sat 1pm: Rally in Vancouver for Egypt democracy‏

Join a Vancouver rally 

For democracy and justice in Egypt 
Saturday, Feb. 5

1pm 

At Vancouver Public Library square 

Robson & Homer) 
 
Organized by the Lower Mainland's Egyptian community. 

Supported by the StopWar.ca Coalition.
 
Facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/event.php?eid=179316532104900
 
'Vancouver rally planned':
http://www.straight.com/article-373213/vancouver/vancouver-rally-planned-support-antimubarak-protesters-egypt
 
Further info 
After the fall of Ben-Ali in Tunisia and the revolution against Mubarak in
Egypt, the revolution is spreading to all Arab countries. The peoples'
movement is basically a call for justice. It is a peaceful struggle for
economical and social development via Democracy.
 
The defiant and deceptive actions of Mubarak with the pathetic stand of
some of the western governments in general and the US in particular
vis-a-vis the legitimate aspirations of the Egyptian people are
unacceptable and counter-productive.
 
We call on the whole free world to support the movement of democratization
in Egypt and the rest of the Arab region. We call on Canada to live up to
the values of freedom, justice and democracy.
 
The struggle has begun. Canadians will continue supporting the brave
people of Egypt who are now at a very critical point in their struggle for
JUSTICE and democracy.

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StopWar Demo‏, Feb 15, VAG 6pm!

February 15th, 2010
DO YOU BELIEVE IN TORTURE, WAR AND OCCUPATION?
THEFT OF INDIGENOUS LAND?
THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT DOES!

Come out and be part of an anti-war and anti-militarization moving spectacle. This event is a festive and creative demand for the Canadian government to respect and uphold human-rights, international law, the right to self-determination and civil rights. This event will also feature Gold Medal Award ceremonies for human rights violations, war mongering, and police brutality.

Meeting Point: Vancouver Art Gallery, Georgia side
When: Monday February 15th, 2010
Gathering at 6:00pm and leaving at 6:30pm

The 2010 Winter Olympic Games reveal the same consistent, predictable and historical pattern of militarization and anti-democratic acts as they have everywhere that they are hosted. StopWar is especially concerned with the militarization of Vancouver and Whistler during the Games, with its accompanying restrictions on the democracy and safety of our community. Enormous resources, including one billion dollars of spending, considerable military personnel and equipment, and countless thousands of police and private security personnel are being deployed. The Games are accompanied by the largest domestic military and security operation in Canadian military history. Featured among the identified “threats” to the Games are domestic protest.

The Olympic Truce movement has similarly revealed the hypocritical and rhetorical commitment of the Canadian government to peace that is contradicted by action. Despite Canada being in its 9th year of waging war on the people of Afghanistan, the Canadian Olympic Truce is calling on the world community “to cease hostilities during the Games and promote the ideals of peace through sport”, however, Canada has no plans to cease causing death and destruction in Afghan society. In an ironic twist of history, we remember that the 1980 Olympic Games hosted by the Soviet Union were boycotted by over 60 countries, including Canada, in protest of the Soviet occupation and war in Afghanistan that had begun a year earlier in 1979.

Bring your costumes, signs, banners and musical instruments!

Join us in calling attention to the Canadian government's disregard of human rights, international law, the right to self-determination and civil rights. We call on the Canadian government to end the occupation, war crimes, and human rights violations from Afghanistan to BC, to sign the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and to abide by International law. To bring aid not militarization to Haiti. To bring equity not militarization within Canadian communities.

Sponsored by: Stopwar.ca
For more information contact: Stopwar@resist.ca
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