WHAT'S ON & CAMPAIGNS
NEXT PUBLIC MEETING Wednesday 19 November, Dr. Elaheh Rostami-Povey
of the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences at the School of Oriental
and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, will speak on the
current situation in Iran. We have asked her to assess Iran’s attitude
to 'the West' and the policies she thinks would be conducive to human
security. Two members of the Bath group attended her workshop at the
CND conference last year and were very impressed with her as a speaker.
As she has to get back to London after the meeting, it will begin at
7.30 pm (not 8 pm like our local business meetings). The meeting
will be held at the Friends Meeting House, York Street, Bath BA1 1NG.
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BRISTOL NEWS
DAILY PEACE VIGIL - MON-FRI 5:30-6:30pm &
SAT 3:00-4:00pm – on The Centre, opposite the Hippodrome.
Every day since September 2001!
Bristol Indymedia
Bristol North
South Forum
Bristol Campaign Against
the Arms Trade
Bristol
Weekly Vigil
A day to share campaigning skills and training that will help support and develop CND at the local grass roots level.
Following CND’s Global Summit last February, and the Aldermaston Easter demonstration, we have come together to offer training and skills sharing, which will help us to widen our campaign skills, gain confidence and make stronger connections within our local group networks.
Sessions during the day include:
1. Mobilising both nationally and locally for events- Angie Zelter,
Faslane 365
2. Working with the Press - Seeds for Change
3. Organising public events - Ben Folley, CND
4. Planning a campaign - Seeds for Change
5. Creative campaigning - Mell Harrison CND and Theatre of War
6. Public speaking, practical skills - Turning the Tide Trainers
for social change.(tbc)
7. An all day IT session. Using DTP and Word to design leaflets
and newsletters - Pete Lux Eastern CND, IT trainer
Please join us - sharing our vast range of practical skills and networking is an important way of strengthening our campaigns. To help us focus the sessions we will be basing the workshops around campaigning against the NATO summit in April 2009.
Places are limited so please book in advance to avoid disappointment.
Contact Mell on 0845 3370282 / mellcndeast@cnduk.org or call
CND on 0207 700 2393 to book a place or further info
STOP
THE WAR COALITION NATIONAL MEETINGS AND EVENTS
We marched against war five years ago on 15 February
2003 and we marched again on 15 March 2008.
We said then that the war would be a disaster: everything that
we said then has been proved to be true. The destruction of Iraq
continues; its people are still suffering bombings and atrocities,
as many as one million have died as a direct result of the occupation,
millions have been driven from their homes, the social and economic
infrastructure has been shattered. Sign
the open letter to Gordon Brown
The Campaign Against the Arms Trade's
(CAAT) major campaign "Control BAE: reopen
the Saudi corruption inquiry" - aims to do exactly what
it says. We want to stop BAE from being put above the law. As
well as turning a blind eye to corruption allegations, the dropping
of the Serious Fraud Office inquiry raises issues fundamental
to the arms trade that need highlighting: BAE's disproportionate
political influence and the unrivalled government support that
the company receives. The CAAT/Corner House legal
challenge to the decision has resulted in unprecedented parliamentary,
media and public interest in CAAT, and we now need to build on
the outrage being expressed from so many quarters and deepen public
understanding of the issues and move more people to action. Through
action across the country, we hope CAAT supporters will convince
friends, neighbours and colleagues that BAE is out of control
and should be reigned in. Read here what you can do. http://www.caat.org.uk
As a start you can email Jaqui
Smith and sign the petition to get the UK government to
co-operate with the Department of Justice in the USA to assist
in its enquiry into the Saudi arms deal under the bilateral Mutual
Legal Assistance agreement.
CONTROL ARMS WEBSITE Since 2003, the Control Arms campaign has been calling for a global Arms Trade Treaty. More than 1 million people worldwide support us. We are now at a critical stage: The United Nations General Assembly is meeting in October 2008 and we want to say to all governments that the "The world is watching" and monitoring the work they do to support an Arms Trade Treaty with human rights at its heart. Without stronger international controls, arms will continue to fuel violence, perpetuate war, human rights abuses and poverty worldwide. In 2006, the Control Arms campaign secured a huge victory when 153 governments voted at the United Nations to begin work towards an historic, legally-binding international Arms Trade Treaty. This process needs to progress at a much faster pace. Help to push it along by checking the websites above. To see how far the arms dealers tentacles have spread play Catch the Bomb.
SIGN THE ON-LINE PETITION
TO GET BLAIR CHARGED AT THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Go to http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/WarCriminalBlair/
to sign up to the petition: "We the undersigned petition the
Prime Minister to Stand charged at the International Criminal Court with
War Crimes committed in the illegal war on Iraq."
CAAT have published figures for arms company shares held by UK
universities. Check your institution's investments.
Why is it that students have to pay for their training, while soldiers get
their's for free, and are these university tuition fees being invested in
arms companies?
ALDERMASTON BLOCK THE BUILDERS
Block the Builders uses non-violent means to prevent the building of a new
laser facility at AWE Aldermaston, the first stage of a series of proposed
developments which would enable AWE Aldermaston to build the next generation
of nuclear weapons. If and when construction starts on site (and we believe
this is now imminent) they plan to block the builders through a non-violent
blockade of the site. For more information about the campaign, and how you
can pledge to join in, or get regular alerts, go to http://www.aldermaston.net/campaigns/ and http://www.blockthebuilders.org.uk
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