15) WHAT'S LEFT

Surrey, BC

 

Honour Dr. Darshan Gill, Feb. 6, 2-5 pm, Strawberry Hill Library, Indo Canadian Workers’ Association and Radio India public meeting to honour secular Punjabi writer Dr. Darshan Gill. For info, call Gurpreet Singh, 778-862-2454.

 

Vancouver, BC

Left Film Night, “The Cradle Will Rock,” Tim Robbins film on 1930s cultural upheavals in New York, Sun., Jan. 30, Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Drive. Admission free, donations welcome, call 604-255-2041 for details. Next Left Film Night will be Sun., Feb. 27.

 

Jose Marti Anniversary Celebration, Sun., Jan. 30, 2-5 pm, Peretz Centre, 6184 Ash St. Featuring the documentary Sin Embargo, on how Cubans cope with the U.S. blockade. Entertainment, refreshments, admission by donation, organized by Canadian-Cuban Friendship  Association-Vancouver.

 

Open Pit Imperialism: Canada at Home and Abroad, launch of “Imperial Canada” with author  Todd Gordon, and forum on Canadian mining companies with Tria Donaldson and Bayron Figueroa (UNRG Canada), Tue., Feb. 1, 7 pm, SFU Harbour Centre 7000, 515 W. Hastings. For info, email antigoldcorp@gmail.com

 

20th Annual Women’s Memorial March, honour missing and murdered women, Monday, Feb.  14, 12 noon at Carnegie Centre, Main & Hastings. For info on related events during early  February, visit http://womensmemorialmarch/. wordpress.com or call Marlene, 604-665-3005.

 

Wars, Lies and Wikileaks, Thur., Feb. 17, 7 pm, public forum with Gail Davidson (Lawyers  Against War) and Micheal Vonn (BC Civil Liberties), Room 1800, SFU Harbor Centre (515 W.  Hastings), organized by StopWar, Vancouver’s anti-war coalition.

 

COPE Winter Gala, Sat., Feb. 26, 7-11 pm, Coalition of Progressive Electors masquerade ball at Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut St. Hosted by comedian Charles Demers, west coast  food, special musical performance and more. Tickets $70 (student/youth $40, low-income tickets

available), email mailto:\cope@cope.bc.ca or 604-255-0400.

Winnipeg, MB

Keep Resisters in Canada, fundraising dinner Feb. 12, 6 pm, with war resister Joshua Key, Ethiopian vegetarian food, 411 Cumberland Ave., tickets $20, call KRICC, 792-3371.

 

Toronto, ON

Annual Jose Marti Dinner and Dance, Jan. 29, 2011, 7 pm, Bloor Street United, 300 Bloor St. West. Enjoy the live Cuban band “Los Clave Kings”. Advance prepaid tickets $30, or $40 at the door. Sponsored by Canadian-Cuban Friendship Association Toronto.

 

Get on the Bus to the “People vs. U.S. Steel” rally in Hamilton. Join People’s Voice readers on a bus leaving 11 am, Sat. Jan. 29 from 290 Danforth Ave.  all 416-469-2481 for seats. Donation of $30 or pay-whatyou-can requested.

 

Never Again for Anyone, hear Auschwitz survivor Dr. Hajo Meyer, writer Lee Maracle, and Khaled Mauammar, President of Canadian Arab Federation, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 7-10 pm, Winchevsky Centre, 585 Cranbrooke Ave., $10 or PWYC. Info: http://www.neveragainforanyone.com/.

 

Why We Need the Canadian Boat to Gaza, Sat., Feb. 12, 7:30 pm, Bloor Street United, 300 Bloor St. W., speaker Jeff Halper (Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions). Advance tickets  $10 from Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St., or Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 73 Harbord St., call  Ruth at 416-588-6356.

 

Norman Bethune Day Dinner, Sat., Feb. 26, 7 pm, 290 Danforth Ave., tickets $5. Media sponsor  People’s Voice. Door prize; one-week all-inclusive trip for two to Cuba. Call 416-460-2446 for tickets.

 

Global Crisis, Fiscal Restraint and Public-Private Partnerships, 2011 Clarke Memorial Lecture with John Loxley. 7 pm, Thursday, March 10, Ryerson University, Oakham Lounge, 2^nd floor, 63 Gould St. Co-sponsored by Ryerson CUPE Locals 233, 1281, 3904, Ontario Council of

Hospital Unions/CUPE. Info: Bryan Evans at 416-979-5000 x4199.

 

Hamilton, ON

The People vs. U.S. Steel, Day of Action rally and march with locked-out Steelworkers, Sat., Jan. 29, 1 pm, starting at Hamilton City Hall. For info on buses, call 1-800-668-9138.

St  Catharines, ON

Get on the Bus, Sat., Jan. 29, join Niagara Labour Council on a free bus to the “People vs. US Steel” rally at Hamilton City Hall. Buses leave at12 noon sharp from the CAW 199 Hall, 124 Bunting Road.

Montreal, QC

Whose Security? Countering the National Security Agenda, Feb. 4-6, Concordia University,  People’s Commission Network Popular Forum. For details, visit http://www.peoplescommission.org/.

 

Palestinians And Jews United, Boycott-Disinvestment- Sanctions picket, every Saturday 1-3 pm, outside Le marcheur at Duluth & St Denis.

 (The above article is from the Feb. 1-14, 2011, issue of People's Voice, Canada's leading communist newspaper. Articles can be reprinted free if the source is credited. Subscription rates in Canada: $30/year, or $15 low income rate; for U.S. readers - $45 US per year; other overseas readers - $45 US or $50 CDN per year. Send to People's Voice, c/o PV Business Manager, 706 Clark Drive, Vancouver, BC, V5L 3J1.)