[JNV] Upcoming Events

[JNV]

Dear All,

Here is a brief description of events JNV would like to remind you about and also strongly urge 

you to get involved.  We would especially like to draw your attention to the 100,000 Rings project.

Thanks

Milan Rai
Maya Evans
JNV

1) London Demo Sat 24 Sept
2) 100,000 Rings - an international project
3) Iraq Occupation Focus October conference



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1) Sat 24 Sept LONDON 12 noon National Demo Stop the War Coalition with CND and MAB have called a National Demonstration to Stop the Bombings, Stop the War, Bring the Troops Home, Defend Civil Liberties and Defend the Muslim Community 
More info see: www.stopwar.org.uk

Assemble  Parliament Square Rally in Hyde Park

Speakers include: John Pilger | Tom Hayden | Jenny Tonge | Tony Benn | Tariq Ali

If you can help give out JNV materials please meet 12 noon at the Winston Churchill Statue, Parliament Square.  Contact: 07980 748 555



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2) Voices in the Wilderness (US) and Justice Not Vengeance (UK) call for bell ringing 

ceremonies to grieve and protest the deaths of Iraqis in the US/UK war and occupation.

On October 24th – 27th, to mark the anniversary of the release of the Lancet Study on 29 

October 2004, we will act out our grief, our anger, and our solidarity by gathering in a public 

place for a simple and solemn "Bell Ringing" ceremony. 

We will ring a bell every minute, 1,000 times, each solitary ring symbolizing the death of an 

Iraqi person as a result of the war and occupation. 

We call upon other communities to organize similar bell ringing ceremonies on these days. 

One hundred communities ringing a bell 1,000 times would equal 100,000 rings. The format of 

the ceremony is open to meet the needs of individual communities.  At intervals during the bell 

ringing, we will read the names of Iraqis who are known to have died in the violence.

For more information contact Justice not Vengeance 0845 458 9571  info@j-n-v.org or visit 

www.iraqmortality.org

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100 Rings - The Shorter Alternative

The format of the ceremony is open to meet the needs of individual communities. It has already 

been noted that the cermony as it stands is rather taxing, especially for smaller peace groups.  

A suggestion has been made for one bell ring to represent a thousand people. It would then be 

up to individual groups to decide if they want to ring a bell a hundred times and read out one hundred names during their vigil.

 Two websites which list names of Iraqi civilians killed in the war are Iraqi Civilian War 

Casualties and Iraq Body Count: 100 Names of Civilians Killed.  

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3) Sun 26 Nov LONDON "Voices from Occupied Iraq": an International teach-in 10am – 5pm,

Themes: Corporate invasion; democratic, civil and human rights; resistance. Organised by: Iraq Occupation Focus. 

Speakers include: Gilbert Achcar, author The Clash of Barbarisms: September 11 and the Making of the New World Disorder; Ismeel Dawood, human rights activist, Baghdad; Jeremy Dear (NUJ); Hassan Juma'a, General Secretary, General Union of Oil Employees, Basra; Rahul Mahajan; Professor Kamil Mahdi; Sami Ramadani; Haifa Zangana. 

University of London Union, Malet Street, London WC1. £7 (waged), £3 (unwaged). Crêche available if booked in advance. 

Info: iraqfocus@riseup.net.
Full details www.iraqoccupationfocus.org.uk/teachin.