IAWM BULLETIN, 22 February 2011 – VOTE NO. 1 FOR ANTI-WAR CANDIDATES IN ELECTION NEXT FRIDAY

IAWM BULLETIN, 22 February 2011
VOTE NO. 1 FOR ANTI-WAR CANDIDATES IN ELECTION NEXT FRIDAY
The Steering Committee of the Irish Anti-war Movement is calling on its members and supporters to vote for those candidates who have a track record of campaigning on anti-war and social justice issues.
Among other anti-war candidates, Richard Boyd Barrett, Chair of the Irish Anti-war Movement and candidate for People Before Profit, is standing in the Dun Laoighaire-Rathdown constituency as part of the United Left Alliance (ULA). He and other anti-war candidates, if elected, will be in a strong position to hold the Irish Government to account on the following issues:
– the continued use of Shannon Airport by the US Military and by rendition flights
– Ireland’s clandestine support for the war in Afghanistan through the presence of Irish soldiers in the NATO led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf)
– the increasing militarisation of Europe and the sinister influence of NATO
– the continued inaction against the appalling injustices suffered by the people of Palestine

IAWM BULLETIN, 22 February 2011
VOTE NO. 1 FOR ANTI-WAR CANDIDATES IN ELECTION NEXT FRIDAY
The Steering Committee of the Irish Anti-war Movement is calling on its members and supporters to vote for those candidates who have a track record of campaigning on anti-war and social justice issues.
Among other anti-war candidates, Richard Boyd Barrett, Chair of the Irish Anti-war Movement and candidate for People Before Profit, is standing in the Dun Laoighaire-Rathdown constituency as part of the United Left Alliance (ULA). He and other anti-war candidates, if elected, will be in a strong position to hold the Irish Government to account on the following issues:
– the continued use of Shannon Airport by the US Military and by rendition flights
– Ireland’s clandestine support for the war in Afghanistan through the presence of Irish soldiers in the NATO led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf)
– the increasing militarisation of Europe and the sinister influence of NATO
– the continued inaction against the appalling injustices suffered by the people of Palestine
– the embarrassed silence and duplicity of western political leaders, including those in Ireland, at the current momentous struggle of ordinary Arab people against despotic regimes
Committed anti-war candidates are standing for election in various constituencies in this historic election. There is a strong chance of many of these being elected. This will mean that there will be a coherent block of anti-war candidates in the next Dáil who will argue against the wanton waste of militarisation, occupation and war.
Please give your No. 1 preference to these anti-war candidates. Ask your colleagues and friends to do likewise. We need to have strong voices in the Dáil to stop the terror of war.
Steering Committee, Irish Anti-war Movement.