18) WHAT'S LEFT

Burnaby, BC

 

An evening of your favourite songs, with musicians Tom Hawken, Linda Chobotuck and Joyce Holmes, plus full turkey dinner and dessert, Sat., Sept. 24. Doors 6:30 pm, Program 8 pm, 5435 Kincaid Street. Info and RSVP Anna 604-294-6775. $20/person, kids under 12 $10, limited seating. Proceeds: Burnaby Club.

Vancouver, BC

 

Annual Women’s Housing March, Sat., Sept. 17, 1:30 pm, from Cordova and Columbia, organized by Downtown Eastside Women Centre Power of Women Group. Followed at 4 pm by street party to stop condos on the 100 Block, music and food.

 

COPE policy and nomination meeting, Sunday, Sept. 18, John Oliver Secondary, 41st & Fraser (note location change). Register 1 pm for nominations starting 2 pm. For info ph. 604-254-0400 or www.cope.bc.ca.

 

Left Film Night, “GASLAND”, documentary on the impact of natural gas “fracking” industry, 7 pm, Sun., Sept. 25, Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Dr. Free admission, call 604-255-2041 for info.

 

Protest Dick Cheney, ex-US Vice President book event, Monday, Sept. 26, 6 pm, Vancouver Club, 915 West Hastings, organized by StopWar peace coalition.

 

People’s Co-op Bookstore AGM, Friday, Sept. 30, 7 pm. For membership and info, visit the store, 1391 Commercial Drive, 604-253-6442.

 

Saskatoon, SK

 

Indigenous Young Women: Speaking our Truths, Nov. 18-21 conference. Info: 1-888-948-1112 or Natasha@girlsactionfoundation.ca, or google “Girls Action Foundation”.

 

Winnipeg, MB

 

Radical BookFair & DIY Fest, Friday Sept. 23, 7 pm, panel discussion in Mondragon, and music show. Sat., Sept. 24, 11 am-5 pm, book tables on Albert St. with workshops nearby. Sun.,Sept. 25 fundraising brunch in Mondragon plus book tables on the street noon to 4 pm, DIY workshops in nearby spaces.

 

Ottawa, ON

 

David Rovics concert, University of Ottawa Alumni Auditorium, Sunday, Oct. 2, 7 pm. Tickets $10-$20 sliding scale, proceeds to Canadian Boat to Gaza. For info email Larry at cpccarleton@yahoo.ca. Co-sponsored by Rosa Luxembourg and Carleton University CPC clubs, Young Communist League, Students for Palestinian Human Rights (U of Ottawa), Students Against Israeli Apartheid (Carleton U), Independent Jewish Voices, Exile, and others.

 

Toronto, ON

 

Stop Ford’s Cuts, Monday, Sept. 26, 5:30 pm, rally at City Hall to defend communities, public services, and good jobs!

 

Meet the Communist Candidates in Ontario, election rally, Sat., Sept. 24, 7 pm, GCDO Hall (290 Danforth Ave., Chester subway). Food, cash bar, music, everyone welcome. 416-469-2446 for info.

 

Globalization and world inequality, ten-week study course, Mondays, 7-10 pm, Sept. 27-Dec. 6 at the Labour Education Centre (LEC), cost $120, for info visit www.laboureducation.org or www.mlec.org.

 

St. Catharines, ON

 

What are our real choices this election?, forum with Saleh Waziruddin (Communist candidate in St. Catharines) and Liz Rowley (Ontario Communist leader), Sat., Oct. 1, 2 pm, St. Catharines Library Bankers Room, 54 Church St.

 

Brampton, ON

 

Meet the candidate, discuss the politics, with Brampton-Springdale Communist candidate Liz Rowley, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2 pm, Soccer Centre Community Room 2, 1495 Sandalwood Parkway East. Call 416-469-2446 for info.

 

Montreal, QC

 

Palestinians And Jews United, boycott/disinvestment/sanctions picket, every Saturday, 1-3 pm, outside Israeli shoe store “NAOT”, 3941 St- Denis Street.

 

(The above article is from the September 16-31, 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.)