Dear USC President Tom Stevenson, The Council of Canadians - London Chapter has been informed of the recent decision de-ratifying the UWO PIRG and are deeply concerned at the CPC's apparent inability to seriously consider the points outlined in the UWO PIRG's response to the initial notice of de-ratification. We understand that UWO PIRG has submitted an appeal and we urge you to accept it and reverse the CPC's unfair decision.

It is not clear from the email what grounds were put forward for deratification and if any warning were given to UWO PIRG as to problems and any opportunity to correct procedural errors. I am not sure how other UWO student clubs are treated and what circumstances are required before deratification. UWO PIRG  has been the official sponsor of a number of  pro-Palestinian speakers on campus since the deratification of  Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) at Western several years ago. The pro-Palestinian stance of the SPHR club was clearly a part the attacks on that club.

On Tuesday, 22 April, 2008, the University Students Council (USC) of the University of Western Ontario went too far.

Ten reasons to question the nobility of the Canadian military in Afghanistan

1.    The Afghan mission that Canada is involved in is lead by the United States. This means the same people who decided to go invade Iraq and “justified” it, are the same people to justify the “The War on Terror” in Afghanistan. I point this out and do not explain the previous statement’s blatant significance because if you still think invading Iraq was “just”, I will not be able to reach you here nor, I suspect, in any lifetime.

University of Western Ontario President Davenport has accepted an award from the Jewish National Fund despite the protest of 36 members of the University of Western Ontario faculty. Many individuals including many Jews, contend that the JNF is a racist organization that discriminates against non-Jews. For example there is a letter signed by two Jewish organizations and 34 individual Jewish signatories protesting a JNF event being held at Windsor Castle to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel.

1. I make this Statement voluntarily, being of sound mind, and without any other motive or aim than to state the truth as I know it.

2. I have personal and direct knowledge of all the facts, events and persons I describe herein.

March 19 2008 marks the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq
War. In the last five years close to a million people have been killed
on both sides of the fighting. Although the situation in Iraq is
steadily worsening, the Iraqi people’s plight has faded from the
public’s consciousness.

The Iraq War, which continues to rage on, is now being largely
ignored by the media. We cannot ignore the war. We cannot forget the
war. We must take a stand for peace. We must stop this war.

Cinema Politica London and
London Indymedia present...

7 free film screenings:
- Beyond Good & Evil and Class Dismissed
- Smash the Medium, Liberate the Message, Volume 1
- Resistencia: Hip Hop in Colombia
- Seeing is Believing - Handicams, Human Rights and the News

International Women's Day London 2008 March

T h u r s d a y 6 M a r c h
The Circle Women’s Centre at Brescia
The F-Word: Fearless, Funny, Fast-Forward & Fabulous
An Evening with Michele Landsberg
Brescia Auditorium 7:30 pm Free Lecture & Parking
432-8353 x28288 or circle@uwo.ca

F r i d a y 7 M a r c h
London Abused Women’s Centre’s
8th Annual IWD Breakfast & Auction
Best Western Lamplighter Inn
Speaker: Sue Minns Music by The Comos
7:00-9:00 am, $35.00/ticket or $300/table of 10
519-432-2204 or info@lawc.on.ca
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