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Don't Miss the Bus!

20th Pastors for Peace
Caravan to Cuba

Send-Off and Border-Crossing!

Send-Off Celebration!
Saturday July 4
6:30pm
Trout Lake Park
3300 Victoria Dr.

Border Crossing!
Sunday July 5
12pm
Peace Arch Park

Call 778-882-5223 to arrange
a ride or caravan to the border!



17th Che Guevara Volunteer
Brigade

July 26th to August 16th, 2009

Organized by:
Canadian Network on Cuba
Click Here for Information


Contact by Phone:
778-882-5223



Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba

July 5th to August 5th, 2009


Organized by:
IFCO- Pastors for Peace
Click Here for Information
Contact by Email:
cucaravan@igc.org
Phone:
212-926-5757
(New York, NY)



Mobilization Against War & Occupation

Palestine Section





Mobilization Against War & Occupation

No War on Iran Section






Alison Bodine Defence Campaign




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ALISON BODINE DEFENCE CAMPAIGN!





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Volume 6 Issue 2
of Fire This Time Newspaper Coming Soon!

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
  • Hands Off the DR Congo! Why are UN/Imperialists Carving up Congo?
  • Cuba After the Hurricanes
  • Bolivia: Revolution and Counter-Revolution
  • The United States, Cuba and the Economic Crisis
  • May Day 2009: The Impact of the Worldwide Capitalist Crisis on the Working Class
  • MAWO Statement: Astonishing Victory for Palestinians! Israel's Crushing Defeat in Gaza
  • UN General Assembly Condemns US Blockade Against Cuba: Not Once, Not Twice but 17 Times!
  • Vancouver: A City of Homelessness and Poverty Olympics
  • "We Can Move Toward a Just City" - Interview with Dave Diewert
  • Louis Riel: A Revolutionary Legacy
  • Canadian Democracy vs. Indigenous People
  • The Blockade Hurts the Blockader
  • Reflections of Fidel: Total Transparency

  • ...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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    Thursday July 9th

    Monthly Picket Action

    Free the Cuban 5 Heroes Held
    in U.S. Jails!



    4pm - 5pm
    United States Consulate
    1075 W. Pender St.
    Downtown Vancouver

    Organized by:
    Free the Cuban 5 Committee-Vancouver
    (FC5C-Van)
    http://www.vancubasolidarity.com/freethefivevan.html



    Saturday July 18th

    Monthly Antiwar Rally

    End the Occupations of Afghanistan,
    Iraq, Palestine, Haiti and Tamil Eelam!

    Self-Determination for Indigenous
    Nations, Tamils & All Oppressed
    Nations!



    2:00pm
    Vancouver Art Gallery
    750 Hornby Street at Robson Street
    Downtown Vancouver

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



    Thursday July 23rd

    Picket Action

    Canada/US/NATO Out
    of Afghanistan Now!



    4:00pm
    Canadian Armed Forces
    Recruitment Center
    620 Royal Avenue
    (near 6th Street, beside Douglas College)
    New Westminster, BC

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




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