Picket the JNF Dinner in Vancouver

Date: Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Time: 5:00pm
Location: Four Seasons Hotel… Read more

Date: Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Time: 5:00pm
Location: Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver (W. Georgia and Howe)

NO to Dispossession of the Palestinians

Join the picket outside the “Jewish National Fund” (JNF) Negev Gala Dinner on June 16, 2011 at 5 pm at the Four Seasons Hotel in Vancouver (W. Georgia and Howe). The racist and discriminatory policies of the JNF have been well documented (http://www.stopthejnf.org/) and are of particular concern here in Canada due to the creation of “Canada Park” on the ruins of 3 Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli ambassador will also be in attendance at this event.
Call on the Canadian Government to revoke the tax deductible status for the JNF, and stop being complicit in these WAR CRIMES.
Join the Facebook event at:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107847739301533

Organized by: Canada Palestine Association
Endorsed by:

  • Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign
  • Building Bridges Vancouver
  • Canada Boat to Gaza
  • Communist Party of Canada
  • Independent Jewish Voices
  • May 15th Movement-Vancouver
  • SPHR-UBC

May 15th: Vancouver Rally to Commemorate the Nakba

Date: Sunday, May 15
Time: 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Location: Vancouver Public… Read more

Date: Sunday, May 15
Time: 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Location: Vancouver Public Library (350 West Georgia Street)

On May 15, 1948 David Ben Gurion proclaimed the establishment of the state of Israel. This is day for the Palestinian people is know as the Nakba and every year since then, they’ve been commemorating it hoping that they would return to their homelands one day.

The Palestinian were forcibly expelled from over 500 Palestinian villages in a vicious and ugly process of ethnic cleansing. Massacres were committed, houses and field were burned and water wells were poisoned.

In Vancouver, we will commemorate this day and we will reaffirm the Palestinian right to return to Palestine UNCONDITIONALLY!!

Join the Palestinian community on May 15, in front of the Vancouver Public Library at 1:00 PM to remember the victims of the Zionist aggression against the Palestinian people.

This rally is for all the Arabs who are revolting against their dictatorships. Please bring as many flags as possible .. Libyan, Bahraini, Syrian, Yemeni, Iraqi … and all the other Arabs countries.

Endorsed by:

  • Afghans for Peace
  • Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign (BIAC) – Vancouver
  • Canada Palestine Association (CPA) – Vancouver
  • Canadian Boat to Gaza (CBG) – Vancouver
  • Jews for Just Peace (JJP) – Vancouver
  • Palestine Speaks – Vancouver
  • Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) – UBC
  • StopWar.ca

Please join Facebook event at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=179730222077531

For endorsements and questions send an email to: vancouver.may15@gmail.com

Canadian Boat to Gaza: A Fundraising Event

Date: Saturday, May 7th, 2011
Time: 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:30pm)
Location:… Read more

Date: Saturday, May 7th, 2011
Time: 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:30pm)
Location: Confederation Community Centre – 4585 Albert Street, Burnaby (Parking available, accessible by transit)
Admission: By donation

Help break the siege of Gaza!

with guest speaker Monzer Zimmo
Palestinian Canadian activist, born in Gaza, Palestine

Film and eye witness account with Kevin Neish
Human rights activist & survivor of the attack on the Mavi Marmara

Spoken word performances and music
Reception with refreshments and silent auction to follow

Admission by donation | Doors open 6:30pm
For more information: Irene @604-737-1299 | Mahmoud @604-366-4225

Canadaboatgaza.org | facebook.com/CanadaBoatGaza | twitter.com/CanadaBoatGaza
Sponsored by Canadian Boat to Gaza (Vancouver), SPHR (UBC) and Westcoast Sheen

Fundraising event: Canadian Boat to Gaza

Date: Sunday, April 10th, 2011
Time: Presentation at 7:30pm. (Come for … Read more

Date: Sunday, April 10th, 2011
Time: Presentation at 7:30pm. (Come for soup @6:45pm)
Location: Grandview Calvary Baptist Church 1803 East 1st Avenue

Special Guests

Kevin Neish: a survivor of the Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara in May, 2010. He will share his experience through story and film.
Hanna Kawas: a Palestinian from Bethlehem who will provide us with the historical context of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict
Mahmoud Hmouz: A Palestinian refugee and local activist living in Canada who will share his perspective on the situation in Gaza today.

Help us send a Canadian Boat to Gaza.

End the siege of Gaza now!

Cashing out from MEC

“The Global Educator”, the Journal of the British Columbia Teachers for Peace and Global Education Winter 2011 issue offers a variety of indepth articles, including the following one by Patrik Parkes on page 25. Please note that Patrik is not a member of the Canada Palestine Association but we are publishing his article on our site on his behalf. (http://pagebc.ca/documents/Winter_2011_Journal.pdf)

In the last issue of The Global Educator, I made a case against shopping at Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC). One reason is that MEC markets itself as green and ethical, while shipping products halfway around the world instead of manufacturing them here in Canada. Moreover, some of these products are manufactured in human-rights deficient countries, including Israel, where MEC buys from a military supplier. More recently, MEC has gotten into the bicycle business, importing bicycles from Taiwan to sell at a boutique-shop price point, presumably in order to put smaller, independent stores out of business. Even worse, if MEC members want to change it, AGM resolutions now have to be vetted by the MEC executive, which isn’t very democratic.

Fortunately, there’s still a way to let them know how you feel: cancel your membership and cash out. MEC doesn’t advertise it, but when you quit your membership they owe you dividends.

Having learned this, I recently mailed in a withdrawal form (page 26), and am awaiting a cheque for what I am told will amount to approximately $120.

According to the fine print, no longer wishing to be a member of MEC is an acceptable reason for cancellation, so I filled out the “other reason” section with some of the aforementioned complaints.

I recommend this as an easy way to send MEC a message, while making some money at the same time. Just keep in mind that, if you withdraw, you will have to wait two years before you can apply for membership again.