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FIRE THIS TIME
UPCOMING EVENTS
October 14, 2016
2 Solidarity Actions
U.S. HANDS OFF VENEZUELA!
1) Protest Action
4-4:45PM
U.S. Consulate
1075 W. Pender Street
Vancouver, Canada
2) Petition Drive
5-6PM
Vancouver Art Gallery
Robson Street & Howe Street
Downtown Vancouver, Canada
Organized by
Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice
FIRE THIS TIME RECOMMENDS
September 24, 2016
U.S. & Saudi Arabia
Hands Off Yemen!
Money for Jobs, Healthcare, Education, Housing & Environment!
In Venezuela the Struggle Continues!
¡En Venezuela la lucha continúa!
February 26, 2016
A Revolutionary Perspective: From the Civil Rights Movement to African Liberation Movement to Black Lives Matter!
MALCOLM X, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR, THOMAS SANKARA, PATRICE LUMUMBA. MAURICE BISHOP, BLACK PANTHERS: Black Leadership Fighting Against Imperialism and Capitalism
January 5, 2016
On the opening day of Venezuela's new national assembly
2 ACTIONS FOR VENEZUELA
In Venezuela the Struggle Continues!
¡En Venezuela la lucha continúa!
December 17, 2015
FREE PUBLIC FORUM
ELECTIONS AFTERMATH: REVOLUTION & COUNTER REVOLUTION IN VENEZUELA
December 4 & 6, 2015
2 Days of Actions in Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution of Venezuela
<<1>> US Hands Off Venezuela! Picket Action at US Consulate & Info Tabling at the Vancouver Art Gallery
<<2>> Free Public Forum - Revolutionary Venezuela Advances Social Equality: What is at Stake in the Upcoming Elections?
Actions were part of the International Days of Action Called by the Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee www.cuba-venezuela.org
September 29, 2015
PUBLIC FORUM
Humanity Denied:
Who is to Blame for the Refugee Crisis in Europe?
September 26, 2015
PUBLIC FORUM
Ayotzinapa
The Struggle for Justice in Ayotzinapa
Continues 1 Year After the Atrocity
Against 43 Innocent Students
December 19 2014
PUBLIC FORUM
Cold War II: Capitalism Vs. Capitalism!
U.S., EU, RUSSIA & CHINA, Where are We Heading?
Herbert Marcuse, Commemorating 50 Years of Publishing “One Dimensional Man” in Today's Many Dimensional World.
Capitalism, Socialism and Marcuse's "Third Way": A Marxist View
The Death of Comandante
Hugo Chávez &
Revolutionary Continuity
in Venezuela
September 7, 2012
PUBLIC FORUM
Hands Off Fire This Time Newspaper!
Stand Against Police Brutality!
Stop Harassment of Political Activists!
Oppose Suppression of Freedom of Expression!
May 1st, 2012
PUBLIC FORUM
Workers of the World Unite!
Against War and Occupation
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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Format, click
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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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articles click
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Vancouver event endorsers:
Friends of Cuba Against the US Blockade – Vancouver (FCAB-Vancouver), Stories from the Salish Seas,
Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist), Human Rights and International Solidarity Community ETEA (Federation of Post-Secondary Educators Local 21), Richmond-Centre Federal New Democratic Party (NDP), ANSWER – Seattle,Seattle/Cuba Friendship Committee, Proyecto Cultural Sur-Vancouver, US Women and Cuba Collaboration, Battle of Ideas Press, Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice-FTT, Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO), Communist League, Legacy of Equality, Leadership & Organizing - LELO
Nanaimo event organized by Friends of the Cuban 5 in Nanaimo, BC
Cuba Solidarity in Canada
Five Decades of People-to-People Foreign Relations
Long Live the Memory of Leslie Feinberg Transgender Leader in the Working-class Movement and Revolutionary Communist Fighter
Leslie Feinberg, who identified as an anti-racist white, working-class, secular Jewish, transgender, lesbian, female, revolutionary communist, died on Nov. 15. She succumbed to complications from multiple tick-borne co-infections, including Lyme disease, babeisiosis and protomyxzoa rheumatica, after decades of illness.
She died at home in Syracuse, N.Y., with her partner and spouse of 22 years, Minnie Bruce Pratt, at her side. Her last words were:“Hasten the revolution! Remember me as a revolutionary communist.”
The 18th World Festival of Youth and Students opened December 7th – 13th, in the Ecuadorian capital, Quito, under the theme ' Youth unite against imperialism, for a world of peace, solidarity and social transformation', with the participation of delegations representing more than 83 countries from around the world.
This 18th edition is dedicated to Eloy Alfaro, leader of the Liberal Revolution of Ecuador (1895-1924); Comandante Hugo Chávez; and Kwame Nkrumah, the Ghanaian independence leader.
Check out , reports, videos and pictures from Fire This Time organizers that particpated in the 18th World Festival of Youth and Students, in Quito Ecuador, December 7-13 2013.
On August 31,2012, at Metrotown Skytrain Station near Vancouver, Canada, Transit police officers and the RCMP assaulted, handcuffed and removed three activists that were peacefully distributing the Fire This Time newspaper (FTT). Because FTT is a non-commercial, free social justice newspaper, the officers had no legal ground to stop the distribution. It is clear that the aim of the assault was to intimidate and harass social justice activists which is political targeting as FTT publishes many articles against war and in support of social justice struggles in Canada, from Indigenous rights to labour organizing. This was an attack on our fundamental civil and democratic rights which include freedom of expression and the right to organize and demonstrate without violence and intimidation. It is also a case of police brutality, which is a disturbing trend growing in Canada...
