What you can do to help build 24 October‏

STOP THE WAR COALITION 
NEWSLETTER  
No. 1116 09 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) WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP BUILD 24 OCTOBER  
2) RETHINK AFGHANISTAN: IMPORTANT DOCUMENTARY 
3) SONG OF THE WEEK: PALESTINE WILL BE FREE

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1) WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP BUILD 24 OCTOBER

Stop the War is now working at full throttle to ensure that no 
one can say after the national demonstration on 24 October  
that they were not there because they did not know it was  
taking place.

We need every one of our supporters to help us achieve this.  
At a minimum we are asking you to email, text or tweet your  
friends, relatives and contacts with details of the  
demonstration and ask them to do the same (details below).  
Regular updates for the demonstration are posted on our  
website: http://stopwar.org.uk

We have to be systematic in creating our own networks to  
publicise the demonstration because the mainstream media is  
rarely interested in giving us pre-publicity, even for events 
which represent majority opinion in this country

If all of our supporters do the following, we can spread the  
word about the demonstration to all corners of the country:

- 1 Leaflet your street with the demonstration leaflets, which 
includes our Ten Reasons Why We Should Get Out of Afghanistan. 
Available from the national office.  
- 2 Put a demonstration poster in your window and in local  
shops. Available from the national office.  
- 3 Write a letter to your local paper arguing the troops come 
home and publicising the demonstration 
- 4 Organise a leafleting session of your local tube, bus or  
train station, or the local high street  
- 5 Email, tweet and text all your friends and contacts to  
make sure they know the date, time and assembly point

If you would like to get involved with a Stop the War group in 
your area, look at the diary of local events on the Stop the  
War website, which gets updated every day. If there is no  
local event in your area, contact the national office, who  
should be able to put you in contact with local anti-war  
activists where you live.

The national Troops Out of Afghanistan demonstration on  
Saturday 24 October could not be more timely, with Gordon  
Brown expected to announce soon an increase in the number of  
British troops deployed, and the BBC reporting that the  
majority in Britain opposing the war has increased.

The demonstration on 24 October will be of crucial importance 
in raising the profile of the anti-war majority, as we enter  
the last few months before a general election, in which the  
politicians will hope to avoid the issue of their pointless  
and unwinnable war.

Please do all you can to help us publicise the demonstration  
as widely as possible.

DEMONSTRATE: BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW 
SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER CENTRAL LONDON  
ASSEMBLE 12 NOON HYDE PARK: MARCH TO TRAFALGAR SQUARE 
Email office@stopwar.org.uk  Tel: 020 7801 2768  
http://stopwar.org.uk

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2) RETHINK AFGHANISTAN: IMPORTANT DOCUMENTARY

Rethink Afghanistan is an important must-watch documentary  
which lays bare the reality behind the politicans' and 
generals' "failure is not an option". WATCH HERE:  
http://bit.ly/qyR1R

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3) SONG OF THE WEEK: PALESTINE WILL BE FREE

This week's anti-war song of the week is Palestine Will Be  
Free by Maher Zain, which is illustrated with a brilliant  
animation. WATCH HERE: http://bit.ly/nJKxR

Thanks to everyone who has sent in suggestions for our song of 
the week, which are now in the pool for future selections. We 
welcome more suggestions which should be emailed to  
stwsong@stopwar.org.uk