[JNV] Anti-war and related events

[JNV]

Hi folks

This is a list of some events coming up almost all compiled by Labour Against the War 
<http://www.labouragainstthewar.org.uk/> (and almost all taking place in London - our apologies).

We hope some of you find it useful. 
At the very least, it's a sign that things are happening!

Best wishes

Maya Evans
Milan Rai
JNV

EVENTS****


Sunday 09 October 2005 
MEETING FOR THOSE ARRESTED (2-3.30pm) in actions in Parliament Square to resist the new restrictions on protest under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act. We will discuss how to argue against the charges, the court cases, media, etc as well as all meet each other. People directly involved in support work for arrestees are also welcome.
MEETING TO DISCUSS FUTURE STRATEGIES (3.45-6pm) to continue defying the restrictions on protest.  THIS PART IS OPEN TO EVERYONE - ALL WELCOME. The venue for both meetings is the Indian YMCA, close to Warren Street/Goodge St tubes.  It is at 41 Fitzroy Square and a map can be found on www.indianymca.org.
The Parliament Square Picnickers are picnicking, dressed as suffragettes, Keystone Cops, or Jedis, every Sunday on Parliament Green, in Westminster, in protest against new laws that make it illegal, under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, to protest within a kilometre of parliament if prior consent has not been sought from the police. 
Parliament Square Picnickers - more info: info[AT]parliament-square.org.uk

Monday 10 October 2005 (6.30pm)
Jean Charles de Menezes Family Campaign present Public Meeting and Campaign Launch: "Shoot First - Ask Questions later?"
Venue: New Theatre, London School of Economics, Houghton St, WC1 (nearest tube Holborn). 	Speakers include: Jean’s parents Matozinhos Otone Da Silva and Maria Otone de Menezes and Jean’s brother Giovanni da Silva, Gareth Pierce - the Menezes family lawyer, Irene Khan - Secretary General of Amnesty International, Bianca Jagger, Prof Tariq Ramadan, Benjamin Zephania (invited), Frank Dobson MP (invited), Salma Yaqoob.
On 22nd July, Jean Charles de Menezes was shot dead by police at Stockwell tube. This meeting is the official campaign launch of the Jean Charles de Menezes Family Campaign.  It is an opportunity for the people of London to show support for the Menezes family hear about the next steps for the campaign for truth and justice. PLEASE FORWARD.
For more information visit www.justice4jean.com

Tuesday 11 October 2005 (10.30am)  
Home Affairs Committee Press Notice: COMMITTEE TO TAKE EVIDENCE ON GOVERNMENT’S DRAFT TERRORISM LEGISLATION 
http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/home_affairs_committee/hac___050916___05.cfm
The Government, on 15 September published further proposals to deal with the threat of terrorism. These included draft clauses from the forthcoming Terrorism Bill. 
The Home Affairs Committee will take evidence on the Government’s proposals. Witnesses:  Rt Hon Charles Clarke MP, Home Secretary; followed (at approximately 11.45 am) by representatives from the Law Society, Liberty and JUSTICE (tba).
The session will be open to the public on a first come, first served basis. There is no system for the prior reservation of seats in Committee Rooms. It is advisable to allow about 20 minutes to pass through security checks. Committee rooms are subject to change. It is advisable that those interested in attending the session should check the Committee’s website a few days before the meeting. Email: knklondon[AT]gn.apc.org for further information.

Tuesday 11October 2005 (7-9pm)
DEFEND OUR LIBERTIES! NO TO THE POLITICS OF FEAR! 
An open forum hosted by Hywel Williams MP.
Venue: House of Commons, Grand Committee Room. London.
The government is proposing yet more anti-terror laws, extending its general attack on civil liberties and the right to protest.  Even without new laws, the existing powers are being used even more to persecute migrant and Muslim communities. The government has detained terror suspects with the aim to deport them to countries notorious for systematic torture.
Through a politics of fear, we are being frightened to abandon our liberties in the name of protection from terrorist attack. In reality these anti-terror measures make us less secure, bringing us closer to a police state.  Now more than ever, everyone is needed to demonstrate their opposition.
Speakers include Mike Mansfield QC; Louise Christian; Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, author of “War on Truth”, Executive director of Institute of Policy Research and Development; Lord Rea; Mark Oaten MP; Judith Vidal-Hall, editor of Index on Censorship; Bill Bowring, barrister and professor of Human Rights and International Law, Director of HRSJ, London Metropolitan University; Doug Jewell, Liberty Campaigns Co-ordinator, Lindsey German, Stop The War Coalition: Ben Hayes, Statewatch; Lynne Featherstone MP; Saghir Hussain, Stop Political Terror.
Supported by CAMPACC, Liberty, Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, Statewatch, Index on Censorship, Lord Rea, Human Rights and Social Justice Research Institute (HRSJ, London Metropolitan University), The Green Party, The Muslim Parliament, Stop Political Terror, Stop The War Coalition, Media Workers Against the War, CARF, Newham Monitoring Project, Pax Christi, Peace and Justice in East London, Liberal Democrat Muslim Forum, Peace and Progress, European Network for Peace and Human Rights.
Contact: Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC)
www.campacc.org.uk, contact: estella24[AT]tiscali.co.uk tel. 020 7586 5892

Wednesday 12 October 2005 (6.30-9.30pm)
ONLY UNITED COMMUNITIES WILL DEFEAT TERRORISM AND PROTECT CIVIL LIBERTIES
Venue: Westminster Central Hall, Storey's Gate, London SW1H 9NH
People taking part in the meeting will include: Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London; Mark Oaten MP, Liberal Democrat, Shadow Home Secretary; Alex Salmond MP, Leader, Scottish Nationalist Party; Shami Chakrabarti, Director, Liberty; Frank Dobson MP, Holborn and St Pancras; Sadiq Khan MP, Tooting; Sir Iqbal Sacranie - Secretary General, Muslim Council of Britain; Rt Rev Colin Bennetts, Bishop of Coventry; Amrik Singh, Sikh Federation UK; Dr Azzam Tamimi, Muslim Association of Britain; Barry Camfield, Assistant General Secretary, TGWU; Kate Hudson, Chair CND; Madeleine Bunting, journalist; Detective Constable Gareth Reid, Metropolitan Black Police Association. Entry: FREE. No ticket required. 
<http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=5795>

Sunday 16 October 2005 (3:00 pm)
WMD: WEAPONS OF MASS DECEPTION (Film Documentary screening)
Venue: Everyman Cinema, Hampstead, London
With filmmaker Danny Schecter 	(from the US). 'WMD, Weapons of Mass Deception', is an award-winning documentary by journalist/filmmaker Danny Schechter. The film, which won Best Documentary at both the Denver and Austin Film Festivals depicts a media guilty of selling the Iraq war instead of telling the truth, by adopting a patriotic correctness and a uniformity of perspective that is undermining democracy in America.

Wednesday 19 October 2005 (7pm)
PEOPLE'S SUMMIT FOR DEPARTMENTS OF PEACE 
Venue: Grand Committee Room, House of Commons. 
Be part of this Summit.  Come and hear a wide range of international speakers talk about culture of peace developments in their own countries. Come and listen to US Congressman Dennis Kucinich speak about his Department of Peace Bill, which was resubmitted to the House of Representatives last week with 60 co-sponsors. A Senator has also taken up the cause. Hear about progress in Canada towards a Federal Department of Peace. An Australian MP will talk about moves in Australia.  Paul van Tongeren, who led the European delegation to the Civil Society Forum on Conflict Prevention at the UN in July, will report back on progress there. Nearer to home, Chris Balance, a Member of the Scottish Parliament, will surprise you with the progress that has been made in Scotland towards a culture of peace. 
There will also be a full report of the London Summit on 18th and 19th October which will have participants from twenty countries, including Australia, Canada, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Palestine, Solomon Islands, Spain, Uganda, the UK, the US and Zanzibar. 

Saturday 22 October 2005 (10am – 5pm)
PALESTINE, ISRAEL AND THE LAW
International Conference organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Venue: Logan Hall. Institute of Education.Bedford Way, London WC1. Tickets £10 (concessions £5) from PSC
This major conference will focus on the many dimensions of law and legality crucial to the achievement of justice for the Palestinian people.  It will bring together experts in law, politics and resistance, to present the issues for discussion.  Speakers include: Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi (Secretary, Palestinian National Initiative), Ronnie Kasrils (Minister for Intelligence, Government of South Africa -in a personal capacity), Diana Buttu (Lawyer, and Communications Director to the Palestinian Technical team), Karma Nabulsi (research Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford University), Marwan Dalal (attorney with Adalah), Professor Iain Scobbie (Professor of International Law, SOAS), Dr Nabeel Kassis (Birzeit University), Dr Oren Ben-Dor (University of Southampton), Danny Machover (UK Human Rights lawyer), Jeremy Corbyn MP, Geoffrey Bindman (UK Human Rights lawyer), Lea Tsemel (Israeli Human Rights lawyer). 
The different sessions of the conference are: The Reality of Occupation / Violations of international law / Consolidating Occupation / Palestinian Legal Challenges / Resisting Illegality / Political prisoners / The right of return of refugees / The policy of home demolitions / Implementation of the ICJ ruling on the Wall.   
To book a ticket please send a cheque to: Palestine Solidarity Campaign  BOX BM PSA London WC1N3XX Phone: 0207 700 6192 Email: Info[AT]palestinecampaign.org
Website: www.palestinecampaign.org

Sunday 23 October 2005  (11am-5pm)
LONDON Freedom to Protest Conference. To share experiences, and promote mutual aid and co-ordination among groups threatened by repressive laws and to develop effective strategies for standing up for our freedom to protest against injustice and oppression. Venue: The Resource Centre, 356 Holloway Rd, London N7. Admission free. Org. by the FTP Network. Contact conference[AT]freedomtoprotest.org.uk <http://www.mcspotlight.org/media/press/releases/msc100505.html>

Monday 24 October 2005
DUBLIN Trial of the Pitstop Ploughshares 5 - activists who 'non-violently disarmed a U.S. navy war plane in the early hours of February 3rd. 2003' 

Saturday 29 October 2005
Anniversary of the Lancet study into war-related mortality in Iraq. Please see <http://www.iraqmortality.org> for details of the 100,000 Rings project.

Saturday 26 November 2005 (10am - 5pm)
“Voices from Occupied Iraq” Themes: Corporate invasion; democratic, civil and human rights; resistance. Organised by Iraq Occupation Focus. Sponsored by: Voices In the Wilderness, Labour and Trade Union Review / Bevin Society. Venue: University of London Union, Malet Street, London WC1. Registration: 10 am. Speakers include:
Hassan Juma’a, General Secretary, General Union of Oil Employees,Basra
Ismeel Dawood, human rights activist, Baghdad
Rahul Mahajan, author of Empire Notes (www.empirenotes.org)
Jeremy Dear, General Secretary National Union of Journalists
Gilbert Achcar, author 'The Clash of Barbarisms: September 11 and the Making of the New World Disorder'
Professor Kamil Mahdi, Exeter University Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
Sami Ramadani, lecturer, Iraqi-born activist, regular contributor to The Guardian,
Haifa Zangana, Iraqi-born novelist, activists and former political prisoner in Iraq, regular contributor to The Guardian
Registration £7 (waged), £3 (unwaged). Creche available if booked in advance. To register in advance, or for further information contact Iraq Occupation Focus, http:/www.iraqoccupationfocus.org or PO Box 44680, London N16 7XX 
Email: iraqfocus[AT]riseup.net

Wednesday 30 November 2005 (7pm)
PEACE JOURNALISM? - A debate on the pros and cons.
Venue: Grand Committee Room, House of Commons. 
Annabel McGoldrick and Jake Lynch will talk about the difference between "peace" journalism and "regular" journalism with contributions from some regular journalists. 

Every Sunday
HOUSE OF COMMONS TEA PARTY
Venue: Parliament Square, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Tube, London
Welcome to the new Commons Tea Party!  Every Sunday @ 12 Noon, Parliament Square! Come along to help uphold one the great British traditions in Parliament Square! Weekly picnic / tea party. Please bring food, drinks, fung, games, ideas & conversation. All very welcome, especially children! Anyone for Cricket or Frizbee? Phone Contact 0785 439 0408.