[KWPeace-groups] Update from Tamara: Online Teach-In No War With Iran on Jan 11, Global Day of Protest Rally at 2pm Jan 25 + Can we meet on Jan 15 or Jan 16?

[Eleanor Grant]

I could attend on the 15th or 16th, IF there isn't a transit strike and the
place is reachable by the King Street bus.

On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 11:59 Tamara Lorincz, <tlorincz at dal.ca> wrote:

> Hello everyone!
>
> We have confirmation for KW Peace, WR Nonviolence and the Canadian Voice
> of Women for Peace to co-sponsor the Global Day of Protest - No War With
> Iran, Peace With Iran on Saturday, January 25 at 2pm at the Waterloo Public
> Square. I have heard from the Iranian-Canadian people that 2pm is the best
> time for them. I also mentioned this event at the Amnesty International
> monthly meeting yesterday and they will come out to the rally. I will make
> a Facebook post. I will also say that KW Peace is endorsing the action:
> https://www.answercoalition.org/emergency_demonstrations_announced_step_back_from_the_brink_no_war_with_iran
>
> It was suggested that we have a rally this Saturday and every Saturday
> until January 25. However, this Saturday the forecast is for a lot of
> freezing rain mixed with snow, so I don't feel comfortable encouraging
> people to come outside for a rally that day (
> https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/weather/ontario/waterloo?no_alert_redirect=2020-1-8&no_alert_redirect=2020-1-8).
> There is an online Teach-In that people can tune into organized by the
> ANSWER Coalition on Saturday afternoon that people can participate in:
> https://www.answercoalition.org/sat_jan_11_teach_in What do you think?
>
> I would like to organize an evening planning meeting for the Jan 25 rally
> - is anyone available Wednesday Jan 15 or Thursday Jan 16?
>
> You can immediately take action to say "No War with Iran, Peace With Iran,
> Troops Out of Iraq":
>
> 1.      Contact the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois-Philippe
> Champagne
> Telephone: 613-995-4895
> Fax: 613-996-6883
> Email: mailto:Francois-Philippe.Champagne at parl.gc.ca
>
> Please tell him you do not want war against Iran. Canadian troops should
> respect the people of Iraq and get out of their country. You want
> de-escalation and diplomacy to resolve the conflict and reduce the tensions
> between the US and Iran.
>
> 2.      Contact the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
> Office of the Prime Minister
> 80 Wellington Street
> Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2
> Telephone: 613-992-4211 (phone and leave a message)
> Email: pm at pm.gc.ca and justin.trudeau at parl.gc.ca
>
> Please tell him you do not want war against Iran. Canadian troops should
> respect the people of Iraq and get out of their country. You want
> de-escalation and diplomacy to resolve the conflict and reduce the tensions
> between the US and Iran.
>
> 3.      Watch the Teach-In “No War With Iran” organized online for January
> 11 by journalists and peace activists through ANSWER Coalition:
> https://www.answercoalition.org/sat_jan_11_teach_in
>
> 4.      Join the Global Day of Protest – No War Against Iran and stand for
> peace in a city near you.
> https://www.answercoalition.org/iran-jan-25
>
> Thank you,
>
> Tamara
>
>
>
> UPCOMING EVENT:
> On Monday, Jan. 20 from 7-8:30 pm there is a free public film screening
> “MLK: A Call to Conscience”
> Room 142, Balsillie School of International Affairs, 67 Erb St.
> This free public screening is to mark Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day. The
> documentary, “A Call to Conscience,”
>
> gives greater insight into Dr. King’s civil rights and anti-war views and
> deconstructs his most important but least known speech “Beyond Vietnam: A
> Time to Break the Silence”. This powerful film puts Dr. King’s legacy into
> a contemporary context, particularly in light of the new Poor People’s
> Campaign, the Black Lives Matter movement and the ongoing wars in the
> Middle East. The film includes rare archival footage and interviews with
> pre-eminent King scholar Dr. Clayborne Carson, academic Dr. Cornel West,
> African-American historian Dr. Vincent Harding, & Institute for Policy
> Studies fellow Phyllis Bennis. The screening will be followed by a
> discussion, led by Tamara Lorincz, about nonviolent resistance, social
> justice and peace activism in this current era of the climate emergency and
> the Trump presidency. Copies of Dr. King’s speech will be made available.
> Co-hosted by the BSIA Conflict & Security Research Cluster, PACS-CAN and
> KW Peace.
> More info:
> https://www.balsillieschool.ca/event/film-screening-mlk-a-call-to-conscience/
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