Monday 23 February 2009

Upcoming Stop the War events: Taking the show on the road



PROTEST AT THE G20 IN LONDON.
Demonstrate Wednesday April 1st Central London.
Protest at the summit Thursday April 2nd.

The leaders of the world's big powers will meet at the G20 summit in London on April 2. It is Barack Obama's first visit to Britain. It is our chance to demand a change from Bush's war policies. The Stop the War Coalition, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, The British Muslim Initiative, and CND have called two protests at the G20; a march and rally in central London on the afternoon of April 1st, and a protest to the conference itself on April 2nd. In the afternoon of April 1st we will be marching through Central London while Barack Obama speaks to Parliament. On Thursday morning we will be protesting to the summit itself at the Excel Centre in East London.

Our message will be 'Yes We Can'. Yes we can end the siege of Gaza and free Palestine, get the troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan, make jobs not bombs, abolish nukes, stop arming Israel.

NO TO NATO, STRASBOURG 1-5 April

The international anti war movement has called a series of protests at the NATO summit in Strasbourg in France. There will be a massive international demonstration on Saturday 4th. Among other things the demo will be demanding all foreign troops out of Afghanistan. There will be blockades of the conference on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th and a counter summit that ends on Sunday 5th. Noam Chomsky and Tariq Ali will be among the speakers. Stop the War is organising a British contingent leaving on the morning of Friday 3rd April.

To book your seat on a Stop the War coach go
here.

Stop Press: NATO tries to halt Strasbourg demonstration

NATO and the French authorities are threatening to ban the international 'No to NATO, No to War' demonstration in Strasbourg on Saturday 4 April. NATO's 60th anniversary meeting will be held inside a Red Zone that encompasses the whole of the city centre. Even Strasbourg residents will need a special pass to come and go in their own city. Now the authorities are threatening to excludethe international peace demonstration from the city. The international coalition calling the demonstration are organising a wave of protest at this attack on the right to demonstrate.

Sign the petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/nato/petition.html

Write to the President of France at http://www.elysee.fr/ecrire/

CAIRO CONFERENCE March 27/28/29, Cairo

For seven years the Cairo Conference has been a vital meeting place for those fighting against war and occupation in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine and beyond. It brings together activists from the Middle East and the international anti-war movements. Participants include trade unionists, activists from the national liberation movements, and representatives from all the radical parties.

Direct flights are available with BA for under £300 & there is a wide range of inexpensive accommodation in Cairo.

For more information please phone Stop the War, or e-mail cairoconference@stopwar.org.uk

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