sust-mar: "Go Further" Film is finally here next Weds. - One Night Only!

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Two more things hot off the press...


"GO FURTHER" DOCUMENTARY - ONE NIGHT ONLY!

At the Oxford Theatre on Quinpool St. Wednesday, June 2, 9 p.m. "Go
Further"(2003, 90 min.). Award-winning director Ron Mann joins
actor/activist Woody Harrelson as he pilots a hemp-fuelled bus on an
eco-consciousness raising excursion down the beautiful Pacific Coast,
exploring the idea that the single individual is the key to large-scale
transformational change. More info: 423-7488

About the film:
http://www.sphinxproductions.com/pages/film_gofurther.html

*Be sure to bring your friends who need to hear the environmental
message!

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WAR RESISTERS CAMPAIGN - PLEASE ADD YOUR SIGNATURE

Dear Friends,

The War Resisters Support Campaign, a broad-based coalition of community
organizations, has launched a petition aimed at Canada's federal
government to allow US war resisters who refuse to fight in Iraq to have
refuge in Canada. Initial signatories include June Callwood, David
Suzuki, Maude Barlow, Shirley Douglas, Naomi Klein, Anne-Marie MacDonald
and M.G. Vassanji. If you would like to add your name just go to the
link below. Please forward widely!

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/resister/petition.html

War Resisters Support Campaign
resisters@sympatico.ca
www.resisters.ca (starting May 30, 2004)

War Resisters Support Campaign
DECLARATION

During the period of 1965-1973 more than 50,000 draft-age Americans made
their way to Canada, refusing to participate in an immoral war. At the
time, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau said: "Those who make the
conscientious judgment that they must not participate in this war...
have my complete sympathy, and indeed our political approach has been to
give them access to Canada. Canada should be a refuge from militarism."

Thirty years later, Canada is faced with the same moral choice ­ to give
refuge to those who refuse to be accomplices in the US-led war on Iraq
which many legal opinions have deemed illegal under international law.

There are currently at least two young people who have made their way to
Canada in objection to the US government¹s war on Iraq. Jeremy Hinzman
was a soldier in the 82nd Airborne Division. He and his family arrived
in Toronto in January 2004 and are currently seeking refugee status.
Brandon Hughey, a 19-year-old American soldier, arrived in St.
Catharines two months later and is also seeking refugee status.

Regardless of the technical decisions of the Immigration and Refugee
Board, we believe Canada should not punish US war objectors for
exercising their conscience and refusing to fight. If they are returned
to the United States, they face incarceration and possibly even the
death penalty. Canada must not facilitate the persecution of American
war objectors by returning them to the United States.

The majority of Canadians did not support this war. The Canadian
government did not support this war.

We call on the Canadian government to demonstrate its commitment to
international law and the treaties to which it is a signatory, by making
provision for US war objectors to have sanctuary in this country.

June Callwood, journalist and broadcaster
Shirley Douglas, actor
Maude Barlow, author and activist
David Suzuki, broadcaster and environmentalist
Steven Bush, author, senior lecturer and war resister
Anton Kuerti, musician
Bill King, musician and war resister
Heather Mallick, journalist
Naomi Klein, author
Jane Orion Smith, General Secretary, Canadian Friends Service Committee
(Quakers)
Margaret Clare Ford, Clerk, Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers)
John Hagan, Professor of Law and war resister
Gale Zoe Garnett, artist
Zafar Bangash, scholar and journalist
Wayne Samuelson, President, Ontario Federation of Labour
Canadian Labour Congress
Canadian Arab Federation
Ron Hawkins, musician
Buzz Hargrove, President, Canadian Auto Workers
Paul Cliche, author and activist
Amir Khadir, spokesperson, Union des Forces Progressistes, Québec
ahdri zhina mandiela, theatre artist
John Fraser, author
Moyez G. Vassanji, author
Anne-Marie MacDonald, author
Fiona M.J. McCall, author and sailor

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