Events this week on "war on terror", Palestine & nuclear warfare

STOP THE WAR COALITION
17 April 2010
Tel: 020 7801 2768
Web: http://stopwar.org.uk ;;
Twitter: http://twitter.com/STWuk

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TO ALL LONDON STOP THE WAR GROUPS

DIARY OF EVENTS 19-24 APRIL 2010

TUE 20 APR 6.30PM
IMPERIAL CONTROVERSY: CHALLENGING THE EMPIRE APOLOGISTS
Author event at Bookmarks bookshop. Andrew Murray Chair of Stop the War, will
talk about his new book which uncovers the intimate links between the war on
terror and the history of empire. Email events@bookmarks.uk.com or call 020
7637 1848 to reserve your free place.

TUE 20 APRIL 8PM
A NIGHT OF COMEDY MUSIC AND MAGIC FOR PALESTINE
All proceeds go to The International Solidarity Movement, The Russell Tribunal
on Palestine and The Lajee Centre in Bethlehem. With Ivor Dembina, Jeremy
Hardy, Ian Saville, Maureen Younger and Music by The Amigans. The Dogstar, 389
Coldharbour Lane, Brixton SW9 8LQ. Tickets £8, Concessions £6

FRI 23 APR 6.30PM
MY FATHER WAS A FREEDOM FIGHTER: GAZA'S UNTOLD STORY
Author event: Ramzy Baroud, author and editor of PalestineChronicle.com will be
speaking at Bookmarks about his new book, a deeply personal account of the
theft and occupation of Palestine by the Israeli state. Email
events@bookmarks.uk.com or call 020 7637 1848 to reserve your free place.

SAT 24 APRIL 3PM
NEW FILM: BEATING THE BOMB - THE PEACE MOVEMENT, NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND GLOBAL
JUSTICE.
First screening The Prince Charles cinema, Leicester Square, London. Followed
by Q&A with Tony Benn, Lindsey German, Kate Hudson (CND chair) and others. Fund
raiser for Medact and its work on health issues amongst those affected by
severe poverty, war and environmental damage. Booking:
http://www.maddmovies.co.uk/

Hackney Stop the War Public Meeting CRISIS IN THE 'WAR ON TERROR': home and abroad

1) Please come to our next public meeting (which is also our AGM).

The new year brings a worsening of the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan as a result of increased military intervention in that area. Iran is under renewed threat and the Yemen is now under attack. Most people want the troops brought home. The government is desperately attempting to regain the initiative by banging on about the threat of terrorism.

That means that our next public meeting will be a chance to discuss the situation and debate what we do.

Public Meeting

CRISIS IN THE 'WAR ON TERROR': home and abroad

Speaker: Andrew Murray, chair of Stop the War Coalition

Tuesday 23 February @ 7.30pm

Round Chapel, Powerscroft Road, E5, Lower Clapton

Buses: 38, 48, 55, 106, 242, 253, 254, 425, 488.

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This meeting is open to everyone even though it is our AGM.

2) Please see attachment. This is a petition asking for donations to help Ibrahim Avcil's legal defence. The charge against Ibrahim relates to our protests against the Army Show Room in Dalston. If you are free, please come and support Ibrahim when he appears in court this Wed 10 February. Meet at 9.30am, Bow Magistrates Court, Bow Road, near Bow Road tube station.

Gareth Jenkins
Hackney Stop The War

SUPPORT IBRAHIM AVCIL

STOP POLICE HARASSMENT

DEFEND CIVIL LIBERTIES

Ibrahim Avcil, chair of Refugee Workers Cultural Association, faces serious charges following an incident involving security guards in Kingsland Shopping Centre last June. His arrest by the police is an attempt to intimidate Stop the War protests against the Army Showroom in Dalston.

Please help defend Ibrahim by donating to his legal costs.

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To most of the world, we are the terrorists

WARNING: This video contains disturbing images

American soldiers don't sacrifice for honour, duty, country. They don't fight for America, they fight for their lives and their buddies before them because we put them in a war zone. They're not defending our freedoms in Iraq, they're laying the foundations for 14 permanent military bases to defend the freedoms of Exon Mobil and British Petroleum.

They're not establishing democracy, they're establishing the basis for an economic occupation which will continue after the military occupation is ended.

Dr Dahlia Wasfi is an American doctor who campaigns for the the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of American troops and mercenaries from Iraq.

Public meeting: The good war? Afghanistan in the media

Afghanistan has always been portrayed as the "good war" in contrast to the catastrophe in Iraq. But is it?A public meeting on Monday 13 July, hosted by Media Workers Against the War and Stop the War Coalition, will discuss this issue.

Speakers include prominent journalists Stephen Grey (investigative journalist embedded with British troops in Helmand), Guy Smallman (recently returned from Afghanistan) and Seamus Milne (columnist, the Guardian).

7pm, Mon 13 July, Friends Meeting House, 173 Euston Road NW1 2BJ, opposite Euston Station/tube.All welcome.

For further information telephone 020 7801 2768.
Hackney Stop The War