Ileana
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Events on campus coming up - 2006/11/14 22:29
Hello everyone,
>
> Perhaps you will be interested in the following events. Thank you very
> much for your attention.
>
> Best,
> Ileana F. Szymanski
>
EVENT NUMBER 1:
> For any information, please contact: Vicky Guzman: "Labour Singer"
<laboursinger@yahoo.ca>
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> ************please forward
> widely***************************
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> Wednesday November 15, 2006
> @7pm CSA boardroom
> 2nd floor of the University Centre
> !FREE FOOD!
>
> During the early 80s and 90s the US spent over a
> million dollars a day
> to
> support the widely unpopular El Savador government
> which was fighting a
> civil war against the FMLN, one of the most popular
> social movements in
> the world.
>
> The guerilla radio station, RADIO VENCEREMOS, became
> both a tool for
> popular resistance and a target for the US-backed
> military. Although
> the
> civil war ended Radio Venceremos continues to
> broadcast its call for
> truth
> and social justice.
>
> Marina Manzenares (aka Mariposa), one of the founders
> of Radio
> Venceremos
> has launched an internatinoal campaign to bring out
> information about
> paramilitary's ongoing attempts to instill fear on
> those speaking truth
> to
> power.
>
> Join Mariposa on WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 15th @7pm in the
> CSA boardroom to
> share stories of struggle, resistance, and the
> importance of community
> media.
EVENT NUMBER 2:
The War Resisters Support Campaign is a broad-based
coalition of community, faith, labour and other
organizations and individuals that have come together
to support U.S. soldiers seeking asylum in Canada
because they refuse to fight in the illegal war in
Iraq.
The Campaign works on two fronts: we support the
material needs of war resisters when they arrive in
Canada; and we campaign to persuade the Canadian
government to provide sanctuary for U.S. war
resisters.
On Wednesday, November 22nd, at 8:30 p.m. in the Grad
Lounge on the University of Guelph campus, there will
be a CD release party by MC Mohommad Ali entitled,
“Not in Our Name!” a benefit concert for the War
Resisters Campaign.
There will be a performance from local social justice
musician, Fellow Worker, along with a showing of “Let
Them Stay”, a documentary about the war resisters. In
addition, a US war resister will be in attendance to
talk about the situation. After that, MC Mohammad Ali
will break it down with socially conscious hip-hop.
The evening will round up with local DJs playing music
from around the world.
Cover for the event is $5-10 sliding scale with all
profits from the album and performances, in support of
the album, going directly to supporting the legal
and/or material needs of U.S. War Resisters in Canada.
For more information go to www.resisters.ca or
www.myspace.com/mcmohammadali. Questions, please email
Vicki Guzmán at laboursinger@yahoo.ca or call the War
Resisters National Campaign Office at 416.598.1222
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