International Peace Conference War, NATO and the Lisbon Treaty
Saturday 5th of September 2009 Park Inn, Shannon Airport, Co. Clare, Ireland
Speakers:
- Joe Higgins (MEP) Socialist Party
- Mary Lou McDonald Sinn Fein
- Patricia McKenna The People’s Movement
- Cllr. Richard Boyd Barrett Irish Anti-War Movement
- Ed Horgan Peace & Neutrality Alliance
- Reiner Braun The Anti-NATO Network
- Christophe Ventura Parti De Gauche
- Jeremy Corbyn British Labour Party
- Harry Bommel Dutch Socialist Party
- John Feffer Foreign Policy in Focus USA
- Tobias Pfluger Die Linke
- George Karabelias Greek historian and Rixi journal
Time Table:
Registration 9.15 – 10.00
First Session 9.45 – 11.15
War and Shannon . Two main speakers of 10 mins each: Ed Horgan and Jan O’Sullivan – local Limerick based TD. The first to focus on the airport, the troops and implications the second on the responses of the political establishment including her own party….
Chair: Carol Fox (PANA)
Coffee Break 11.15 – 11.30
Second Session 11.30 – 13.15
Lisbon Speakers: Sinn Fein (Mary Lou McDonald or Theresa Ferris) , Socialist Party (Joe Higgins), Peoples Movement (Patricia McKenna) and Richard Boyd Barrett (SWP and People Before Profit) – ten minutes each.
Chair: Michael Youlton (IAWM).
International Peace Conference War, NATO and the Lisbon Treaty
Saturday 5th of September 2009 Park Inn, Shannon Airport, Co. Clare, Ireland
Speakers:
- Joe Higgins (MEP) Socialist Party
- Mary Lou McDonald Sinn Fein
- Patricia McKenna The People’s Movement
- Cllr. Richard Boyd Barrett Irish Anti-War Movement
- Ed Horgan Peace & Neutrality Alliance
- Reiner Braun The Anti-NATO Network
- Christophe Ventura Parti De Gauche
- Jeremy Corbyn British Labour Party
- Harry Bommel Dutch Socialist Party
- John Feffer Foreign Policy in Focus USA
- Tobias Pfluger Die Linke
- George Karabelias Greek historian and Rixi journal
Time Table:
Registration 9.15 – 10.00
First Session 9.45 – 11.15
War and Shannon . Two main speakers of 10 mins each: Ed Horgan and Jan O’Sullivan – local Limerick based TD. The first to focus on the airport, the troops and implications the second on the responses of the political establishment including her own party….
Chair: Carol Fox (PANA)
Coffee Break 11.15 – 11.30
Second Session 11.30 – 13.15
Lisbon Speakers: Sinn Fein (Mary Lou McDonald or Theresa Ferris) , Socialist Party (Joe Higgins), Peoples Movement (Patricia McKenna) and Richard Boyd Barrett (SWP and People Before Profit) – ten minutes each.
Chair: Michael Youlton (IAWM).
Lunch Break 13.15 – 14.00 – Sandwiches, coffee/ tea etc from hotel.
Third Session 14.00 – 16.00
The militarisation of Europe and NATO: Speakers Kate Hudson or Jeremy Corbyn (UK CND), Tobias Pfluger (Die – Linke /European Parliament) and Christophe Ventura from the Parti de Gauche – Fifteen minutes each.
Chair: Roger Cole (PANA).
Fourth Session 16.15 – 18.30.
The new International post- Obama Environment: Speakers John Feiffer (co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus), Harry Bommel from the Dutch Socialist Party, Reiner Braun of the Network who organised the Strasbourg anti-NATO mobilisation and George Karabelias – from Rixi – Greece.
Chair: Ailbhe Smyth (People Before Profit)
Lunch is available in the hotel restaurant. Accommodation is also available. Contact the Park Hotel, Shannon Airport for accommodation: €80 B&B per room per person sharing, €85 B&B for single. Tel:
The Conference is being organised jointly by the Peace & Neutrality Alliance and the Irish Anti-War Movement. For more details contact PANA at:
A bus will be leaving at 6.00 from Heuston Station returning in the evening – to book a place contact Michael Youlton 086 815 9487 or myouilton@yahoo.com if interested.
