WORLD AGAINST WAR CONFERENCE, WESTMINSTER CENTRAL HALL London Saturday 1 December 2007:
NEVER MORE NEEDED http://www.stopwar.org.uk
The latest speakers added to conference are
Marzieh Mortazi Langroudi, a leading member of the Iranian group Mothers Against War,
Ibrahim Mousawi, editor of Hezbollah’s newspaper in Lebanon
Karamat Ali, from the Pakistan Institute of Labour, Education and Research.
They join many other prominent peace campaigners — from the Middle East, Asia, the USA and around the world — who will speak at the conference and lead discussions on:
* The current situation in Iraq
* The occupation in Afghanistan
* The threats against Iran
* US aggression from Eastern Europe to Latin America.
Among the speakers at the conference are Dennis Halliday and Hans Von Sponeck, former United Nations representatives in Iraq, Hassan Jumaa, President of the Basra Oil Workers Union, Jawad Al Khalassi, General Secretary Iraq Foundation Congress, Hannah Ibrahim from Women’s Will Iraq, Ivona Novomestská, Czech No Bases Campaign, Brigitte Ostmeyer from the new German Left party, Eqyptian MP Hamdeen Sabahy, Tony Benn and Lindsey German from Stop the War Coalition, Mark Thomas, campaigning comedian, George Galloway MP, Craig Murray, ex-British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Iraqi exile Sami Ramadani, representatives from United for Peace and Justice (USA), Communist Party of LebanonVenezuela’s UNT union confederation.
George Bush has asked US Congress to add 196 billion dollars as a supplementto the 450 billion dollars he has already got for war spending in 2008. He calls the supplemental spending the "Global War on Terror Request" and it includes plans for a new bunker busting bomb which could be geared toward bombing underground targets in Iran.
And Britain’s prime minister Gordon Brown has now repeatedly stated his support for Bush’s horrifying plans for endless global war, based on what Brown calls "our shared values and our shared destiny".The conference is open to all – whether delegates from political organisations, trade unions, community groups and campaigns, or from individuals.
This international peace conference will bring together peace campaigners from across the world and which will be of paramount importance in helping to devise theantiwar movement’s strategy for building international opposition to the intensifying warmongering of George Bush and his allies. Registration for the conference can be madeonline or by telephoning the Stop the War Coalition national office (see below).
TO BOOK ONLINE: http://tinyurl.com/2d9whw
TO BOOK BY PHONE: 020 7278 6694
There will be an Irish delegation to the conference, comprising of members of IAWM, Galway Alliance Against War, amongst others.
Please contact the IAWM if you are interested in attending too.
WORLD AGAINST WAR CONFERENCE, WESTMINSTER CENTRAL HALL London Saturday 1 December 2007:
NEVER MORE NEEDED http://www.stopwar.org.uk
The latest speakers added to conference are
Marzieh Mortazi Langroudi, a leading member of the Iranian group Mothers Against War,
Ibrahim Mousawi, editor of Hezbollah’s newspaper in Lebanon
Karamat Ali, from the Pakistan Institute of Labour, Education and Research.
They join many other prominent peace campaigners — from the Middle East, Asia, the USA and around the world — who will speak at the conference and lead discussions on:
* The current situation in Iraq
* The occupation in Afghanistan
* The threats against Iran
* US aggression from Eastern Europe to Latin America.
Among the speakers at the conference are Dennis Halliday and Hans Von Sponeck, former United Nations representatives in Iraq, Hassan Jumaa, President of the Basra Oil Workers Union, Jawad Al Khalassi, General Secretary Iraq Foundation Congress, Hannah Ibrahim from Women’s Will Iraq, Ivona Novomestská, Czech No Bases Campaign, Brigitte Ostmeyer from the new German Left party, Eqyptian MP Hamdeen Sabahy, Tony Benn and Lindsey German from Stop the War Coalition, Mark Thomas, campaigning comedian, George Galloway MP, Craig Murray, ex-British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Iraqi exile Sami Ramadani, representatives from United for Peace and Justice (USA), Communist Party of LebanonVenezuela’s UNT union confederation.
George Bush has asked US Congress to add 196 billion dollars as a supplementto the 450 billion dollars he has already got for war spending in 2008. He calls the supplemental spending the "Global War on Terror Request" and it includes plans for a new bunker busting bomb which could be geared toward bombing underground targets in Iran.
And Britain’s prime minister Gordon Brown has now repeatedly stated his support for Bush’s horrifying plans for endless global war, based on what Brown calls "our shared values and our shared destiny".The conference is open to all – whether delegates from political organisations, trade unions, community groups and campaigns, or from individuals.
This international peace conference will bring together peace campaigners from across the world and which will be of paramount importance in helping to devise theantiwar movement’s strategy for building international opposition to the intensifying warmongering of George Bush and his allies. Registration for the conference can be madeonline or by telephoning the Stop the War Coalition national office (see below).
TO BOOK ONLINE: http://tinyurl.com/2d9whw
TO BOOK BY PHONE: 020 7278 6694
There will be an Irish delegation to the conference, comprising of members of IAWM, Galway Alliance Against War, amongst others.
Please contact the IAWM if you are interested in attending too.
