PUBLIC MEETING: THE SIEGE OF GAZA – EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT and NO TO WAR – NO TO NATO CONFERENCE

IAWM BULLETIN 09 APRIL 2011
1. PUBLIC MEETING: THE SIEGE OF GAZA – EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
2. NO TO WAR – NO TO NATO NETWORK ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN DUBLIN
3. DONATING TO THE IAWM
1. PUBLIC MEETING: THE SIEGE OF GAZA – EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
LOCATION: Liberty Hall
TIME / DATE; 7.00pm, Tuesday 12 April
SPEAKERS:
Yousef Al-Helou, Palestinian Journalist living in Gaza
Richard Boyd Barrett, TD.
Aengus O Snodaigh, TD.
Orgnised by the Irish Ship to Gaza Coordinating Committee.
2. NO TO WAR – NO TO NATO NETWORK
ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN DUBLIN, 15-17 APRIL.
LOCATION: Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2.
This important conference has been organised jointly by the IAWM and PANA, the affiliates to the international ‘No to War – No to NATO Network’. Delegates from over 15 countries will be attending. As NATO currently extends its arena of operations to Libya and interference in the Arab Revolts, while continuing its militaristic campaign in the AfPak war, it is vital that anti-war and peace activists gather to discuss ways of resisting NATO’s wars.

IAWM BULLETIN 09 APRIL 2011
1. PUBLIC MEETING: THE SIEGE OF GAZA – EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
2. NO TO WAR – NO TO NATO NETWORK ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN DUBLIN
3. DONATING TO THE IAWM
1. PUBLIC MEETING: THE SIEGE OF GAZA – EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
LOCATION: Liberty Hall
TIME / DATE; 7.00pm, Tuesday 12 April
SPEAKERS:
Yousef Al-Helou, Palestinian Journalist living in Gaza
Richard Boyd Barrett, TD.
Aengus O Snodaigh, TD.
Orgnised by the Irish Ship to Gaza Coordinating Committee.
2. NO TO WAR – NO TO NATO NETWORK
ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN DUBLIN, 15-17 APRIL.
LOCATION: Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2.
This important conference has been organised jointly by the IAWM and PANA, the affiliates to the international ‘No to War – No to NATO Network’. Delegates from over 15 countries will be attending. As NATO currently extends its arena of operations to Libya and interference in the Arab Revolts, while continuing its militaristic campaign in the AfPak war, it is vital that anti-war and peace activists gather to discuss ways of resisting NATO’s wars.
The 3-day Conference is the Network’s Annual General Meeting. Members of the IAWM and members of PANA are encouraged to attend any or all sessions. Conference participation fee is €25.00.
NOTE re accommodation for guests: any IAWM members who can and are willing to provide accommodation to any of the visiting activists for the three nights 15-17th April please contact myoulton@yahoo.com
The main public event will be a
Public Meeting in Liberty Hall on Saturday, 16th April at 4.00pm.
SPEAKERS:
Kate Hudson, Chair CND, UK
Arielle Denis, French Peace Movement
Paul Murphy, MEP
Richard Boyd Barrett, ULA TD, Chair IAWM.
John Lannon, Shannonwatch
Eoin O’Broin, Sein Féin
Chair: Patricia McKenna, PANA
*Free entry, donations to cover costs appreciated!
FULL WEEKEND PROGRAMME
LOCATION: Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2.
Friday 15th
11.00 Press conference in Dublin
13.00 – 15.30 Meeting of the International Coordinating Committee of the Network
15:30 – 17:30 Feminism against NATO
Four leading women activists from the Network
17.30 – 20:00 Meeting of the international Afghanistan Network to discuss future activity,
for example: 10 years anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan
Saturday 16th
10.30 Opening of the Annual Meeting:
Welcome by Michael Youlton, Arielle Denis
10.40 Report of the work of the network
by Reiner Braun
Commentaries:
A delegate from Portugal, Andreas Speck, London, Tobias Pflüger, Germany.
11.30 – 14.30 Discussion of the work of the past 18 months
main focus: lessons learned from Portugal summit
16.00 – 18.00 Public Event in Liberty Hall
with: Richard Boyd Barrett – recently elected TD to the Irish Parliament
Paul Murphy – MEP
John Lannon – Shannonwatch
Arielle Denis (ICC)
Kate Hudson (ICC)
Chair: Patricia McKenna (PANA)
18.30 – 20:00 Future work of the network
Short introductions: Joseph Gerson (AFSC, USA), Hannelore Tölke (Germany), Arielle Denis (Mouvement de la Paix, France), Kate Hudson /Dave Webb (CND)
Working groups:
a. NATO summit Washington
b. Feminist aspects of militarization
c. Civil disobedience
d. Afghanistan
e. NATO and the South
f. Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Energy (IAWM moderator: Glenda Cimino)
20:30 Buffet, Irish music and party – Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square, Dublin 1.
Sunday 17th
9.30 – 10.30 The Arab Revolts
Claudia (Palestine), Faheem (Libya) and Abdullah (Egypt and Bahrain)
Short reports of the working groups
10:30 – 11:30 Program of actions for 2011 and 2012
Report on the preparations of the counter activities around the NATO Summit 2012
by: Joseph Gerson
11:30 – 12:00 NATO and Latin America
by Luis Esperza
12:15 – 13.00 Election of the members of the new International Coordinating Committee
13.00 Final words
by Reiner Braun
13.30 – 14.30 First meeting of the new International Coordinating Committee
Please feel free to send this invitation to colleagues, friends, and interested
organisations.
3. Donating to the Irish Anti-War Movement
To set-up a standing order with the Irish-Anti War Movement please go to the following link https://www.irishantiwar.org/files/standing-order-form.doc fill in the form and post to the Irish Anti-War Movement P.O. Box 9260 Dublin 1.
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