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Michael Moore's new film Fahrenheit 9/11 opens at the Oxford Theatre on
Quinpool St. in Halifax this Friday. The movie runs from June 25 to July
1 and plays every day at 7 pm and 9:30 pm with weekend matinees at 4:30
pm (it probably will be extended). Run time is 112 minutes. Fahrenheit
9/11 won top prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival. More info:
http://www.fahrenheit911.com/ and http://www.michaelmoore.com/
*Mark your calendar, the Halifax Peace Coalition will have well known
Scott Taylor speak on Iraq on Thursday, July 8 at 7pm at Dalhousie
University venue TBA. He will also be on the CBC Maritime Noon Call-in
Radio Show on Thursday, July 8 from 1-2pm (FM 90.5).
Scott Taylor is a journalist with Esprit de Corps and is a weekly
columnist for the Halifax Herald and Windsor Star. He is the author of
the new book "Spinning on the Axis of Evil". Taylor has logged over one
million air miles as a war correspondent reporting from such global hot
spots as the Persian Gulf, Cambodia, Western Sahara, Croatia, Bosnia,
and most recently from Iraq, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Kosovo, and Macedonia.
Since August 2000, Taylor has made a total of 15 trips into Iraq to
report on the effects of the UN sanctions, the ravages of depleted
uranium following the 1991 Gulf War, and the heightening tensions with
the United States.
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Youth CAN Vote Rocks the Grand Parade!
Who: Youth CAN Vote, local bands and politicians, and you!
What: Halifax Voter Awareness Concert
Where: Grand Parade Square (in front of City Hall)
When: Saturday June 26th from 1pm to 6pm
Why: To raise voter awareness among young people and listen to a mix of
amazing musicians....
For more info visit www.youthcanvote.ca
Email: info@youhtcanvote.ca
Phone: 802-VOTE (8683)
WITH: Tara Berthier
Risyn
Mass Distraction
Picture Show
Nasty Kanasta
Do you like funk, rock, folk, blues, FREE music? Do you go to
school,care about the environment, pay taxes, get sick, live in Canada,
plan on doing any of these, or know anyone who does? If any of these or
others apply to you, then check this out - On Saturday June 26th,at
Grand Parade Square in Downtown Halifax, hundreds of young people will
join local bands and politicians for some good music, good times and
good weather. In an age where 75% of people aged 18-24 do not vote, it
is important to give the political parties and the potential voters a
place to meet and talk about the issues that affect you! This is your
chance to find out what those potentially representing you have to
say...and have your say on who represents you... Oh yeah, and rock out
to some of Halifax's most talented local musicians!
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Turn on your tv...
THE PASSIONATE EYE SHOWCASE: HELEN'S WAR: PORTRAIT OF A DISSIDENT
On the Passionate Eye Showcase on Sunday July 18, 2004 at 10PM ET/PT and
Friday July 23, 2004 at 10PM ET on CBC Newsworld. Check your local
listing for Atlantic time.
Dr. Helen Caldicott is a doctor from Australia who has taken the
Hippocratic oath for the entire planet, swearing not to die until all
nuclear weapons are destroyed. A profile of the charismatic and
pugnacious Helen Caldicott as she tries to make a comeback as an
outspoken dissident in George Bush's post 9/11 world. Helen Caldicott's
newest book is "The New Nuclear Danger: George Bush's
Military-Industrial Complex."
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INTERESTING WEB SITES AND RESOURCES:
"What's this about accountability?"
www.cpj.ca/topics/election/fed04.pdf
by Citizens for Public Justice - www.cpj.ca
Public Justice Resource Centre - www.publicjustice.ca
Check this out - Veal: Forget about it!
http://www.noveal.org/forgetaboutit/
This place in Winnipeg sounds interesting:
http://www.a-zone.org/mondragon/about_us.html
ANTI-HARPER AD RUNS ON THE ISLAND
"Dinosaur" Stance On Kyoto Challenged
http://www.conservationvoters.ca/ad.htm
Women Speak Out - Be sure to sign the petition
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Noharper/petition.html
*BE SURE TO VOTE FOR PEACE THIS ELECTION - SAY NO TO AMERICAN MISSILE
DEFENCE! WWW.CEASEFIRE.CA
Tamara
Tamara Lorincz
French student
BA, BComm, MBA, LLB
55 Willowbend Court
Halifax, NS CANADA B3M 3L3
(902) 443-2423
tlorincz@dal.ca
CESR: http://is2.dal.ca/~cesr/
EAC: http://www.ecologyaction.ca
HPC: http://hfxpeace.chebucto.org/
"A better world is possible"
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