Please send us details of your anti-war events (and don’t forget to tell us how it went). Events organised by other organisations are listed for information, but are not necessarily endorsed by Labour Against the War.
EVERY SUNDAY LONDON: FREEDOM TO PROTEST PICNICS in Parliament Square. In defence of the right to protest, recently criminalised under s132 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (April 2005). Bring food, drink and music to share. 12 noon, Parliament Square, Westminster. For more info contact 0785 439 0408, [email protected] or visit www.peopleincommon.org
EVERY WEDNESDAY MOULSCOMBE: NOISE DEMO OUTSIDE EDO MBM – ‘an arms company that makes bomb parts used in the Iraq war’ (Guardian). 4-6pm, EDO MBM, Home Farm Road. Contact 07891 1405 923. www.smashedo.org.uk
SECOND THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH LONDON: MONTHLY MEETING OF IRAQ OCCUPATION FOCUS. 7.30 – 9.30pm. Venue: Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, W1T 6AQ (nearest tube Warren Street). The dates for the this year’s meetings are: 9th November and 14th December. See www.iraqoccupationfocus.org.uk.
EVERY FRIDAY BRISTOL: VIGIL OUTSIDE OFFICES OF RAYTHEON, one of world’s biggest arms manufacturers and a major supplier of arms to Israel. 8am, on the UWE/Bristol Business Park roundabout, Coldharbour Lane. Email: [email protected].
EVERY MONTH ALDERMASTON: NEW MONTHLY CAMP AT BRITAIN’S ATOMIC WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT (AWE) to add further pressure to the / Block the Builders/ campaign to halt development of the next generation of nuclear weapons. Next camp dates: 28-29 Oct and 25-26 Nov. Contact 0845 4588368 or www.blockthebuilders.org.uk.
LONDON: ‘BLOODY TERRORISTS’ – TERRORISM IN CONTEXT. A series of public lectures chaired by Professor Ziauddin Sardar (School of Arts, The City University). All lectures: 6 – 8pm, Oliver Merton Hall, The City University, Northampton Square, EC1V 0HB.Wednesday 09 May: ‘Wretched Earth: Terrorism, Wretchedness and Political Philosophy’ by Professor Ted Honderich (University College, LondonWednesday 23 May: ‘Terrorism and Islam: The British Muslim Experience’ by Yahya Birt, (Director, City Circle and Research Fellow, Islamic Foundation)Wednesday 06 June: ‘Martyrs of Postculture: Analysing the Terrorist’ by Dr Richard Appignanesi (Associate Editor, Third Text)Wednesday 20 June: ‘Reporting Terror: How the Media Covers Terrorism’ by Professor Adrian Monck (Department of Journalism, The City University)Wednesday 04 July: ‘Cultural Terrorism and Terrorism of Culture’ by Ms Merryl Wyn Davies (anthropologist and writer, co-author of “Why Do People Hate America?” and “American Dream, Global Nightmare”)
Tuesday 01 May – Saturday 02 June 2007 LONDON: “FALLUJAH” a play written and directed by Jonathan Holmes. Based on research and interviews carried out by the Oxford Research Group, “Fallujah” presents verbatim testimony from those at the heart of the US siege of the city. Times: Mon-Sat, 7.30pm; Wed & Sat 3pm. Venue: The Atlantic Building, The Old Truman Brewery, 146 Brick Lane, E1 6RU. Tickets £20 / £18. Book now on 0207 930 3647 or via www.ica.org.uk. See www.fallujah.co.uk for more info.
Saturday 12 May 2007 (10.30am-5pm) LONDON: DEFENCE & FOREIGN POLICY AFTER BLAIR A conference for Labour Party members and activists. Venue: HUNGERFORD PRIMARY SCHOOL, Hungerford Road, London N7 9LF Entrance: £6.00 waged / £4.00 unwaged. Buffet lunch available £5 per person (must be booked in advance) Agenda to include: * Scottish, Welsh and local election results analysis; * Update on Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran; * Update on the campaign against the replacement of Trident. * Developing an anti-war and pro-peace manifesto after Blair * Who should lead Labour? Labour Leadership hustings – John McDonnell MP and Michael Meacher MP invited. Speakers include: Walter Wolfgang (LP NEC), Kate Hudson (Chair, CND), Billy Hayes (Gen Sec, CWU), Christine Shawcroft (LP NEC), Murad Qureshi (GLA), John McDonnell MP and Michael Meacher MP. Other speakers from across the Labour and trade union movement invited. If you are interested in attending this event please register your interest now, email: [email protected] OR complete and return the registration form – click this button to download Organised by Labour Against the War in conjunction with Labour CND and Labour Action for Peace : bringing Labour’s anti-war / pro-peace family together to campaign for a safer world.
Monday 14 May 2007 BRISTOL: SECOND TRIAL OF TOBY OLDITCH & PHIL PRITCHARD, two peace activists who entered RAF Fairford and attempted to disarm USAF B-52 bombers on 18th March 2003 (their first trial resulted in a hung jury). 10am, Bristol Crown Court, The Law Courts, Small Street, BS1 1DA. Support welcome: the trial is scheduled to last for several days. For background info on the trial see www.b52two.org
Monday 14 May 2007 (5.30 – 8pm) LONDON: BOOK LAUNCH OF ‘IRAQI WOMEN’ BY NADJE SADIG AL-ALI. ‘An extraordinary book … Particularly sobering is the author’s balanced and sensitive analysis of the negative effects on women’s rights and lives of the decade of sanctions and the current US-British occupation’ – Lila Abu-Lughod, Professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies, Columbia University. Venue: Khalili Theatre, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1.
Monday 14 May 2007 (7.30-9pm) LIVERPOOL:: MOAZZAM BEGG, former Guantanamo Bay Prisoner Writing on the Wall Festival (WoW). See www.writingonthewall.org.uk
Saturday 02 June 2007 EASTBOURNE: PEACEMAKING IN PALESTINE. Talk by John Lynes (Christian Peacemaker Teams). [email protected] or 01373 430040.
Tuesday 11 September 2007 LONDON: DISARM DSEI. Day of action outside Britain’s biggest arms fair. See www.dsei.org
Sunday 23 September 2007 (7pm) BOURNEMOUTH: Labour Against the War conference fringe meeting. Venue: Bournemouth International Hotel, Priory Road, Bournemouth. This will be LAtW’s 5th annual fringe meeting at Labour Party conference. More information to follow.
“The Bush administration has created an unimaginable catastrophe in Iraq. It has been unable to establish a reliable client state within, and cannot withdraw without facing the possible loss of control of the Middle East’s energy resources.”Noam Chomsky