Upcoming events
This list is sent courtesy of the Edmonton club of the Communist Party of
Canada - with apologies to those whose events fell through the cracks while
we took a break for Christmas.
Wednesday, January 12
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN MEXICO -Tonatiuh Salazar Garcia, philosopy student at
University of Morelos
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
International Centre
172 HUB International (9101 sidewalk level)
Nancy.Hannemann@ualberta.ca - (780) 492-5962 fax: 492-1134 - Global
Education Coordinator, International Centre
Sunday, January 16
7 p.m. Garneau Theatre
International Society for Peace and Human Rights fundraiser -"Baraka".
This is a film without words that presents a mosaic of image and sound from
all over the world and all walks of life.
Tickets in advance are $6/ $5 . Tickets at the door are $8/$6
Rachel Olson 988-6213 or Shampa Chakraborty @ 458- 7328. Look out for
Tickets to be sold in advance in the Students Union Building at the
University of Alberta during the week.
WHEN THE BOMBS STARTED FALLING...1991 Gulf War Remembrance- Candlelight
Vigil over Sanctions
Gazebo Park, Old Strathcona, 7:00-7:30 p.m.
This Candlelight Vigil will be a call for the end of the crippling
economic sanctions which have caused over a million deaths by malnutrition
and preventable disease in Iraq.
Sponsored by Project Ploughshares and the Edmonton Emergency Response
Committee patti hartnagel 435-7051 fax: 437-2925 ***
Tuesday, January 18
GUATEMALA: PEACE ACCORDS, HUMAN RIGHTS AND A NEW GOVERNMENT
Samantha Sams, a CUSO cooperant recently hired by the newly formed
Guatemala Canada Solidarity Network, will discuss the peace accords, human
rights, and the popular movement in Guatemala as they relate to the newly
elected government of Alfonso Portillo.
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
International Centre
172 HUB International (9101 sidewalk level)
Sponsored by Change for Children Association and the International Centre
Thursday, January 20
7:30 p.m. - place TBA
Everything you always wanted to know about Communism but were afraid to
ask?
Open-ended question and answer/discussion sponsored by the Edmonton Club,
Communist Party of Canada- 465-7893 fax 463-0209
naomirankin@compusmart.ab.ca
(
geocities.com/CapitolHill)