[JNV] Re: JNV Appeal

[JNV]

Dear all,

Many apologies for missing out our contact details from the previous message.

If you are able to make a donation - of whatever size - please make it out to 'JNV' and send it to us at:

29 Gensing Road, St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex, TN38 0HE.

If you feel able to offer continuing support through a monthly standing order (of whatever size), our bank details are:

    Justice Not Vengeance,
    A/C 78520921
    Nationwide Building Society,
    40 London Road,
    St Leonards-on-Sea
    East Sussex
    TN37 6AN
    Sort code 07-00-55

For whatever support you are able to give, we are very grateful.

Yours for peace

Maya Evans, Emily Johns, Milan Rai


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JNV" <info@j-n-v.org>
To: "Announce JNV" <jnv-announce@lists.j-n-v.org>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 5:52 PM
Subject: [JNV] Maya & Mil Face Possible Prison Sentences/ JNV Appeal

Dear All,

Please find below:
1. JNV Appeal
2. Maya Evans and Milan Rai on trial next week
3. Events Listing

Emily Johns
Milan Rai
Maya Evans
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Dear friends

For the past four years Justice Not Vengeance has made a singular contribution to the anti-war and wider peace movements, providing ground-breaking analysis, inspiring presentations, powerful imagery and effective protest.

Maya Anne Evans has become a household name for her stand against the Serious Organized Crime and Police Act (2005) (she has appealed her conviction to the High Court and is now taking the case to the European Court of Human Rights). Emily Johns has been one of the few British peace activists to visit Iran and talk to both officials and ordinary Iranians about the issues that confront us - and she has brought back a wealth of images that educate, inspire and move us to action. Milan Rai has written JNV anti-war briefings on a broad array of subjects, and spent time in Lewes Prison for his opposition to the war in Iraq. All three have toured the country (and North America, in Milan's case) speaking out against war and repression, against al-Qaeda terrorism and Western state terrorism.

JNV also produced several publications last year; '7/7 The London Bombings, Islam and the Iraq War' by Milan Rai, 'Naming the Dead' by Maya Anne Evans and an 'Axis of Evil' Iran catalogue with images by Emily Johns. All are available via the JNV website.

We are now making an appeal for financial support for us to be able to continue and improve our work. We need to replace a desktop computer and a laptop computer which are vital for our work. We need money to pay our landline and mobile phone bills, for our travel and basic office expenses. All this will cost around £4000 for this year, we believe.

None of the three core JNV workers has received any pay for the work they have done over the past four years. We would like to be able to pay at least partial wages to them for at least half of the year. This would also cost around £4000.

We would be very grateful if you could make a contribution towards this total. We haven't made an appeal for over a year, and we don't intend to appeal to you again for another year. We will email again in a week to let you know how the appeal is going.

If everyone who receives JNV emails (over 3,000 people) were to donate something - anything - according to their ability, we would be able to reach this target and to put JNV on a sound footing, able to move forward confidently.

Yours for peace and justice

Emily Johns
Milan Rai
Maya Evans

2. Maya and Mil stand trial Tuesday 10th April 2pm Horseferry Magistrates Court charged with organising and participating in an "unauthorised" demonstration within 1km of Parliament during last October's "No More Fallujahs" anti-occupation camp in Parliament Square. The other 8 organiser of the event will be giving evidence at the trial whereby Maya and Mil will be defending themselves. Please show your support. 70 Horseferry Road Westminster SW1P 2AX


3. Events Listings

April WALES Drawing paradise on the "Axis of Evil" Exhibitions and talks on Iran by artist and JNV activist EMILY JOHNS (support act: MILAN RAI) (see http://tinyurl.com/j7gmf).

Exhibitions:
Mon 2- Fri 13 Apr TENBY 10am- 5pm, Mon- Sat (closed Sun), Little Wedlock Gallery, Gumfreston, SA70 8RB (www.littlewedlockgallery.co.uk)
Sat 14- Fri 27 Apr NARBETH Span Arts, Town Moor, Moorfield Road, SA67 7AG. Contact 01834 869 323 for times.
Sat 28 Apr- Fri 4 May MILFORD HAVEN Friends Meeting House Priory Road Contact 01646 651766 for times.

Talks:
Mon 2 Apr TENBY 7.30pm St Johns Church.
Tues 3 Apr MILFORD HAVEN 7.30pm Friends Meeting House Priory Rd.
Wed 4 Apr ST DAVIDS 7.30pm For time and venue ring 0845 458 9572.
Thurs 5 Apr NARBETH 7pm, Span Arts, Moorfield Road, SA67 7AG.
For more info see www.j-n-v.org or call 0845 458 9571.

SAT 7 April - Sat 21 April NATIONAL Vanunu Freedom (cycle) fride from FASLANCE TRIDENT SUBMARINE BASE to the ISRAELI EMBASSY. Contact 0207 607 2302 for more info.

Tues 10 April LONDON Trial of JNV peace activists MAYA EVANS and MILAN RAI, charged with organising and / or participating in an "unauthorised" demonstration within 1km of Parliament during last October's "No More Fallujahs" anti-occupation camp in Parliament Square. 2pm, Horseferry Magistrates Court, 70 Horseferry Road, SW1P 2AX. We'd really appreciate your support.

Tues 10 APR, ALDERMASTON: MASS NONVIOLENT BLOCKADE OF BRITAIN'S ATOMIC WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT. See www.tridentploughshares.org/aldermaston

11 - 17 ARPIL, LONDON: BIRDS OF WAR: HAWKS, DOVES AND ILLEGAL EAGLES. Exhibition of contemporary, visual artwork to mark the fourth anniversary of the Iraq invasion. A unique opportunity to view a dynamic collaboration between British and Iraqi artists. Times: Mon - Fri, 10am - 5pm; Sat - Sun, 10am - 4pm. Venue: Candid Arts Trust, 3 Torrens St, Islington, EC1V 1NQ. Admission Free. See www.birdsofwar.org

13-14 APR, LONDON: "PEACE HISTORY": ENCOURAGEMENT AND WARNINGS. Two-day non-residential conference at the Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London SE1. Organised by the International Peace Bureau and the Movement for the Abolition of War. See www.abolishwar.org.uk.

APR - JUL, LONDON: 'BLOODY TERRORISTS' - TERRORISM IN CONTEXT.
A series of public lectures chaired by Professor Ziauddin Sardar (School of Arts, The City University). All lectures: 6 - 8pm, Oliver Merton Hall, The City University, Northampton Square, EC1V 0HB.
- 25 Apr: 'Where Do Terrorists Come From?' by Milan Rai (Director, Justice Not Vengeance, and author of 7/7: The London Bombings, Islam and the Iraq War)
- 9 May: 'Wretched Earth: Terrorism, Wretchedness and Political Philosophy' by Professor Ted Honderich (University College, London
- 23 May: 'Terrorism and Islam: The British Muslim Experience' by Yahya Birt, (Director, City Circle and Research Fellow, Islamic Foundation)
- 6 Jun: 'Martyrs of Postculture: Analysing the Terrorist' by Dr Richard Appignanesi (Associate Editor, Third Text)
- 20 Jun: 'Reporting Terror: How the Media Covers Terrorism' by Professor Adrian Monck (Department of Journalism, The City University)
- 4 Jul: 'Cultural Terrorism and Terrorism of Culture' by Ms Merryl Wyn Davies (anthropologist and writer, co-author of "Why Do People Hate America?" and "American Dream, Global Nightmare")

1 MAY - 2 JUN, LONDON: "FALLUJAH" PLAY written and directed by Jonathan Holmes. Based on research and interviews carried out by the Oxford Research Group, "Fallujah" presents verbatim testimony from those at the heart of the US siege of the city. Times: Mon-Sat, 7.30pm; Wed & Sat 3pm. Venue: The Atlantic Building, The Old Truman Brewery, 146 Brick Lane, E1 6RU. Tickets £20 / £18. Book now on 0207 930 3647 or via www.ica.org.uk. See www.fallujah.co.uk for more info.

14 MAY, BRISTOL: SECOND TRIAL OF TOBY OLDITCH AND PHIL PRITCHARD, two peace activists who entered RAF Fairford and attempted to disarm USAF B-52 bombers on 18th March 2003 (their first trial resulted in a hung jury). 10am, Bristol Crown Court, The Law Courts, Small Street, BS1 1DA. Support welcome: the trial is scheduled to last for several days. For background info on the trial see www.b52two.org

14 MAY, LONDON: BOOK LAUNCH OF 'IRAQI WOMEN' BY NADJE SADIG AL-ALI. 'An extraordinary book ... Particularly sobering is the author's balanced and sensitive analysis of the negative effects on women's rights and lives of the decade of sanctions and the current US-British occupation' - Lila Abu-Lughod, Professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies, Columbia University. 5.30 - 8pm, Khalili Theatre, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1.

2 JUN, EASTBOURNE: PEACEMAKING IN PALESTINE. Talk by John Lynes (Christian Peacemaker Teams). michael3col@yahoo.co.uk or 01323 430040.

11 SEPT, LONDON: DISARM DSEI. Day of action outside Britain's biggest arms fair. See www.dsei.org




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