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  What's Left
(The following article is from the October 1-15, 2007 issue of People's Voice, Canada's leading communist newspaper. Articles can be reprinted free if the source is credited. Subscription rates in Canada: $25/year, or $12 low income rate; for U.S. readers - $25 US per year; other overseas readers - $25 US or $35 CDN per year. Send to: People's Voice, c/o PV Business Manager, 133 Herkimer St. Unit 502, Hamilton, ON, L8P 2H3.)

VICTORIA, BC
Rally for Rainforests and Jobs - Sat., Oct. 13 in advance of BC government’s new Coastal Old-Growth Plan. Meet 11:30 at Centennial Square, march to Legislature at 12 noon for rally.

VANCOUVER, BC

StopWar.ca -  coalition meetings on 2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 5;30 pm, Maritime Labour Centre, 1880 Triumph St., see http://www.stopwar.ca for updates.

People's Co-op Bookstore AGM - 7:30 pm, Friday, Sept. 28, 1391 Commercial Drive, call  604-253-6442.

 View from a  Grain of Sand - documentary on the plight of women in the occupation of  Afghanistan, plus discussion moderated by Sunera Thobani, Monday, Oct. 1, 7:30 pm at SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings St.

 Housing Protest - Sunday, Oct. 14, gather 2 pm at Victory Square, organized by Anti-Poverty  Committee.

 Drive out the Harper Tories - picket 5 pm, Tuesday, Oct. 16, at MP David Emerson’s office,  2148 Kingsway. Call 604-254-9836 for details.

 90 Years of Revolution - social & cultural program to mark the October Revolution, 6 pm, Sat., Nov. 3, Russian Hall, 600 Campbell Ave. For info call BC Communist Party, 604-254-9836.

 Left Film Night - 7 pm, Sunday, Sept. 30, “Incident at Oglala,” documentary on Leonard Peltier, at Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Drive, with speaker on the John  Graham case, call 604-255-2041 for info.

Commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Che Guevara's Death: Political/cultural event - Fri., Oct. 5, 7 pm, ANZA Club, 3 West 8th Ave. (Ontario St.), sliding scale $5-20. 

 Conference on the Importance of Che's Ideas in Contemporary Latin America - Sat., Oct. 6, SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings. Organized by Coordinadora Cafe Rebelde.

Salud! - documentary on Cuba’s internationalist doctors (see review on page 10), screenings sponsored by Canada-Cuba Friendship Assoc., Wed., Oct. 10, 7 pm at Granville 7 Theatre, and Fri., Oct. 12, 1:15 pm at Vancity Theatre. For ticket info, visit http://viff.org/.

 Anti-War Rally - Sat., Oct. 27, with speaker Malalai Joya, Afghan woman MP, gather 12  noon at Waterfront Station for 1 pm march to Art Gallery. For details, see stopwar.ca.

Peace Without Borders - Sat., Sept. 29, cross-border strategy sessions on building the movement (10 am -1 pm), concert with David Rovics and others (2-5 pm), at Peace Arch Park, organized by World Peace Forum Society, BC Labour Against War, Canadian Students Federation, StopWar.ca, Whatcom Peace & Justice Centre, Community to Community Development, see www.worldpeaceforum.ca.

EDMONTON, AB
Edmonton Young Communist League - meets regularly at Remedy Cafe, 8631-109 St., at 5 pm on the second Friday each month. Check out the discussion readings on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=3559215104.

TORONTO, ON

Rally for a People's Agenda - 7 pm, Sat., Sept. 29, GCDO Hall, 290 Danforth. Meet the  Communist candidates, live music, bar and food. For info call 416-469-2446 or see  http://www.votecommunist.ca.

 Tribute to Benny Moré - Cuban music with Pedrito Calvo and Juno award-winner Hilario  Duran, Sunday, Sept. 30, 8:30 pm, at Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas West. Tickets $30, or  $69 for dinner reservation & guaranteed seating. Doors open 7 pm, call 416-588-0307.

 Vote Out Poverty - rally for social justice presented by Make Poverty History and the Ontario Coalition for Social Justice, Monday, Oct. 1, 7:30 pm, at Massey Hall, for ticket info call 416-872-4255.

 Cuban Film Festival - celebrate CCFA Toronto’s 30th anniversary at the Brunswick Theatre, 296 Brunswick Ave. (at Bloor West), Oct. 26-28.
Films include:
Friday, Oct. 26
  • 7 pm, VAMPIRES IN HAVANA (1985, animated), international mafia vampires try to steal a magic potion to live in broad daylight; 
  • 9 pm, LIVING TO THE LIMIT (2003) documentary of AIDS patients including a theatrical re-enactment of their stories.
Sat., Oct. 27
  • 2 pm, GUANTANAMERA (1995, comedy, director Tomas Gutierrez Alea), a family has to transport a corpse in accordance with a new state plan;
  • 7 pm, EL BENNY (2006) drama on the life of musician Benny Moré;
  •  9:30 pm, INVENTOS: HIP HOP CUBANO (2003) documentary by Eli Jacobs-Fantuzzi on the pioneers of Cuban hip hop.
Sunday, Oct. 28
  • 2 pm, VIVA CUBA, two children promise eternal friendship but their families have political differences;
  • 7 pm, THE TRIAL (documentary, 2006), the story of the Cuban Five;
  •  9 pm, SISTERS’ AND BROTHERS’ KEEPER: CUBA AND SOUTHERN AFRICAN LIBERATION (2007), how Cuba responded to Angola’s call for international help.
Tickets $10, seniors/unwaged $8, no reserved seats.

MONTREAL, QC

"October-Che" - evening to honour the 90th Anniversary of the October Revolution and the  40th Anniversary of the death of Che, Sun., Oct. 7, dinner 5 pm, Centre Lajeunesse (7378 de la rue Lajeunesse), organised by Communist Party of Québec (section of the Communist  Party of Canada), and the YCL-LJC, 514-737-7817.

Vigil against occupation of Palestine - every Friday, noon to 1 pm, at Israeli Consulate,  corner of Peel and Rene Levesque. For info: Palestinians And Jews United, 961-3928.

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