Weapons of Mass Communication for 24 October‏

STOP THE WAR COALITION 
NEWSLETTER 
No. 1118 18 October 2009 
Email office@stopwar.org.uk 
Tel: 020 7801 2768 
Web: http://.stopwar.org.uk 
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WEAPONS OF MASS COMMUNICATION FOR 24 OCTOBER

Full details of the national Bring the Troops Home 
demonstration on 24 October are now on our website (see 
http://bit.ly/2pZlGD), including a map of the march route, 
latest details of coaches from outside London (see 
http://bit.ly/FGook), and details of keynote speakers at the 
rally in Trafalgar Square.

Every day this week there are activities and events taking 
place across the country to build support for the 
demonstration. Virtually every corner of London is being 
covered, with leafleting of tube stations, mosques, colleges, 
shopping centres etc. For details and to get involved, see 
http://bit.ly/3cPI3i

There is a way we can all make a difference. The mainstream 
media gives acres of coverage to the warmongers but does no 
favours to the antiwar movement. We have to use our own 
networks to publicise our events. And it works. If we all 
commit ourselves to using the weapons of mass communication at 
our disposal, we can make a real difference.

Emailing, texting, sending Twitter tweets, posting on Facebook 
-- if we all use every communication means we have to spread 
the word about the demonstration and urge everyone we contact 
to do the same, we will reach a mass audience very quickly, 
despite the vitual news blackout by the mainstream media.

Then no one will be able to say after 24 October that they 
weren't on the demonstration because they didn't know about 
it.

The stakes couldn't be higher, with Gordon Brown having just 
announced an increase in the number of British troops fighting 
an unwinnable and pointless war -- and almost certain to send 
even more when Obama announces his second troop "surge".

The latest poll shows that 68 percent of the British public 
want all the troops brought home. The bigger the turnout on 
Saturday, the more pressure we will put on all those MPs who 
have closed their ears to the majority view of their 
constituents. We're only a few months away from a general 
election. We have to ensure that the war in Afghanistan is a 
central issue. Saturday's demonstration will be the best 
springboard to ensuring that happens.

* SEND THIS MESSAGE BY EMAIL, TEXT, FACEBOOK ETC: 
Join the National Demonstration. 
Bring the Troops Home from Afghanistan. 
You can make a difference. 
London: Saturday 24 October 
Assemble Hyde Park 12 noon 
March to Trafalgar Square 
Full details here: http://bit.ly/2pZlGD 
Please pass on this message to everyone you know.

* TWEET THIS ON TWITTER: 
You can make a difference. Join the Troops Out of #Afghanistan 
demo: London 24 October http://bit.ly/2pZlGD

WHY YOU NEED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE THIS WEEK: 
Last week dozens of bereaved relatives who lost loved ones in 
the Iraq war gave evidence to the Iraq War Inquiry. The 
committee was stunned when the relatives demanded -- with 
almost complete unanimity -- that the illegality of the war 
should be a central issue for the inquiry, and that Tony Blair 
should be indicted for his war crimes.

Our demonstration on Saturday and our continuing campaign to 
end the war in Afghanistan, are aimed to prevent any more 
futile loss of life, by Afghans and soldiers alike. Please act 
now to publicise the demonstration in every way you can. And 
please join us on Saturday.