STOP THE WAR COALITION
Newsletter No. 1247
27 May 2012
Email: office@stopwar.org.uk
Tel: 020 7561 9311
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IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
1) WAR CRIMINAL TONY BLAIR NOT WELCOME: PROTEST 28 MAY
2) MANY THANKS FOR A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
3) TELL ISRAELI APARTHEID TO LEAVE THE STAGE
4) SHARE YOUR MEMORIES FOR THE WE ARE MANY DOCUMENTARY
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1) GWAR CRIMINAL TONY BLAIR NOT WELCOME: PROTEST 28 MAY
GIVE TONY BLAIR A WAR CRIMINAL'S WELCOME
LEVESON INQUIRY INTO THE PRESS
MONDAY 28 MAY 9AM-10AM
ROYAL COURT OF JUSTICE, STRAND
LONDON WC2A 2LL
MORE DETAILS: http://bit.ly/JIZhrD
The announcement last Friday afternoon that Tony Blair would be appearing at
the Leveson Inquiry on Monday 28 May was obviously timed to minimise the time
to mount the kind of protest that hounds the arch war criminal wherever he
travels.
But he can't escape the outrage that so many feel that someone implicated in
the mass murder of hundreds of thousands in the Iraq war is free to roam the
world picking up huge cheques by selling his services to some of the most
unscrupulous bankers and dictatorial regimes in the world (SEE: Where is war
criminal Tony Blair hiding all his millions? http://bit.ly/HN1pCh )
Stop the War has called a protest outside the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand,
London, from 9am to 10am, to ensure that the voice is heard of the majority in
this country who opposed the war in Iraq and no doubt would like to see Blair
behind bars for his war crimes.
Please join the protest if you can and spread the word as widely as possible.
If you have any placards or posters -- especially the now iconic Bliar placard
-- please bring those to the protest.
Or make a placard of your own to individualise your disgust at how Blair is
still treated with deference despite the blood on his hands.
FOR MORE DETAILS SEE: http://bit.ly/JIZhrD
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2) MANY THANKS FOR A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
Everyone who was there last Friday will know what a memorable event our DON'T
IRAQ IRAN benefit was.
The whole event was filmed by the filmmakers who are making the feature length
documentary on the historic protest against the Iraq war on 15 February 2003.
(see below).
We will in due course be uploading performances to our YouTube channel
(http://bit.ly/LumAXm).
Our thanks to all the performers is boundless for making it such a special
evening: Mark Rylance, Brian Eno, Tony Benn, Roy Bailey, Kika Markham, Julie
Felix, Tina Grace, AL Kennedy, Peter Kennard, Alberto Portugheis, Roger Lloyd
Pack, and the compere Chris Nineham.
And thanks to all who were in the audience for their enthusiasm and
appreciation on an unforgettable night.
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3) TELL ISRAELI APARTHEID TO LEAVE THE STAGE
Join the protest against the Globe Theatre's invitation of the Israeli
theatre company Habima, who have regularly performed in illegal Israeli
settlements on stolen Palestinian land.
For the reasons the protest has been called, see: Why the cultural boycott of
Israel is justified: http://bit.ly/JsPTxD
TELL ISRAELI APARTHEID TO LEAVE THE STAGE
MONDAY 28 MAY AND TUESDAY 29 MAY
6PM TO 8PM OUTSIDE THE GLOBE THEATRE
CORNER NEW GLOBE WALK AND BANKSIDE
LONDON More details: http://bit.ly/JsQkrE
Organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign
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4) SHARE YOUR MEMORIES FOR WE ARE MANY DOCUMENTARY
The makers of the feature length documentary, We Are Many, want to hear from
people who participated in the largest protest in human history on 15 February
2003, when the world said no the Iraq war (See We Are Many trailer:
http://bit.ly/MQWZwT).
Share your memories of that momentous day on the We Are Many website:
http://www.wearemany.tv/
The filmmakers will select and film some of your stories for possible
inclusion in the documentary.
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