How to use your vote against the war‏

STOP THE WAR COALITION 
NEWSLETTER No. 1151  
04 May 2010  
Email office@stopwar.org.uk  
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Twitter: http://twitter.com/STWuk

IN THIS NEWSLETTER  
1) HOW TO USE YOUR VOTE AGAINST THE WAR  
2) STOP ISLAMOPHOBIA: DEFEND THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY  
3) FUND RAISING DRIVE: PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY

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1) HOW TO USE YOUR VOTE AGAINST THE WAR

Stop the war's lobbying database can help you decide how to  
vote against the war in Thursday's election. Thousands of  
people have used it to question their candidates on a range of 
issues concerning the "war on terror".

Of those who replied so far, 17 per cent of Labour and 17 per 
cent of Liberal Democrat candidates support our call for the  
troops to come home. Many of the smaller parties have higher  
pecentages of candidates opposing the war. Not one  
Conservative candidate has supported the call for the troops  
to be withdarwn.

HOW TO LOBBY YOUR LOCAL ELECTION CANDIDATES  
* Go to http://bit.ly/91ATZw  
* Enter your post code 
* Complete the survey (takes one or two minutes)

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2) STOP ISLAMOPHOBIA: DEFEND THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY  
ONE DAY CONFERENCE SATURDAY 5 JUNE 10AM TO 5PM 
CAMDEN CENTRE LONDON WC1H 9JE

Muslims are under attack on many fronts.  Media demonisation, 
pro-war propaganda , government surveillance, imprisonment of 
Muslims peacefully protesting against Israel's invasion of  
Gaza --  all have contributed to a sense that the whole  
community is being scapegoated.

One result has been a frightening increase in physical attacks 
on mosques and individuals.

Stop the War is organising a conference against Islamophobia, 
alongside the British Muslim Initiative, to discuss how best  
to campaign and organise against this growing threat.

The conference already has the support of a range of unions  
and organisations  including the National Union of  
Journalists, UNITE, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, 
Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the Islam Channel and a number 
of Mosques.

Speakers include:  
* Daud Abdullah, Muslim Council of Britain  
* Mohammed Ali, Islam Channel 
* Anas Al-Tikriti, British Muslim Initiative  
* Tre Azam, ex of The Apprentice  
* Moazzam Begg, former Guantanamo Bay prisoner 
* Lindsey German, convenor Stop the War Coalition  
* Muhammad Habibur-Rahman, vice-president Islamic Forum of  
Europe 
* Kate Hudson CND,  
* Imran Khan solicitor,  
* Dr Robert Lambert, former head of Scotland Yard's Muslim  
Contact Unit  
* Seumas Milne, journalist  
* Peter Oborne, journalist  
* Salma Yaqoob, Respect Party

TICKETS £5 OR £3 UNWAGED  
Book Online: http://bit.ly/al64ru  
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3) FUND RAISING DRIVE: PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY

As well as taking the initiative for the conference against  
Islamophobia, Stop the War will this Summer step up its  
campaign against the war in Afghanistan. We are organising a  
national tour of meetings starting in June.

We are also planning a range of publications and other 
resources to help promote the anti-war case.

Stop the War's work is as necessary as at any time in our nine 
year history, not least because the political establishment  
has closed ranks to try and bury the issue of the war.

Stop the War has no rich sponsors and receives no grants. All 
of our campaigning is funded by the support we get from our  
network of supporters across the country.

To help fund our campaigning in the coming months, we are  
launching a fund drive to raise £10,000 by the end of July and  
we are urging our supporters to donate what they can.

How your donations can help: £100 pays for travel for one  
stage of the Afghanistan speaking tour we are planning, £50  
buys 2000 leaflets, £20 pays for 30 placards.

Please donate generously to the campaign. You can donate by  
cheque, online, or on the phone.  
ONLINE: http://bit.ly/APlKX  
BY PHONE: 020 7801 2768 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              020 7801 2768      end_of_the_skype_highlighting  
BY POST: Cheques made payable to "Stop the War Coalition" and 
sent to Stop the War Coalition, 231 Vauxhall Bridge Road,  
London UK, SW1V 1EH