WAR RESISTERS FUNDRAISER
Artists and civil society come together
to welcome conscientious war objectors.
Media interviews can be arranged with all participants.
DATE: Saturday October 13, 2007
LOCATION: Mercury Lounge
(56 ByWard Market Sq. - side door upstairs -613-789-5324)
TIME: Doors open 7pm
$7 cover
(Between 7-10pm all proceeds to War Resisters campaign)
WHAT: Occasion to celebrate PEACE and to make a
contribution just by showing up!
· Screening of documentary Let Them Stay
· SOULFUL & Danceable Beats by BONJAY bonjay.net (Alanna Stuart & DJ Pho, followed by resident DJ Trevor Walker)
· SLAM POETRY (MC Mohammad Ali)
Socialist Hip Hop
· U.S. Soldiers on-site for testimonies
· Labour movement, NGOs, Students, Artists &
POLITICAL Representatives address the U.S. War Resisters in Canada issue (hear politicians take a stand on War Resisters issue)
Contact:
· Sonia Vani 613-282-8442
· Joel Harden 613-850-7123
Students, Dancers, Activists, Media welcome.
Come because you believe in peace • Come because you want tomake a dierence •
Come because you feel war resisters should be welcome in Canada •
Come sign our petition • Come for the music
U.S. soldiers who oppose the illegal war in Iraq face punishment if they return to the US. We are working to let these soldiers seek asylum in Canada. During the Vietnam war close to 80,000 Americans chose to come to Canada. Today, the illegal war in Iraq has forced conscientious war objectors to look to Canada once more for refuge.