[JNV] Events & Activities Past and Upcoming

[Justice Not Vengeance]

Hi Folks

Some essential events to attend this weekend and beyond, also a brief
update on JNV activities and the successful climax of Faslane 365.

1. "Stop Bombing Afghanistan" Walk to mark the 6th anniversary of the
2001 invasion
2. "Banned" Stop the War Demo
3. Faslane 365
4. JNV activities
5. Other upcoming anti war events

Have an active weekend!

JNV

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1. LONDON Sunday 7 October "Stop Bombing Afghanistan" Walk to mark the
6th anniversary of the 2001 invasion.
Meet 10am, St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, 78
Bishopsgate, EC2N 4AG.  (tubes: Bank, Liverpool St)
The walk, with leaflets and sandwich boards, will take in a number of
locations connnected with the war in Afghanistan.
Org. by Christian Peacemaker Teams UK, London & Oxford
Catholic Worker, Voices UK. Supported by JNV Contact 0845 458 2564 or
visit www.voicesuk.org.

Please wear black or white if possible.

TROOPS OUT
In a March poll, 53% of the British public said that all British troops
should be withdrawn from Afghanistan 'more or less immediately' [1]. This
May the upper house of the Afghan Parliament passed a motion calling for a
military cease-fire and a date to be set for the withdrawal of foreign
troops [2].

NOTES
[1] YouGov poll, 26-28 March 2007, http://tinyurl.com/24rear
[2] 'Afghan lawmakers call for ceasefire', Associated Press, 9 May 2007, se=
e
http://tinyurl.com/39lmtq
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2. LONDON Monday 8 October "Banned" Stop the War March
Assemble 1pm Trafalgar Square for Rally- Speakers include Tony Benn,
Brian Eno, Mark Thomas, Walter
Wolfgang, George Galloway and Ben Griffin (ex SAS trooper) then march
to Parliament.
STW  urges everyone who has opposed the British government's support
for George Bush's war, and who agrees that our right to peaceful
protest must be defended, to join them on Monday, the day Gordon
Brown makes his long awaited speech on Iraq to the House of
Commons.
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3. Faslane 365 Climax

Faslane 365 started a year this week and climaxed last Monday with
mass arrests bringing the campaign arrest total to 1,100.

An estimated 500 campaigners converged at dawn last Monday on the
gates of HM Naval Base Clyde, overlooking the Gare Loch,  to blockade

the gates.

Police were drafted in to tackle the protesters, many glued themselves
to the road or chained themselves to the gates, while others linked

themselves together with concrete tubes.

By the end of the day Strathclyde Police had arrested 73 men and 98
women, bringing the total detained since the campaign began to 1,110.

After the direct action, protesters turned the event into a colourful
and noisy affair, with stilt walkers, clowns and musical instruments.
People read

poetry, danced and sang anti-war songs.

Rebecca Johnston spokeswoman for the protest said: "First, we have
raised public awareness of the illegality and immorality of Trident
and that

Scotland does not need to keep accepting nuclear weapons," said .
"Second, it has been the public mobilisation. It has reinvigorated
both the

Scottish peace movement and the UK-wide one."

See <http://www.faslane365.org> for full details and pictures

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4. JNV arrest at U Turn for peace protest

On Sunday 23 September, JNV, London Catholic Worker and Voices in the
Wilderness UK held a sit-down protest in Bournemouth at Gordon

Brown's first Labour Party Conference as leader. We demanded that the
new leader makes radical changes in how Britain acts abroad -
demanding a U-turn in British foreign policy, in line with the views
of the majority of the British people.

JNV member Maya Anne Evans was arrested for Obstructing the Highway
along with Fr Martin Newell and Irene Willis of the Catholic worker.

They all had charges bought against them but  were dropped a week
later after the plea hearing and a letter in The Guardian. A full
account of the protest,  proceeding activities and Guardian letter
will be posted on the JNV website soon.

Maya is still at large despite a warrant being out for her arrest. She
will be taking part in the "Stop bombing Afghanistan" 6th anniversary
walk this Sunday, demanding a withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan
and a peaceful foreign policy from the current Government.
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5. Other upcoming anti-war actions and events

LONDON Wednesdays@housmans Weekly meetings at Housmans peace bookshop
All events, 7pm, Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, London N1 9DX.
www.housmans.com.

LONDON Every Friday Anti Guantanamo Bay protest outside the US embassy
6-7pm, outside the US Embassy, Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, W1 (nearest tube:
Marble Arch). Organised by the London Guantanamo Campaign. 07824 386 747 or
london_gitmo@yahoo.co.uk.

LONDON Every Month Iraq Occupation Focus Second
Thursday of every month: 11 Oct, 8 Nov, 13 Dec. All meetings
7.30pm, Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, W1T 6AQ. See
www.iraqoccupationfocus.org.uk

ALDERMASTON Every Month New Monthly Camp at Britain's Atomic Weapons
Establishment (AWE)
 to add further pressure to the 'Block the Builders' campaign to halt
development of the next generation
of nuclear weapons. Contact 0845 4588 368 or www.blockthebuilders.org.uk.

MOULSCOMBE Every Wednesday Noise Demo outside EDO MBM - 'an arms company th=
at
makes bomb parts used in the Iraq war' (Guardian). 4-6pm, EDO MBM, Home Far=
m
Road. Contact 07891 1405 923. www.smashedo.org.uk

MENWITH HILL Every Tuesday Demo outside the US Spy Base used for (amongst
other things) intelligence and surveillance gathering in the Middle East.
6-8 pm outside the main entrance to Menwith Hill Nr Harrogate, North
Yorkshire. Contact the Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases:
www.caab.org.uk.

CROUGHTON Sat 6 Oct Keep Space for Peace- No Bases for War. Demo outside th=
e
US Communications Base near Oxford. With Kate Hudson (CND) and Lindis Percy
(CAAB). Meet 12 noon, "RAF" Croughton, 3 miles from M40 jnct 10. Transport
available from Oxford and Bicester railway stations. Contact Oxfordshire
Peace Campaign: oxonpeace@yahoo.co.uk or 07949 320 026. No step-free access=
.

LONDON Sat 6 Oct Fighting Over the Leftovers- Resource Depletion and
the Potential for Conflict.  AGM of Scientists for Global
Responsibility. www.sgr.org.uk.

BELFAST Mon 8 - Fri 12 Oct  Nonviolent Training for Trainers. Intensive wor=
kshop
in Kingian Nonviolence. Course fee =A3100, some bursaries available. 9am - =
6pm
each day, Forthspring Inter Community Group, 373-375 Springfield Road,
Belfast BT12 7DG. Contact: 028 - 90313945 or mariamckenna@btconnect.com.

MENWITH HILL Sat 13 Oct Drum the Out! protest outside the US spy base
(which the UK government had given the US permission to use for its "missil=
e
defence" system). With the Honey Drummers, food and speakers. 12 noon - 4pm=
,
main entrance, Menwith Hill. Org. by CAAB. www.caab.org.uk or 01423 884076.

LIVERPOOL Sat 13 Oct Merseyside STW Lunch for Trades Unionists.
Welcoming all Trades Unionists to a day conference to discuss the
role of Trade Unions in war. 10.45am - 3.30pm, The Friends Meeting House, 2=
2
School Lane, Liverpool City Centre. With Mark Serwotka (PCS Gen Sec),
Sabah Jawad (Support Committee for Iraqi TU's) and others. Free Lunch. Free
cr=E8che places available by request: please book places no later than 6th
October: merseyside@stopwar.org.uk or 07845930610.

NEWCASTLE Sun 21 Oct End Occupations Concert. Part of Tyneside Autumn
Resistance to the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. 8pm - midnight, The
Cumberland Arms, James Place Street, off Byker Bank. =A36/=A34 Bands includ=
e the
Calm from South Shields and International Bastards from Sunderland. Also
featuring poetry and songs from the anti-war movement. All proceeds to the
Tyneside and South Tyneside Stop the War Coalitions Tickets: phone Debbie
07742047500 or Roger (after September 16th) 07796267722. E:
nestopwar@yahoo.co.uk

DERBYSHIRE Fri 26 =96  Sun 28 Oct Called to be Peacemakers Conference 2007
Fellowship of Reconciliation's annual conference, offering a unique
opportunity to learn what conflict transformation is and how it applies to
us. With expert speakers, in-depth workshops and training. FoR subsidises
theweekend to allow as many people as possible to attend. FoR also provides
a limited number of travel bursaries and subsidised places. Conference
places are only =A340 if booked before 1st October 2007 (and =A345 after),
so please come join us! Venue Hollowford Centre, Derbyshire
(http://www.hollowford.org.uk) Contact 01865 748 796 or Martha@for.org.uk.
See http://tinyurl.com/2kmnya

LONDON Sat 27 Oct  STW National Conference. www.stopwar.org.uk
30 Tues Oct Trial of Activists who carried out "Torture Flight"
inspections at Preswick Airport in August 2006. 10am, Ayr Sheriff
Court, Wellington Square, Ayr, KA7 1EE. Contact
davidmc@enterprise.net.

LONDON Tues 6 Nov  Celebration of the Life of Jim Addington 1924 - 2007. Ji=
m
was a great peace activist and passionate about UN reforms. He was chair of
Action for UN Renewal for many years, former chair of LRCND, an active
member of UNA, Kingston Peace Council and LAP. Please join in your tribute
to Jim. Tea and coffee from 6:30pm, close 9pm. All welcome Friend's House,
173 Euston Road, London, NW1 (opposite Euston Station). Contac 0207 377
2111.

BANGOR Sat 10 NOV Public Meeting with former Guantanamo detainee Moazzem Be=
gg.
2-5pm, University Arts Block, Lecture Room 4, Bangor University. t: Linda
Rogers 01248 490 715.

LONDON Sat 10 Nov Movement for the Abolition for War Lectures by Craig
Murray, for mer British ambassador to Uzbekistan. Methodist Hall, Old
Street, London EC1. Contact 01908 511948. www.abolishwar.org.uk.