Friday 23 October 2009

Afghanistan demonstration update, BNP, etc‏

Watch this and know why we demonstrate on 24 October

This two-minute video shows what a futile and unjustified war means for the Afghan people and gives yet another reason why we're demonstrating on 24 October. The US army predictably claimed that the civilians died because the occupying forces came under Taliban attack. Afghan witnesses and grieving relatives say this is a lie.





STOP THE WAR COALITION
NEWSLETTER
No. 1120 22 October 2009
Email office@stopwar.org.uk
Tel: 020 7801 2768
Web: http://.stopwar.org.uk ;
Twitter: http://twitter.com/STWuk

IN THIS NEWSLETTER
1) FRIDAY IS LONDON TUBES DAY
2) SPEAKERS AT DEMONSTRATION RALLY
3) WAR CRIMINAL STRAW FACES "ANTI-WAR" FASCIST
4) IMPORTANT: MARBLE ARCH TUBE STATION
5) ROBB JOHNSON'S AFGHANISTAN WAR SONG
6) KEEP WEAPONS OF MASS COMMUNICATION GOING
7) LONDON STOP THE WAR GROUPS' CONTACT DETAILS

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1) FRIDAY IS LONDON TUBES DAY

The campaign tempo for Saturday's Bring the Troops Home
demonstration has been raised dramatically this week. So many
leaflets have been distributed, particularly in London, that
the office ran out and had to do an urgent re-order.

This was particularly important because Stop the War has
designated Friday 23 October as London tube station day, when
we've asked our local groups to leaflet as many tubes stations
as possible.

We have listed at the end of this newsletter all London
groups, together with contact names and telephone numbers. If
you have any time at all to help leaflet the tubes, please
contact your local group for details of when and where this is
taking place.

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2) SPEAKERS AT DEMONSTRATION RALLY
There is a varied list of speakers at the demonstration rally,
who will make contributions in a range of formats. Speakers
include:

* Serving soldier JOE GLENTON, facing court martial for
refusing to return to Afghanistan;
* Ex-soldier PAUL MCGURK, who left the army last month because
he refused to continue fighting an unjustified war in
Afghanistan;
* A number of relatives from military families, including
PETER BRIERLEY, who famously refused to shake Tony Blair's
hand because it "has my son's blood on it";
* TARIQ ALI, GEORGE GALLOWAY MP and ANDREJ HUNKO MP from the
German Die Linke party
* Musicians ROBB JOHNSON (see below), LOWKEY and the KING
BLUES;
* Actors BILL PATERSON, KIKA MARKHAM and CORIN REDGRAVE, who
will do readings and Naming the Dead commemorations.

CHECK THE STOP THE WAR WEBSITE FOR DEMONSTRATION UPDATES:
http://stopwar.org.uk

Assemble 12 noon Hyde Park: March to Trafalgar Square
Called by Stop the War Coalition, CND and BMI
The march will be lead by anti-war soldiers, ex-soldiers and
military families

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3) WAR CRIMINAL STRAW FACES "ANTI-WAR" FASCIST

If there were any accountability for the Iraq war, Jack Straw
- who was British foreign secretary at the time - would be
indicted for war crimes. (See http://bit.ly/RmX66)

On the BBC's Question Time programme, Straw will debate with
Nick Griffin, leader of the fascist British National Party,
which opposes both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

No doubt Nick Griffin will have a field day highlighting Jack
Straw's war crimes, but whatever the BNP says about Iraq and
Afghanistan, it is not an anti-war party. It is a fascist
organisation and its policies can only be carried through by a
civil war against ethnic minorities and all those it regards
as inferior.

Stop the War supports the campaigns which reveal the true
nature of the BNP and which mobilise opposition to its fascist
policies. Many of Stop the War's supporters will join the
protest on Thursday 22 October against the BBC's decison to
invite a fascist party to participate in its Question Time
programme.

FOR STOP THE WAR'S STATEMENT ON THE BNP, SEE:
http://bit.ly/6X2EI

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4) IMPORTANT: MARBLE ARCH TUBE STATION

Marble Arch Station, which is the nearest to the demonstration
assembly point in Hyde Park, is closed all day Saturday.
Please use Lancaster Gate, Bond Street or Hyde Park Corner
tube stations.

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5) ROBB JOHNSON'S AFGHANISTAN WAR SONG

Renowned songwriter Robb Johnson will be appearing at the
demonstration rally on Saturday. Stop the War has made his new
song North West Frontier -- which is about the Afghanistan war
-- our song of the week. You can hear it on the Stop the War
website: http://bit.ly/116gTa

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6) KEEP WEAPONS OF MASS COMMUNICATION GOING

Another British soldier was killed today in Afghanistan,
highlighting yet again the importance of Saturday's
demonstration. Please do all you can to spread the word in the
last couple of days, not forgetting the weapons of mass
communication to everyone you know: emails, texts, tweets,
Facebook, etc.

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7) LONDON STOP THE WAR GROUPS CONTACT DETAILS

Live in London? Get involved with your local Stop the War
Group. Help leaflet the tube stations on Friday 22 October.
Find your local group below:

NORTH
* Bloomsbury, Isobel McMillan, 07951 199 672
* Brent, Sarah Cox 07951 084 101
* Camden, Liz Wheatley 07525 846 520
* Haringey, Simon Hester 0773 606 4045
* Wembley, Hind 07944 267 272
* Islington, Shirley Franklin 07958 745 802

SOUTH
* Southwark, Laura Harvey 07976 911 887
* East Dulwich, Nicola Fields 07790 330 142
* Croydon Dima, 07917 475 748
* Lambeth, Chris Blake 07766 601 777
* Lewisham, Michael Coulsten 07753 185 732
* Wandsworth, John Clossick 020 7223 3483
* Tooting (Wandsworth) Dave Esbester, 0208 646 5545, 07913 468
659
* Putney (Wandsworth) Pat Shearin 07931 679 459

EAST
* Tower Hamlets, Jo Gough 07730 612 105
* Newham, Andy Brown 07736 812 366
* Waltham Forest, Carole Vincent 07982 875 032
* Hackney, Despina 07932 714 833

WEST
* Wimbledon James 07926 742 907
* Richmond Sam Oxby, 07960 770 835
* Kingston, Noel, 0208 395 2656
* Twickenham, John Whits. 07812 348 845
* Acton/Ealing, Iqbal 07773 577 461
* Hounslow, Richard 07774 936 556
* Ladbroke Grove, Giavanni
* Hammersmith, Victoria 07887 943 194

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