[JNV Announce] NEW JNV Badge 'I Vote Anti-War' - order now

[JNV]

1) New JNV 'I Vote Anti-War' Badge
2) New JNV 'Counter Terror: Build Justice' DVD

Dear friends

We hope you find these useful tools in your work.

Best wishes

Maya Evans
Milan Rai
JNV

1) New JNV 'I Vote Anti-War' Badge

Today (Tuesday) Tony Blair is due to announce the official beginning of the British General Election campaign.

Justice Not Vengeance is responding by bringing out a badge for the election, which says, simply, 'I VOTE ANTI-WAR'. This should be a powerful message to canvassers, fellow voters, doubters, and prospective parliamentary candidates. 

One challenge for the anti-war movement is to get as many prospective parliamentary candidates/MPs seeking re-election to commit themselves to an anti-war agenda. How better to make this concrete than to ask everyone who wants your vote to wear an 'I VOTE ANTI-WAR' badge? 

As you may know, JNV badges are traditionally black lettering on a yellow background. Because yellow is associated with one of the political parties, and we don't believe that everyone in the anti-war movement will be voting for that party (the Liberal Democrats), we have shifted over instead to a salmon pink background. 
You can see what the design looks like on our home page <http://www.j-n-v.org>

We are speedily printing a limited number of badges, which will cost us about 35p each to produce. We are asking for £4.00p for every 10 badges (it's up to you how much you sell them on for, perhaps 50p). 

For 10 badges, please add 50p p&p. For 20 badges and more, p&p is free. 

Please contact us immediately if you are able to sell some - email us your name, address and number of badges (multiples of 10, please), and send a cheque at the same time made out to 'JNV', to JNV, 29 Gensing Road, St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex, TN38 0HE.


2) New JNV 'Counter Terror: Build Justice' DVD

Justice Not Vengeance has produced a short film about the 'war on terror'. Here are some extracts from early reviews:

VOICES IN THE WILDERNESS UK, April 2005: 

An excellent, short, thought-provoking primer, explaining why the UK Government's "war on terror" is not only wrong but actually endangering UK citizens. 

"Counter Terror: Build Justice" demonstrates clearly how al-Qaeda draws upon legitimate grievances to create a reservoir of support – and therefore what a real "counter-terrorism" strategy, draining that reservoir, would actually involve. 

Highly recommended.

Review by Gabriel Carlyle

LABOUR LEFT BRIEFING, April 2005:

“Are governments pursuing policies that reduce the risk of terrorism or increase it?” asks Milan Rai at the start of this new DVD from Justice Not Vengeance. 

Tony Blair was warned by the security services that invading Iraq would increase the threat of terrorist attack – but he went ahead anyway. This short film uses interviews with Bruce Kent, Labour MP Michael Foster, and Dr Tariq Rajbee to look at the causes of terrorism and why Britain is a target. 

The message from this excellent film is that protest really does make a difference. 

Review by Mike Phipps

JOURNALIST Hugh Warwick:

An intelligent and rigorous challenge to the vicious cycle of terror met by yet more terror: it presents something we all need; a vision of hope. 

 
HOW TO ORDER: 

The DVD is available now for £5 plus £1.50 p&p from JNV, 29 Gensing Road, St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex, TN38 0HE. Please email us for orders from outside the UK. There is an order form on the JNV website at 
<http://www.j-n-v.org/Counter2005/orderform%20DVD.htm>