Vancouver, BC
Summer Solstice BBQ, Coalition of Progressive Electors, Tue., June 21, 6:30-11 pm, Vancouver Rowing Club, 450 Stanley Park Drive, for tickets call 604-255-0400.
Youth Fighting Back Under A Harper Majority, forum on Charter of Youth Rights, Wed., June 22, 7:30 pm, Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Drive. Speakers: Johan Boyden (Young Communist League leader), Marianne Breton Fontaine (Montreal student activist), Stephen Von Sychowski (BC young worker activist). For info, 604-255-2041.
Special General Meeting of COPE (Coalition of Progressive Electors), Sunday, June 26, Japanese Hall, 487 Alexander St. Registration 2 pm, meeting 3 pm, members will vote on electoral agreement for the municipal election.
Winnipeg, MB
30th Annual Peace Walk and First Annual International Peace Festival, Sat., June 18, at Vimy Ridge Park. 11 am - Craft tent and banner making. 12:00 Assemble, 12:30 Walk begins. 2 pm - Program continues at Park.
Dangers and Challenges of the Conservative majority: Strategy and action to defeat the Harper agenda. Thur., June 23, 7 pm, People’s Voice forum with speaker Darrell Rankin. Information: 586-7824.
Toronto, ON
Davenport Club Annual People’s Voice BBQ, 2-5 pm, Sat., July 9 (rain or shine), $20/person, $10 low waged & students, children under 12 free. 58 Albany Ave. (first street east of Bathurst, north of Bloor). To help us prepare better, let us know if you are coming, ph. 416-536-6771.
Montreal, QC
Palestinians And Jews United, boycott/disinvestment/sanctions picket, every Saturday, 1-3 pm, outside Le marcheur, at Duluth & St. Denis. Tribute to Oscar Chavez, Sat., June 25, 1 pm, at the Hotel Lord Berri, 1199 Berri St. (near metro Berri UQAM and rue Ste-Catherine).
(The above article is from the June 16-30, 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.)