[Vancouver] Forum on Terrorist Profiling

2008-07-30 19:30
2008-07-30 21:30
Canada/Pacific

Please attend and forward to your contacts - Thanks!

The Siraat Collective presents a Forum on Profiling Terrorists with panelists:

Prem Rajah - Tamil Community Activist
Reem Alnuweiri - Palestinian Activist
Alnoor Gova - Researcher
Rahad Kurd - Researcher

at Gallery Gachet
88 E. Cordova Street, Vancouver
Wednesday, July 30th
at 7:30 pm


City: 
Vancouver, B.C.
Address: 
88 E. Cordova Street
Phone: 
604-715-4816
Cost: 
Free

[Vancouver-Area] The Tar Sands in Burnaby's Backyard?

2008-07-31 18:30
2008-07-31 21:30
Canada/Pacific

A public forum & discussion...
THE TAR SANDS IN BURNABY'S BACKYARD?
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Thursday, July 31st @ 6:30 pm
McGill Branch - Burnaby Public Library
4595 Albert St., Burnaby
(1 Block north of Hastings, near Willingdon)
Program Room

(This is a free event)


City: 
Burnaby, BC
Address: 
4595 Albert St., Burnaby (Burnaby Library, McGill Branch)
Phone: 
778 552 2099
Cost: 
Free

[Oakland, CA] What Can Be Learned From Karl Marx: Everything About Work and Wealth in Capitalism

2008-08-09 13:00
2008-08-09 16:00
US/Pacific

Discussion in Oakland, California, August 9, 2008
What Can Be Learned From Karl Marx:
Everything About Work and Wealth in Capitalism

When: August 9, 2008, Saturday, 1:00 pm

Where: Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94609-1113 Ph: (510) 595-7417

Speaker: Frank Winter, co-editor of Gegenstandpunkt (Germany)


City: 
Oakland , CA
Address: 
Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94609-1113 Ph: (510) 595-7417
Phone: 
(510) 595-7417
Cost: 
Free

[Vancouver] Treaties, Colonization & Resistance: 150 Years of 'BC'

2008-07-14 19:30
2008-07-14 22:00
Canada/Pacific

TREATIES, COLONIZATION & RESISTANCE:
July 14th, 2008, 7:30 pm
Open to the Public.

In 1858, the new colony's governor, Sir James Douglas, read the official proclamation that cemented the colony of 'BC'. In 1974 a provincial secretary for 'BC' stated:

"We feel that a holiday should be dedicated to the pioneers who built the colony of British Columbia..."


City: 
Coast Salish Lands (a.k.a. "Vancouver")
Address: 
1607 East Hastings Street
Cost: 
Free (by donation)

[Vancouver] Igniting the Flame for a Sweat-Free Olympics

2008-06-12 09:00
2008-06-12 13:00
Canada/Pacific

Igniting the flame for a sweat-free Olympics
Ethical Trading Forum 2008

* Can workers making Olympic-branded products expect fair labour practices?
* How far and how fast do sportswear brands need to go to improve wages and working conditions?

City: 
Vancouver
Address: 
SFU Harbour Centre (515 W. Hastings)
Phone: 
604-430-6766
Cost: 
$30 civil society organizations; $50 companies; and $10 students.

[Hamilton] Anarchist Bookfair

2008-06-14 10:00
2008-06-14 16:00
Canada/Eastern

Fellow underdogs unite in underdog city for a day of workshops, discussion, networking and of course literature!

Date: June 14, 2008
Time: 10am - 4pm

Place: Westdale Highschool
700 Main Street West,
Hamilton, Ontario
L8S1A5


City: 
Hamilton
Address: 
700 Main Street West
Cost: 
Free

[Victoria] Ask an Activist Lawyer!

2008-05-25 18:00
2008-05-25 21:00
Canada/Pacific

Who: Lawyer Peter Edelmann
What: Legal rights for everyone!
When: 6 pm Sunday
Where: Camas Books, 2590 Quadra St, Victoria BC


City: 
Victoria
Address: 
2590 Quadra St.
Cost: 
Free - Donations welcome.

[Vancouver] Race, Class and the Fight for a Workers America

2008-05-31 13:30
2008-05-31 16:00
Canada/Pacific

Trotskyist League/Spartacus Youth Club Forum

Race, Class and the Fight for a Workers America

Break with the Democrats!
For a Class-Struggle Workers Party!
For Black Liberation Through Socialist Revolution!

Free Mumia Abu-Jamal! Abolish the Racist Death Penalty!


City: 
Vancouver
Address: 
3161 Ontario Street (at 16th Avenue)
Phone: 
(604) 687-0353
Cost: 
$2 requested donation

[Vancouver] Living Car Free Cafe

2008-05-20 19:00
2008-05-20 20:00
Canada/Pacific

Owning a car is not only bad for the environment, it's bad for your pocket book, but living without one is not always easy. For those who need more convenience and flexibility than walking, biking or public transit can provide, car sharing is a practical alternative.


City: 
Vancouver
Address: 
Bean Around the World (2528 Main Street)
Cost: 
Free

[Vancouver] Giving Your Home an Energy Audit - Climate Cafe

2008-04-28 19:00
2008-04-28 20:30
Canada/Pacific


City: 
Vancouver
Address: 
797 West 16th
Cost: 
Free

[Vancouver] The Selling of National Insecurities

2008-04-27 18:00
2008-04-27 19:30
Canada/Pacific


City: 
Vancouver, BC
Address: 
733 Beatty Street, corner W. Georgia
Phone: 
778 885 0040
Cost: 
Free

[Michigan] Indigenous Earth Day Summit

2008-04-22 08:00
2008-04-23 23:00
US/Eastern


City: 
Marquette, Michigan
Address: 
Northern Michigan University
Phone: 
906-227-1397
Cost: 
Free

Report Back: After the Zapatista Women’s Gathering; Women Sharing our Impressions, Hopes, Dreams

2008-04-10 19:30
2008-04-10 22:00
Canada/Pacific


City: 
Vancouver
Address: 
317 E. Broadway
Phone: 
778.895.5878
Cost: 
Free

[Calgary] Anarchist Bookfair

2008-04-25 12:00
2008-04-27 21:00
Etc/GMT-7


City: 
Calgary
Address: 
223 - 12 Ave SW
Cost: 
Free

[Vancouver] Garbage 101: Citizens' Workshop on Zero Waste Part 2

2008-03-15 13:30
2008-03-15 16:30
Canada/Pacific


City: 
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Address: 
181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver BC
Cost: 
Free