ACTION! FOUR More November Events in Toronto, Mississauga, Ottawa
1. NOVEMBER 6 TO 12, TORONTOPEACE WEEK, NOVEMBER 6-12 2005, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
An extraordinary week of presentations, forums, music, art and reflection on the prospects of creating a sustainable culture of peace. Peace Week is for everyone. It is to remember those who laid down their lives that we might live free. It is for the soldier wanted home and safe. It is for the terrorized and the agrieved. It is for the oppressor who knows not what they do and the oppressed who understand too well what is being done to them. It is a time for truth, for healing, sharing, aspiring toward a world of greater peace.
http://individual.utoronto.ca/khalsagf/
2. NOVEMBER 10 & 14, TORONTO
Protest Ariel Sharon's visit to Toronto
Oppose Israel's war crimes
Public forum
Featuring footage from the acclaimed BBC documentary The Accused
And guest speakers
Thursday, November 10
7:00pm
Ryerson University
Room TBA
Demonstration
Protest Ariel Sharon's visit to Toronto
War criminals not welcome here
Monday, November 14
7:00pm
Downtown Toronto
Venue TBA
Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon - viewed by people around the world as a war criminal - is scheduled to speak at the United Jewish Communities General Assembly in Toronto on Monday, November 14.
Ariel Sharon's record of international war crimes is long and well-documented. As Minister of Defence
during Israel's invasion of Lebanon, Ariel Sharon was found responsible for the massacre of thousands of Palestinians at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camp on September 16-18, 1982.
Since then, as Israeli Prime Minister, Sharon has continued to violate international law, presiding over
Israel's construction of its illegal Apartheid Wall, expanding illegal Zionist settlements on Palestinian land, implementing the practices of 'home demolition' and targeted assassination of Palestinians, and refusing to recognize the overwhelming opposition of the international community to Israel's abuses of human rights.
Let's let Sharon know that he's not welcome here.
In addition to a legal challenge to deny Ariel Sharon entry into Canada, opponents of Sharon's war crimes have organized a public forum and a mass demonstration to protest his visit to Toronto.
We have come together to form the Coalition Against Israel's War Crimes, a city-wide community-based coalition that represents more than twenty organizations from Toronto's Muslim, Arab and Jewish communities as well as other faith groups, trade unionists, students, peace and human rights campaigners, elected officials and concerned citizens.
Spread the word. Endorse the campaign. And join us to show that war criminals are not welcome in Toronto!
The Coalition Against Israel's War Crimes invites all supporting organizations and individuals to endorse our campaign.
For more information or to endorse, please contact us:
E-Mail: coalition_against_war_crimes@hotmail.com
Media liaison: Rafeef Ziadeh
Phone: 416-616-4796
E-mail: rafee@rocketmail.com
List of endorsing organizations and individuals:
Al-Awda Right of Return Coalition
Arab Students Collective (ASC)
Canada Palestine Association (CPA)
Medical Aid for Palestine (MAP)
Niagara Palestinian Association
Palestine House
Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) - Toronto
Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights - Carleton University
Sumoud Political Prisoner Solidarity Group
Canadian Peace Alliance (CPA)
Lawyers Against the War
Niagara Coalition for Peace (NC4P)
November 16 Peace Coalition - Hamilton
Toronto Coalition to Stop the War (TCSW)
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Toronto District Council
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), International Solidarity Committee, Ontario Division
Canadian Muslim Forum (CMF)
Islamic Society of York Region
Muslim Unity Group
Jewish Women's Committee to End the Occupation (JWCEO)
Palestinian & Jewish Unity / Palestiniens et Juifs Unis (PAJU) Montréal
Alternative Perspective Media / Regard Alternative Media (ARM-RAM)
My Peace and Justice
And others
Organized by:
Coalition Against Israel's War Crimes
coalition_against_war_crimes@hotmail.com
3. NOVEMBER 11 TO 13, OTTAWA
Pan-Canadian anti-war conference:
Challenging Canada's role in Empire
Canadian Peace Alliance 20th Anniversary Conference 2005
November 11 to 13, 2005
West Block on Parliament Hill
Wellington Street
Ottawa
With workshops on strategy for the anti-war movement, and information sessions on war, militarisation and civil liberties
The Toronto Coalition to Stop the War is working with the Canadian Peace Alliance to provide subsidised transportation to and from Ottawa that will be included in one ticket price that also covers conference registration.
Transportation details are as follows:
Transportation will be provided on a fully-equipped, climate-controlled highway touring coach with unionised labour. The coach will depart from and return to the same location in downtown Toronto:
720 Spadina Avenue
(just south of Bloor Street West on the west side of Spadina Avenue)
Nearest subway: Spadina
The coach will depart Toronto on Friday, November 11 at 1:00pm to arrive in Ottawa by 6:00pm on the same day.
The coach will depart Ottawa on Sunday, November 13 at 6:00pm to arrive in Toronto by 11:00pm on the same day.
Ticket cost: $ 70.00 to $ 100.00 (sliding scale - pay what you can afford within this range); ticket cost includes return coach transportation to Ottawa and full registration for the entire weekend of the conference.
Billeting available for out-of-town registrants
Child care available
If you plan to make your own arrangements for transportation to Ottawa, registration costs are as follows:
All three days: $ 75.00
Students and unwaged: $ 40.00
Single session: $ 10.00 / $ 5.00
Subsidies available
For more information or to register, please contact the Canadian Peace Alliance:
Phone: 416-588-5555
E-mail: cpa@web.ca
Web: www.acp-cpa.ca
Organised by Together Against War / Ensemble contre la guerre
Co-sponsored by Muslim Presence Ottawa
4. NOVEMBER 25, MISSISSAUGA
Friday, November 25
Sajeena: Fundraiser for Palestinian Child Prisoners
This is the third year in a row that Sumoud Political Prisoners Solidarity Group (http://sumoud.tao.ca) and the Arab Students' Collective have put together a night of great Arabic music to fundraise in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners. The emphasis of the work for the coming year will be demanding the release of Palestinian children imprisoned by the Israeli occupation. This year's Sajeena is dedicated to the memory of Professor James Graff, and in commemoration of the tenth year since the passing of Egyptian singer Sheikh Imam
Date: Friday, November 25 Doors open at 7pm
Place: Glenforest Secondary School Auditorium 3575 Fieldgate Drive, Mississauga
Featuring Performances by: Bassam Bishara John Kameel Farah and for the first time Jawqet al-Sheikh Imam
Tickets will be available to buy with a credit card online at the Al-Awda online store: http://www.al-awda.ca/index.php?module=PayPalCart
"Anyone with knowledge of illegal activity and an opportunity to do something is a potential criminal under international law, unless the person takes affirmative measures to prevent the commission of the crimes." - Declaration of War Crimes Tribunals following World War ll
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