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Stop War Home | Direct Action Against War EventsActions against the war are taking place or being planned across the country. 2003 kicked off with railworkers in Scotland refusing to move ammunition headed for Iraq, the first anti-war industrial action in decades.The night war is declared thousands of people will block city centres across the country in a massive show of popular opposition to the war. Government ministers can no longer expect to carry out their normal engagements without opposition. While the bombs are dropping there will be no business-as-usual for those responsible. National & Regional Events22 MARCH FAIRFORD NATIONAL DEMOFairford (in Gloucestershire) can now house the U.S B2 Stealth
bombers. In tests the B2 has released B61 & B83 mini-nuclear
weapons. The B61 is for use against deeply buried targets (like
Iraqi bunkers). The B83 is a strategic free-fall nuclear bomb. These
are the first of a new generation of `more usable' nuclear bombs.
The U.S wishes to use British soil to house these weapons of mass
destruction, placing the UK in the frontline of the US war for oil.
Local protest in Spain deterred the deployment of B2's there. We
must do the same here. DEMONSTRATE! Assemble 12:00 noon on the junction
of High St/Park St Fairford USAF www.gwi.org.uk Coaches from Oxford £5 Tickets from Quaker Centre, 42 St Giles, Uhuru Health Shop, Cowley Rd; Inner Bookshop, Magdalen Rd. Leaves 11am. Coaches will be leaving Euston at 9am, returning in the evening.
Seats cost £10 or £5 concessions. Crash accommodation
is available. Please contact us for more details. Legal support
will be provided. Please book your seat soon if possible as demand
is likely to be high. Telephone 07817 061183 or email fairfordcoachlondon@hotmail.com
or see www.cynatech.demon.co.uk/Fairford-travel.htm 22 March MENWITH HILL NATIONAL DEMOFOIL THE BASE AT MENWITH HILL SPY BASE Menwith Hill (North
Yorkshire) is the largest electronic monitoring station in the world.
Run by the US National Security Agency (NSA) & operating as
US sovereign territory. It picks up communications from satellites
covering the Middle East. It even won an award for its eavesdropping
in the last Gulf War. Menwith is also a key base for the project
of long-term military aggression - 'Star Wars'. To 'foil the base'
(disrupt the satellite signal receivers) there has to be as much
foil in the air as possible. Bring foil kites, foil balloons, foil
puppets, use your imagination." 22 March LONDON Seat of PowerThe demonstration will assemble at 12 Noon. There will be two assembly
points as on 15 February: [A] Gower Street and [B] Embankment [Route].
Please book transport now. Email coaches@stopwar.org.uk
with details as before and we will put them on the website. You
can also share a car with www.liftshare.org
We urgently need volunteers to steward the demo. If you live in
London and would like to volunteer, email office@stopwar.org.uk
or call one of 07951 235 915 or 020 7053 2153/4/5/6 www.stopthewar.org.uk Regular EventsWOMEN'S WEEKLY ANTI-WAR PICKETS Women Say No War - Invest in Caring Not Killing Wednesday, 5 March 6pm-7pm Parliament Square, opposite Big Ben London, SW1 Westminster underground. All welcome. First Wednesday of every month. Women in Black Vigils silent vigil for peace with justice in Israel/Palestine. Edith Cavell Statue, St.Martin's Place, WC1 opposite National Portrait Gallery (Leicester Sq.tube) Women only; wear black, meet 6-7 pm. 020 7482 5670 Brighton Outside Pavillion Parade - Every Monday Morning
(Favourite time of the week) 8.30 am - 9.15am to the lovely rush
hour traffic. Slough Every Wednesday Slough PWA Office, The Rotunda Stadium
Centre, Belfast Avenue, Slough , Somerset Once a month we have a meeting, every 4th Tuesday
in the Minster Rooms at Ilminster (Somerset) 7.30 pm. The meeting
is open for anyone who is interested and wants to help plan demo's
etc. We intend to have an activity every month. mobile 07985007979
email amjwigmore@yahoo.co.uk Worthing A weekly peace vigil is to be held at the war memorial
in Chapel Road, Worthing, starting from this Friday, 5pm - 7pm. All Events8- 28 Objects and Their Stories From Iraqis in Exile. This
exhibition conveys the lives and culture of ordinary Iraqis who
have often felt silenced. The Diorama Gallery, 34 Osnaburgh Street,
London NW1 3ND. Contact: Act together, PO Box 34728, London N7 6XE,
www.acttogether.org Tel/fax:
020 7272 9324 16 School Student Activists Forum Friends Meeting House, Euston Road London. Starts at 1100 hours and will continue till approximately 1600 hours. Under 18's only. More info and or sending delegates details please write to school_students_stw_forum@hotmail.com or ring Henna on 07887 967585 17 The women's blockade - peaceful gathering of grannies, daughters and granddaughters (and all female friends) To take place at the main gate of RAF Fairford, the US' largest airbase in Europe, on MONDAY 17th. MARCH at 11 a.m. onwards. If anyone else wants to offer/ask for a bed or transport could they contact tabitha@gwi.org (preferably with phone number) 17 Die in in New Street Birmingham from 5.30-6.30pm. Meet
Waterstones in New Street. 17 PROTEST AT BRITISH MUSEUM called by autonomous student groups, large gathering outside planned.. any musicians / samba bands welcome and some direct action planned inside to reclaim the 'middle eastern' space in the British museum... arrive at 1, or a bit earlier for the action.. 17-23 OBSTRUCT AND RESIST! Push For Peace A Week of Non-violent Action to stop the War 17 - National "Die In Day" Express to this government
and its supporters what a war really does, the suffering, pain and
loss. We hope groups and individuals will amass and demonstrate
this in city centres, air bases, oil, arms/financial market offices
etc, wherever visible. And that this creativity is further expressed
through street theatre, image projection on public buildings, adbusting,
music, bloodied hands, shrines, wailing women and "symbolic
painting", to capture the sentiment and creativity of the day.
18 Street party / die-in in Farnham, Surrey at around 1
o'clock. This will probably be a small event designed as a kind
of recruiting drive for the main action on Thursday but if anyone
is in the area and wants to come then you will be most welcome.
This is also more a protest than a direct action but last time we
created quite a stir. 18 'War and Peace in the 21st Century' Professor Hyde-Price
5.30pm in Lecture Theatre 1, Ken Edwards Building, University of
Leicester main campus. It is open to the public and free."
This man is giving his lecture in support of the war in Iraq. Feel
free to let him know what you think. 19 National Strike School against the War called by School
Students Against the War (Stop the War Coalition) Nation-wide school,
FE, & Uni walkout. Manchester School Students Stop the War Coalition 19 Wake up Straw to the Reality of War! Meet 7am (prompt),
at Oval Tube station. Org. in association with Wansworth Stop the
War. Contact nickbuxton@yahoo.co.uk
or 07712 652004 19 The Shoestring Project presents... "This ain't a party, it's a movement" anti-war gig and launch party for The Shoestring Project. featuring Antihero (www.antihero.org.uk), Kant Jean Paul + others. money raised goes to The Shoestring Project using music / poetry / art / club nights to fund activism and community projects. 7pm til late Nottingham, Rescue Rooms £3 phone: 07976 109317 theshoestringproject@graffiti.net www.rescuerooms.com 20 Blockade of Exxonmobil House in Leatherhead, Surrey.
An early morning roadblock of the one road that leads to ESSO's
HQ designed to prevent esso employees from getting to work. Setting
up at around 7a.m. The address is Exxonmobil House, Ermyn Way, Leatherhead,
Surrey. 21 International Day of Industrial Action a day of workplace solidarity against war by (by Stop the War coalition in 27 countries) This action is encouraging workplace assemblies and various forms of industrial action. 21 Tony Blair is coming to Dundee! for the Scottish Labour Conference
directactionscotland@yahoogroups.com
We must drive out the bloodthirsty warmonger WALKOUT OF COLLEGE,
WORK, SCHOOL Picket Blair from 9;30 am in the City Square to give
him the welcome 22 Judgement Day ! National demonstration outside Fairford USAF base. Fairford is where B-2 bombers will be flying out from to bomb Iraq Called by Bristol-Stop-The-War-Coalition james@venables.plus.com For details of travel from your area www.cynatech.co.uk/gwi//index.htm For directions www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=410000&Y=200000&scale=200000 22 Foil the Base - national action at Menwith Hill Spy Base
"Menwith Hill is the largest electronic monitoring station
in the world. Run by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and operating
as US sovereign territory it picks up communications from satellites
covering the Middle East - it even won an award for its eavesdropping
in the last Gulf War. Menwith is also a key base for the project
of long-term military 22 Anti war demonstration against the Scottish Labour Conference,
11am in the Old Hawkhill, Dundee. www.teknopunx.co.uk/actionscot.htm
APRIL 1 Stop the War Coalition the Manchester STWC has made a pre-emptive strike calling for an April fools day of disobedience all over the country (or world!!!) get (dis)organising now!!! 2 Spirit open meeting organised by Brighton Peace Messenger Brighthelm Centre, North Road. 7pm 5-6 Reclaim the Bases A weekend of protest and direct action at military bases across the UK. by disrupting the daily activities at military bases we can have a direct effect on war preparations so get organising your action at your local base now - planning meeting on 2nd March www.reclaimthebases.org.uk 22 Really Big Blockade, Faslane naval base, Scotland. Help close down Britain's Trident base. Scottish CND 0141 423 1222 email: big_blockade@hotmail.com website: www.banthebomb.org 13 Brighton Peace Festival, Hove Lawns 01273 241625 peacemessenger@harmonyculture.com 6- 9 Shut Down DSEi. DSEi (Defence Systems Equipment International) is Europe's largest arms fair. A mass international protest has been called. Planning is starting now sign up to local/national and international networking discussion groups at dsei-localnetworking-subscribe@yahoogroups.com or dsei-nationalnetworking-subscribe@yahoo.com or dsei-internationalnetworking-subscribe@yahoo.com. More info disarm@dsei.org, www.dsei.org. Address: c/o 11 Goodwin Street, London, United Kingdom, N4 3HQ. Tel: (+44) (0)781 7652 029
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