[JNV] Forthcoming Events

[JNV]

Dear friends

These events are taken from Voices in the Wilderness UK. We hope you find them useful.

We are sending a separate email about the recent JNV arrests.

Best wishes

Maya Evans
Milan Rai
JNV

[A] FALLUJAH, ONE YEAR ON: two special film screenings on the anniversary of
the beginning of last year's second major assault on the Iraqi city of
Fallujah, followed by discussion with author and activist MILAN RAI,
Institute for Contemporary Arts, 8.45pm, £6.50 / £5.50.
[B] "100 PROTESTS" CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR THE 100TH BRITISH MILITARY DEATH IN
IRAQ
[C] CAOIMHE BUTTERLEY FILM next Monday (7 November, NFT3, 8.30pm)
[D] OTHER "REMEMBER FALLUJAH" EVENTS AROUND THE UK THIS NOVEMBER
 
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[A] FALLUJAH, ONE YEAR ON: Special screenings of the films ‘Occupation
Dreamland’ (award-winning documentary about marines in Fallujah) and
‘Testimonies from Fallujah’, followed by discussion with author and activist
MILAN RAI ('Chomsky's Politics', 'War Plan Iraq', 'Regime Unchanged')
Tuesday 8 November, 8.45pm, Institute for Contemporary Arts, The Mall, SW1Y
5AH. £6.50 / £5.50

Box office 0207 930 3647 (open daily 12 noon – 9.30pm). www.ica.org.uk.
Org. by DocHouse (see http://www.dochouse.org/screen.php)
 
One year to the day from the beginning of last November's devastating US
assault on the Iraqi city of Fallujah, an assault that saw hundreds killed,
tens of thousands displaced and the majority of the city destroyed, this
special screening and discussion considers the political implications of
such strategies.
 
OCCUPATION DREAMLAND (Official selection, Human Rights Watch International
Festival 2005)
Directors: Garrett Scott, Ian Olds, USA, 2005
An unflinchingly candid portrait of a squad of American soldiers deployed in
the doomed Iraq city of Falluja during the winter of 2004. A collective
study of the soldiers unfolds as they patrol an environment of low-intensity
conflict creeping steadily towards catastrophe. Through the squad's
activities "Occupation: Dreamland" provides a vital glimpse into the last
days of Falluja.
 
TESTIMONIES FROM FALLUJAH
Director: Hamodi Jasim, 2004, 28 mins
One of the most violent acts of the current occupation of Iraq was the
almost complete destruction of the city of Falluja in last November's siege
and assault by US forces. There were no Western news crews inside the city,
even Al-Jazeera had left. This film comprises video testimonies from inside
the besieged city, along with footage of injuries and civilians under fire.
It provides a concise introduction to the historical roots of resistance to
the occupying forces in the city and it conveys a real sense of what such
attacks can do to a community.
 
Images of the Falluja assault are scarce, which makes this event all the
more resonant. To consider these and other issues, Gareth Evans (Editor,
Vertigo magazine) with author and activist MILAN RAI, founder of Voices in
the Wilderness UK and author of "War Plan Iraq" and "Regime Unchanged", who
visited Fallujah on several occasions during the sanctions years.
 
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[B] "100 PROTESTS" CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR THE 100TH BRITISH MILITARY DEATH IN
IRAQ
 
Message from the Stop the War Coalition web-site (www.stopwar.org.uk):
 
We fear that soon the 100th British soldier will die in Iraq.
 
It is important that this moment does not pass unnoticed or unprotested.
Military families have asked that the British people mark the day that
figure is reached with protests and vigils
 
The day the 100th soldier's death is reported members of Military Families
Against the War (www.mfaw.org.uk) will lead a vigil in Parliament Square and
the names of these 100 soldiers and of 100 Iraqi dead will be read out.
 
The next day there will be 100 similar protests in 100 towns across the
country. We call on every Coalition group and all our supporters to prepare
for this now.
 
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[C] VISIT PALESTINE (80 minutes). NFT3 8.30pm, Monday November 7th.
 
“An astonishing piece of work, a wonderful film…quite unlike anything I’ve
seen.” John Pilger.
 
What drives a young, well-educated Westerner to volunteer as a “peace
activist” in the Middle East? Caiomhe Butterly is one of a growing number of
volunteers who risk their own safety to intervene in the long-running and
bloody conflict between Israel and Palestine. Several internationals,
including her, have now been injured. Some have died.
 
In this film, she describes witnessing the aftermath of the attack on Jenin
in April 2002.  The film follows her work, the main emphasis being “the
accompaniment of communities at risk”. Despite being threatened, shot in the
leg and deported later that year, she is determined to go back. In the
interim, she brings her story back to her native Ireland at public meetings,
receives a Time Magazine “European Hero Award”, and travels to post-war Iraq
to visit the Palestinian refugee camps.  She arrives back in Jenin, shortly
before a young woman from that community, Hanadi Jaradat, blows herself up
in a suicide bombing in Haifa.
 
Activists such as Butterly are usually stereotyped as lunatics, meddlers or
saints.  This film offers an insight into a brave, honest, determined yet
self-critical woman who takes direct action to the limit, with no quest for
glory. She also serves as a conduit into the everyday lives of Palestinians,
who are also usually presented to the viewer in a one-dimensional way, as
fighters or victims, heroes or fanatics. The film gives us a rare chance to
see what she calls “the spaces of beauty and joy” created by a people under
occupation.
 
National Film Theatre, South Bank, London SE1 8XT. Box Office 0207 928 3232.
 
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[D] OTHER "REMEMBER FALLUJAH" EVENTS AROUND THE UK THIS NOVEMBER
www.rememberfallujah.org
 
SPEAKING TOUR WITH RAHUL MAHAJAN
"During the course of the roughly four hours we were at that small clinic,
we saw perhaps a dozen wounded brought in. Among them was a young woman, 18
years old, shot in the head. She was seizing and foaming at the mouth when
they brought her in; doctors did not expect her to survive the night" (Rahul
Mahajan in Fallujah, April 2004).
 
Rahul Mahajan, a US author and activist, was in Fallujah during the April
2004 siege of the city. He is the author of “The New Crusade: America’s War
on Terrorism” (“mandatory reading for anyone who wants to get a handle on
the war on terrorism” – Tariq Ali) and “Full Spectrum Dominance: US Power in
Iraq and Beyond” and maintains the anti-war blog EmpireNotes.org. He is also
a member of the Steering Committee of the US anti-war coalition United For
Peace and Justice.
 
18 Nov, Leicester: 7.30. Friday Secular Hall, 75, Humberstone opp.
Sainsburys
Org. by Leicester Campaign to Stop the War. chrisgoodwin29@yahoo.com or 0116
2219459
 
19 Nov, Norwich: 1-3 p.m. at the Methodist Church, Chapelfield Rd, Norwich
(behind Bignold School). Alongside Doug Jewell (Liberty) and Fahim Ahmed
(Campaign Against Criminalising Communities). Contact:
thepeaceforce@theatreofwar.org or
01986 892 723.
 
See also ‘Film Screenings’, 19 Nov, below.
 
20 Nov, Kettering: 2:30 - 4:30pm, Quakers Meeting House, Northall Street,
Kettering. Org. by Kettering Stop the War. ketteringstopwar@btopenworld.com
or 07855 988 073
 
21 Nov, Bradford: 7- 8.30pm, Richmond Building, University of Bradford. Org.
by Yorkshire CND, Bradford Stop the War and the University of Bradford
Students’ Union. sarah@yorkshirecnd.org.uk or 01274 730 795.
 
22 Nov, Edinburgh: 7.00pm, The Roxy Art House (Formerly Lady Glenorchy's
Church), Roxburgh Place, EH8 9EB. Org. by Word Power Books. Contact:
books@word-power.co.uk or 0131 662 9112. See www.word-power.co.uk
 
23 Nov, Glasgow: 7pm, George Moore Building, Glasgow Caledonian University,
70 Cowcaddens Road, G4 0BA. Org. by Glasgow Troops Out. Info:
troopsoutglasgow@yahoo.co.uk or 0141-334-8506.
 
24 Nov, Bristol: 7.30pm, The Malcolm X Centre, 141 City Road, BS2 8YH. With
Eric Herring (see ‘Film Screenings’, 8 Nov below). Org. Bristol Stop the
War. bristolstopwar@hotmail.com
 
25 Nov, London: see ‘Film Screenings’, 25 Nov below.
 
26 Nov, London: see ‘Other Events’, 26 Nov below.
 
27 Nov, Sherborne: 7.30pm, Methodist Hall, Cheap Street. Org. by Yeovil and
Sherborne Stop the War. Contact 01935 873 028.
 
28 Nov, Brighton: 7.30pm, Brighthelm Centre, North Rd. Org. by the Hands Off
Forum. www.watchingthewarmakers.org.uk.
 
FALLUJAH FILM SCREENINGS
 
8 Nov, London: ‘Occupation Dreamland’ (award-winning documentary about
marines in Fallujah) and ‘Testimonies from Fallujah.’ 8.45pm, Institute for
Contemporary Arts, The Mall, SW1Y 5AH. www.ica.org.uk. Box office 0207 930
3647 (open daily 12 noon – 9.30pm). With Yasmin Alibhai Brown (author and
Independent columnist) and Eric Herring (Senior Lecturer in International
Politics at the University of Bristol and co-author of the forthcoming book
'Iraq in Fragments: The Occupation and its Legacy').
 
10 Nov, Hull: ‘A letter to the prime minister’, 7.30pm, Hull Screen, Albion
St.
 
10 Nov, Wrexham: ‘Testimonies from Fallujah’ and ‘A letter to the Prime
Minister.’ 7pm,Trinity Church, King St. Org. by the Wrexham Peace and
Justice Forum. Free entry but a collection will be made for Child Victims of
War.7pm Wrexham. wrexhamsaw@yahoo.com
 
11 Nov, Reading: 'Testimonies', 8-10pm, Reading International Solidarity
Centre, 35-39 London St, RG1 4PS. 0118 967 1362
 
12 Nov, Enfield: ‘ A letter to the Prime Minister.’ Free but donations for
the film-maker welcome! Org, by Films in the Yurt. 7-9.30pm, The Yurt, 28
Abbotts Road, New Barnet, Herts EN5 5DP. Contact bspace@btconnect.com or
0208 441 8903. See also www.breathingspacearts.co.uk.
 
14 Nov, London: 'A letter to the Prime Minister', 7pm, London Action
Resource Centre, 62 Fieldgate St, E1 1ES. Sugg. Donation £6/£3. Fundraiser
for IOF teach-in on 26 Nov.
 
15 Nov, London: ‘Testimonies from Fallujah’ and ‘Fallujah: April 2004.’ 7pm,
Inn on the Green, 3 Thorpe Close, W10 (nearest tube Ladbroke Grove).
Organised by Filmmakers Against the War. Contact euandonaldson@onetel.com or
0777929 4342.
 
19 Nov, Norwich: Screening of “Testimonies from Fallujah” with Rahul Mahajan
(see ‘Speaking Tour’ above). 7pm, United Reform Church, Prince’s Street.
Org. by Norwich Stop the War. Tel. 01603 270 420.
 
24 Nov, Southend: 'Testimonies from Fallujah.' 7.30pm, Utopia Cafe (in the
Royales in the street opposite BHS). Org. by Southend CND.
irene.willis@tiscali.co.uk or 01268 682 820.
 
25 Nov, London: Special fund-raising screening of “Testimonies from
 Fallujah” with Rahul Mahajan. 7.30pm, Friends Meeting House, 173 Euston Rd,
NW1. All proceeds split between Muslim Peacemaker Teams (currently working
in Iraq) and the costs of bringing Iraqi speakers to the IOF teach-in on 26
Nov (see below)
 
OTHER EVENTS
 
8 Nov, Southend: Vigil to mark the 1st anniversary of last November's
assault on Fallujah. 1-3pm, in the High Street near the clock. Org. by
Southend Women in Black. Contact 01702 305 303.
 
13 Nov, Oxford: Workshop at Shared Planet 2005. ‘Ending the Occupation of
Iraq.’ 2 - 3.30pm. See http://peopleandplanet.org/sp2005/. Facilitated by
voices uk. With screening of ‘Testimonies from Fallujah’ (technology
permitting!).
 
14 Nov, Wrexham: Vigil to remember the attacks on Fallujah. Plas Coch
Roundabout, Mold Rd, Wrexham. From 5pm. Please bring banners, placards and
nightlights. Org. by the Wrexham Peace and Justice Forum.
wrexhamsaw@yahoo.com or 0845 330 4505.
 
26 Nov, London: “Voices from Occupied Iraq” an international teach-in.
Speakers include Gilbert Achcar, Hassan Juma’a (General Union of Oil
Employees, Basra), Rahul Mahajan (see ‘Speaking Tour’ above) and Haifa
Zangana. 10am – 5pm, University of London Union. £7 / £3. Org. by Iraq
Occupation Focus (www.iraqoccupationfocus.org.uk).