[KWPeace-groups] MLK Film tonight at 7pm BSIA + Saturday rally No War With Iran at 2pm Waterloo Public Square

[Tamara Lorincz]

Hello KW Peace!

Hope you had a good weekend. 

Today is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day (a national holiday in the US) and his life and legacy is remembered today. Come to the documentary about the last year of his life and his profound and prescient speech "Beyond Vietnam" - details below. The rally for Peace with Iran, Troops Out of Iraq & Vigil for Flight 752 is on Saturday (this is part of the Global Day of Action). 

In solidarity,
Tamara 

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Tonight! MLK: A CALL TO CONSCIENCE FILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION
Monday, Jan. 20 from 7-8:30 pm
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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GLOBAL DAY OF PROTEST "NO WAR ON IRAN! TROOPS OUT OF IRAQ! PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST" & VIGIL TO MOURN FOR FLIGHT 752
Saturday, January 25
2:00-3:00 pm
Waterloo Public Square, 75 King St. 
We will have a peace rally in solidarity with the Global Day of Protest "No War On Iran!" on Saturday, January 25 from 2:00-3:00 p.m.  at the Waterloo Public Square. We do not want another war in the Middle East. We say "No War On Iran." We want US-NATO-Canadian soldiers and special forces out of Iraq. We need de-escalation and diplomacy. The Canadian government should urge the US to rejoin the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and end its crippling sanctions against Iran. We want peace with Iran and peace throughout the Middle East. We will also observe a moment of silence to mourn the victims of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 that was accidentally hit by an Iranian missile on January 8 killing 176 passengers including 82 Iranians, 57-63 Canadians and 11 Ukrainians among other foreign nationals. The Waterloo action is organized by KW Peace, WR Nonviolence and the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace. Co-sponsored by LSPIRG. Rallies are taking place at the same time across the country and around the world. Find out more about the Global Day of Protest here: 
https://www.answercoalition.org/iran-jan-25    
Waterloo Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/469771517017056/