From info at j-n-v.org Tue Oct 6 13:31:02 2009 From: info at j-n-v.org (Justice Not Vengeance) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:31:02 +0100 Subject: [JNV] New Briefings: Iran - Afghanistan / Afghan vigil 7 Oct / Gaza Freedom March / Events Message-ID: 1) Afghanistan anniversary vigil, London, 10am-6pm, Wednesday 7 October 2) Training for Gaza Freedom March, London 30 October - 1 November 3) Decommissioners' Solidarity week, Brighton, London 4) Target Brimar, Manchester, 17 October 5) Stop The War Afghanistan demonstration, London, 24 October - help JNV 6) JNV Anti-War Briefing 119 (2 October 2009) - Last Chance for Iran? 7) JNV Anti-War Briefing 120 (7 October 2009) - What Do Afghans Want? ----- Dear friends Please find below two new JNV briefings. One responds to the latest dramatic developments on Iran, the other is to mark the eighth anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan. The briefings are available to download as double-sided A4 leaflets (pdfs) from our website www.j-n-v.org Top of the list of events is an eight-hour vigil JNV is helping to organise tomorrow, 10am-6pm, on Wednesday 7 October, to mark the eighth anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan. Best wishes Maya Evans, Emily Johns, Milan Rai ----- 1) Afghanistan invasion anniversary vigil, London, 7 October JNV and Oxford Catholic Worker will be holding a vigil, including naming the Afghan war dead, opposite Downing Street, on Wednesday 7 October. Please join us if you can for some period between 10am and 6pm. Last year, JNV, Voices in the Wilderness and others held a seven-hour vigil, with alternating hours of name-reading and silence. If you are unable to be with us, please text us messages of support during the vigil on 07980 748 555. This is an unauthorised demonstration under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (2005) and therefore there is a (low) risk of arrest. We do not anticipate any arrests, and there will be a clear police warning before any action is taken. ----- 2) Gaza Freedom March UK briefing/training event 31 October =96 1 November London To mark the first anniversary of Israel=92s bloody 22-day assault on Gaza, hundreds of international activists will march nonviolently alongside the people of Gaza on 1 January 2010, breaching the illegal Israeli blockade (www.gazafreedommarch.org) . A UK training / briefing event for people thinking of taking part will be taking place in Central London on 31 Oct and 1 Nov. Crash-pad accommodation will be available on the Friday and Saturday evenings, and there will also be a film-screening (probably a documentary about Rachel Corrie) at 9pm on the Friday (30 October). Trainers / briefers will include Jenny Linnell =96 an ISM activist who travelled to Gaza on the first Free Gaza boat in August 2008 and remained there during the Dec/Jan Israeli assault - and the excellent Seeds for Change (www.seedsforchange.org.uk) training co-op. In addition to practical workshops on topics such as media-work, rapid decision-making in crisis situations etc=85this will also be an opportunity to meet others who are thinking of taking part in the March =96 with the possibility of forming affinity groups for mutual support and to aid decision-making during the trip. If you would like to attend then please contact gazatraining@gmail.com or 0845 458 2564 for further details. This training is organized by Peace News (www.peacenews.info) as way of supporting the March. ----- 3) Solidarity with the EDO Decommissioners On 17 January, as bombs fell relentlessly on Gaza, a =91citizens' decommissioning=92 took place at weapons manufacturer EDO/MBM/ITT in Moulsecoomb, Brighton. Just after midnight Robert Stafford, aged 28, Elija Smith, 41, Tom Woodman, 26, Ornella Silver, 40, Bob Nicholls, 53, entered EDO=92s premises with the aim in Elijah Smith=92s words to =92smash it up to the best of our ability=92. Machinery used to make bomb release mechanisms (these carry and eject missiles from fighter planes and unmanned =91drones=92) and an assembly area for the electronic components were put out of action. EDO make a VER2 mechanism which is designed for the F16 fighter and used by the Israeli Defence Force. The six caused =A3300,000 of damage and were then peaceably arrested and charged with criminal damage and conspiracy. Elijah Smith has been held on remand in Lewes Prison, Brighton since then. The others are under very strict bail conditions. Their trial was due to have started on 26 October in Brighton Crown Court, but has now been adjourned till next year, probably until May, at the request of the defence due to the prosecution stalling in the bringing forward of evidence. A 'Support the Decommissoners' Week of Events will still go ahead. But the campaign is stressing the need to write To Elijah Smith, locked up now for nine months without trial. Letters of support please to: Elijah Smith, XP7551, HMP Bristol, 19 cambridge Road, Horfield, BS7 8PS. Events: Saturday 17 October =96 Launch demo of Target Brimar, Manchester this demo has been called in solidarity with the Decommissioners. (See below for details.) Monday 19 October - Rally outside Brighton Town Hall calling on Brighton and Hove Council to condemn EDO. Thursday 22 October - Rally outside the Foreign Office, London demanding an end of arms exports to Israel.We shall handing in the new decommissioners petition on this day. http://decommissioners.co.uk 0117 9426 904 The new Decommissioners petition can be signed here: http://www.petitiononline.com/decom1/petition.html The new EDO Decommissioners pamphlet can be downloaded from here: http://www.smashedo.org.uk/resources/Decommissioners%20Pamphlet.pdf T-shirts can be bought from here: http://decommissioners.co.uk/resources/ ----- 4) Target Brimar, Manchester, 17 October A national demonstration against arms manufacturers Brimar, who manufacture viewing screens for fighter planes, attack helicopters, tanks, armoured vehicles and ground-based missile launchers. Target Brimar is a new Manchester-based anti-militarist campaign. Demonstration on Saturday 17 October at noon, starting on the grassy traffic island by the Gardener=92s Arms pub, at the junction of the B6393 (Lightbowne Rd) and the A6104 (Victoria Avenue East). http://www.targetbrimar.org.uk/ ----- 5) Stop The War Afghanistan demonstration, London, 24 October If you would like to distribute JNV, Peace News and other anti-war materials (including the briefing below) on the Stop The War demonstration in London, please meet us on Saturday 24 October under Marble Arch between 11.45am-12.15pm. To contact us on the day, please call 07980 748 555. ----- 6) JNV Anti-War Briefing 119 (2 October 2009) LAST CHANCE FOR IRAN? The Site At Qom And The International Consortium Solution IRAQ BACKS DOWN On 1 Oct., Iran startled the world by making two dramatic concessions in the long-standing crisis over its uranium enrichment programme, 'agreeing to admit inspectors to a newly revealed nuclear plant and to surrender some of its enriched uranium to be processed abroad, a concession which could delay or at least complicate its [suspected] efforts to acquire a nuclear bomb.' (Independent, 2 Oct., p. 1) The concessions came at talks held in Geneva between Iran and the P5+1 (the permanent five members of the UN Security Council - Britain, China, France, Russia and the US - and Germany). Iran had been very belligerent before the meeting. Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Agency, said: 'We are not going to discuss anything related to our nuclear rights'. (Telegraph, 30 Sept., p. 15) Iran also increased the political temperature by test-firing missiles including the 1,240-mile-range Shahab-3 missile (which could hit Israel and US bases in the Gulf), just days before the Geneva talks. (FT, 29 Sept., p. 8) Two Iranian MPs, Mohammad Karamirad and Hassan Ghafourifard warned Iran could leave the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). (Reuters, 30 Sept., ) The Telegraph reported the day before the Geneva talks: 'Western diplomats are pessimistic about the chances of any positive outcome.' (30 Sept., p. 15) In mid-September, the US 'reluctantly accepted an offer from Iran of face-to-face negotiations'. (Telegraph, 14 Sept., p. 20) This led to the 40-minute one-on-one meeting between Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Sayeed Jalili, and US diplomat, William Burns, in Geneva on 1 Oct., 'the highest level diplomatic meeting between the two countries in almost three decades', which cemented the Iranian concessions. (Telegraph, 2 Oct., p. 20) THE URANIUM As part of this deal, Iran has agreed 'in principle' to hand over 1,200kg out of its stockpile of 1,500kg low-enriched uranium (LEU) for further enrichment into fuel rods in Russia and France ('experts believe it would require about 2,400kg to make a weapon'). 'The material will then be exported back to a research reactor in Tehran to meet an urgent Iranian need for isotopes for hospitals and medical applications' (Independent, 2 Oct., p. 2) 'People familiar with the issue said the process [of turning the 5LEU into 20% enriched fuel rods] would make it extremely difficult for Iran to use the uranium for bomb-making purposes', which requires 90% enriched uranium. (Telegraph, 2 Oct., p. 20) THE SECRET SITE 'Those involved [in the Geneva negotiations] said that last week's public unveiling of the underground plant at Qom was the game-changer - not just for Iran, but also for Russia, which made it clear that it was unimpressed by being lied to.' (Times, 2 Oct., p. 49) The Qom site has been under satellite surveillance since 2006, apparently. 'Working with their British and French counterparts, [US intelligence] compiled a detailed picture of what was being built there, with information from an Iranian nuclear scientist's smuggled laptop, defectors and satellite imagery.' (Sunday Telegraph, 27 Sept., p. 23) 'The intelligence was said to have been gained through compromising Iran's computer network and seizing a journal containing detailed notes.' (Telegraph, 26 Sept., p. 17) =09 'By late spring, US officials realised the Iranians knew security had been breached. Obama ordered a detailed dossier that he could use in negotiations or, if need be, in enlisting the co-operation of other nations in sanctions against Iran.' Russia and China were not informed until late September, however, after Iran had written a letter about the site to the IAEA. (Sunday Times, 27 Sept., p. 23) President Obama has said that the 'size and configuration of this facility is inconsistent with a peaceful programme'. (Telegraph, 26 Sept., p. 16) The Guardian comments: 'It is far too many [centrifuges] for a pilot plant [normally 164 centrifuges], which is what Iran claims it is building. On the other hand, 3,000 centrifuges are not nearly enough for a civilian power programme.' 3,000 is the right number to produce one warhead every year, however. (Guardian, 26 Sept., p. 4) 'It is not clear how western intelligence came to the conclusion that the Qom plant was big enough for 3,000 centrifuges.' (Guardian, 26 Sept., p. 4) The actual size of the Qom plant will be confirmed shortly by an IAEA inspection. Even if the purpose of the Qom site is military, which is far from proven, international monitoring can stop Iran from trying to acquire a nuclear bomb without warning the international community. THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW? President Obama said, in relation to the fact that the Qom enrichment facility had not been declared earlier: 'Iran is breaking rules that all nations must follow.' (Telegraph, 26 Sept., p. 16) Wrong. Not 'all nations' are signed up to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). 'All nations' don't have to follow NPT rules. Secondly, even all nations that have signed up to the NPT don't have to follow the special 'modified Code 3.1' rules that require early disclosure. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, said at the end of Sept., that Iran was 'on the wrong side of the law' on the secret site because 'Iran was supposed to inform us on the day it was decided to construct the facility.' (Times, 1 Oct., p. 40) It's true that Iran did sign up to the 'modified Code 3.1' disclosure rules ElBaradei describes - on 26 Feb. 2003 - but it later withdrew from this commitment (formally in a letter delivered to the IAEA on 13 April 2007). The IAEA says Iran is still bound by 'modified Code 3.1' rules, because Tehran is not allowed to change the arrangements unilaterally. But Iran might nevertheless be acting legally. Iran says it is operating under the previous rules, and disclosing information about nuclear facilities 180 days before nuclear materials enter them. The IAEA's own Legal Adviser has pointed out that the unmodified, looser, rules were accepted for 22 years before being changed, so 'it is difficult to conclude that providing information in accordance with the earlier formulation in itself constitutes non-compliance' with the NPT. (Document leaked to Dr Jeffrey Lewis, ArmsControlWonk blog, 13 March 2009 ) WHERE NOW? One alternative to sanctions and war is uranium enrichment in Iran, in facilities owned and managed by an international consortium. Former British ambassador Sir John Thomson: 'it is the best that is obtainable, and so long as it remains in force it precludes Iran from making a nuclear weapon'. (Independent, 13 July 2008 ) Thomas Pickering, former US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs: consortium 'combined with upgraded international safeguards and inspections will provide an unprecedented level of transparency about Iran's production of nuclear fuel.' (New York Review of Books, 20 Mar. 2008 ) The consortium has been public Iranian government policy since 18 Sept. 2005, when President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the UN General Assembly Iran was 'prepared to engage in serious partnership with private and public sectors of other countries in the implementation of uranium enrichment program in Iran'. (BBC, ) In 2007, Javad Zarif, Iran's ambassador to the UN, suggested: 'Iran could agree that its nuclear facilities, including all of its enrichment plants, could be jointly owned by an international consortium. All countries with concerns, including the US, could participate in that consortium. Their people and other foreign nationals could come and go to work at the facilities, which would allow for the best type of monitoring.' (Time, 14 Mar. 2007 ) Iran's willingness was reiterated in a 13 May 2008 letter to the UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon calling for enrichment consortia 'including in Iran'. (Guardian, 23 May 2008 ) ----- 7) JNV Briefing 120 (7 October 2009) WHAT DO AFGHANS WANT? The Guiding Principle In his major speech on Afghanistan on 4 Sept., British Prime Minister Gordon Brown emphasized Britain's self interest in the Afghan war: 'We are in Afghanistan as a result of a hard-headed assessment of the terrorist threat facing Britain.' The Prime Minister does not often speak of the wishes of the Afghan people. But these wishes, so far as they can be known, ought to be at the centre of British policy. What we know is that the majority of people in Afghanistan (77%) want an end to the airstrikes that have killed hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Afghan civilians. We also know that the majority of Afghans (64%) want a negotiated end to the conflict, and are willing to accept the creation of a coalition government including the Taliban leadership. We also know that a majority of Afghans oppose the idea of escalating the war and increasing the number of foreign troops in the country. 73% of Afghans think that US-led forces in the country should either be decreased in number (44%) or 'kept at the current level' (29%). Only 18% of Afghans favour an increase. Fear of the Taliban These are the results of a nationwide poll commissioned by the BBC, ABC News (USA) and ARD (Germany), in which 1,534 Afghans were interviewed in all of the country's 34 provinces between 30 December 2008 and 12 January 2009. The poll found enormous hostility to the Taliban. 82% of people said they would prefer the present government; only 4% favoured a Taliban government. 90% of people said they opposed Taliban fighters. The Taliban were seen as the biggest danger to the country by 58% of people; the United States was in fourth place with 8% (just ahead of 'local commanders' - a euphemism for US-backed warlords, we suspect). 'Who do you blame the most for the violence that is occurring in the country?' The Taliban came top with 27%; al-Qa'eda/foreign jihadis were next with 22%. In third place were 'US/American forces/Bush/US government/America/NATO/ISAF forces' with 21%. 69% of people thought it was a good thing that the US-led forces had come to Aghanistan to bring down the Taliban. (Down from 88% in 2006.) 64% of Afghans thought (in January 2009) that 'The Taliban are the same as before', and had not grown more moderate. Negotiate now Despite all this, a solid 64% of Afghans thought 'the government in Kabul should negotiate a settlement with Afghan Taliban in which they are allowed to hold political offices if they agree to stop fighting'. However, Afghans favoured preconditions to such talks: 71% said the government should 'negotiate only if the Taliban stop fighting'. 64% of British people also think 'America and Britain be willing to talk to the Taliban in Afghanistan in order to achieve a peace deal'. (Sunday Times, 15 Mar. ) Talks are only meaningful if the other side is willing to play their part. It seems, in the case of Afghanistan, that there is serious interest in a national reconciliation process on the part of the Taliban and the Karzai administration - but that these negotiations are being blocked by the United States and Britain, who are determined to achieve a military victory. The Taliban position The Taliban's current demands were set out in a New York Times article on 20 May: 'The first demand was an immediate pullback of American and other foreign forces to their bases, followed by a cease-fire and a total withdrawal from the country over the next 18 months. Then the current government would be replaced by a transitional government made up of a range of Afghan leaders, including those of the Taliban and other insurgents. Americans and other foreign soldiers would be replaced with a peacekeeping force drawn from predominantly Muslim nations, with a guarantee from the insurgent groups that they would not attack such a force. Nationwide elections would follow after the Western forces left.' A negotiator said the Taliban leaders also added two more conditions: an end to the drone attacks in Pakistan's tribal areas, and the release of some Taliban prisoners. Taliban softening? On 2 Apr., the Independent reported that preliminary talks between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the Taliban seemed to have 'yielded a significant shift away from the Taliban's past obsession with repressive rules and punishments governing personal behaviour.' It was said that the Taliban were now prepared to commit themselves to 'refraining from banning girls' education, beating up taxi drivers for listening to Bollywood music, or measuring the length of mens' beards.' Burqas would be 'strongly recommended' for women in public, but not be compulsory. The Taliban's wider political demands appear to have also softened considerably since 2007, when they demanded 'control of 10 southern provinces, a timetable for withdrawal of foreign troops, and the release of all Taliban prisoners within six months'. (Guardian, 15 Oct. 2007 ) Withdrawal The Taliban 18-month withdrawal schedule fits in with Afghan opinion. In the BBC poll, 21% of Afghans said US-led forces should leave immediately; 16% said between 6 months and a year from now; and 14% within two years. So 51% of Afghans want withdrawal within two years. In May 2007, the upper house of the Afghan parliament voted for a military ceasefire and negotiations with the Taliban, and for a date to be set for the withdrawal of foreign troops. (AP, 10 May 2007 ) A staged withdrawal also fits in with British opinion. In a Guardian/BBC Newsnight poll, published on 13 July, 42% of voters wanted British troops withdrawn immediately; and a further 14% wanted withdrawal "by the end of the year" (ie within five months). (36% of people said they should "stay until they are no longer needed".) A Times poll published on 22 July showed that two-thirds of those polled believed that British troops should be withdrawn either now (34%) or (33%) 'within the next year or so' (ie within 12 months). So that's 56% wanting withdrawal within months, and 67% wanting withdrawal within a year. A staged withdrawal also fits in with US public opinion. In a New York Times/CBS News poll, 55% of voters said US troops should be withdrawn within two years (31% said within one year). (24 Sept., ) Replacement forces The BBC/ABC/ARD poll showed that 63% of Afghans supported the presence of US troops in Afghanistan (but 77% wanted an end to airstrikes). Only 8% supported the presence of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. It seems that Afghans want an international presence in the country to prevent rule by the Taliban, who they fear and detest. That international presence ought to be supplied by independent forces uninvolved in the US-led invasion and occupation, and controlled by the UN General Assembly (rather than the US-dominated Security Council). Conclusion It is impossible to take the Taliban's position at face value - particularly on social controls - but there seems to be no alternative to a genuine negotiated solution to the Afghan conflict, in line with Afghan public opinion, Afghan parliamentary opinion, and British public opinion. Britain and the US should halt their 'surge' into Afghanistan, ceasefire, withdraw to their bases, draw down troops and allow a national reconciliation process to take place. The future of the Afghan people must be determined according to the wishes of the Afghan people. ----- ENDS (finally From info at j-n-v.org Fri Dec 11 23:26:08 2009 From: info at j-n-v.org (Justice Not Vengeance) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:26:08 +0000 Subject: [JNV] Save Aminatou Haidar - Peace News Winter Gathering - Support Joe Glenton - Remember Gaza Message-ID: 0) Save Aminatou Haidar, on hunger strike for Western Sahara 1) 15-17 January Peace News Winter Gathering 2) Support Joe Glenton 3) Remember Gaza actions 4) Climate Camp London Dear friends We would be very grateful if you could take two minutes to send an email to the Moroccan authorities to help to preserve the life of Aminatou Haidar, known as the 'Sahrawi Gandhi' for her nonviolent struggle for the independence of her people (see below). Otherwise, we hope this round-up of upcoming activities is useful. We will shortly be posting an account of the November Northwood Die-in trial on the JNV site. Season's greetings to everyone. Maya Evans Emily Johns Milan Rai Justice Not Vengeance ----- 0) Save Aminatou THE SAHRAWI GANDHI ON HUNGER STRIKE FOR WESTERN SAHARA Aminatou Haidar is on the 26th day of her hunger strike in Lanzarote airport, Spain, campaigning for her right to return to the land of her birth, Western Sahara, which has been illegally occupied by Morocco since 1975. On 15 November, Aminatou, an award-winning human rights activist, had her passport confiscated and was deported from Morocco to Spain because she described her home as 'Western Sahara' on an airport landing card, rather than 'Moroccan Sahara'. Since then she has been on a hunger strike, demanding the return of her passport and free access to her home country. Please take two minutes to send an email to the Moroccan authorities via Amnesty International (requires registration): http://tinyurl.com/save-aminatou To write your own email, please see the Western Sahara Campaign suggestions= : http://tinyurl.com/aminatou-WSC For more details: AFP story, 10 December: http://tinyurl.com/aminatou-10-Dec Democracy Now!, 1 December: http://tinyurl.com/aminatou-1-Dec Bio: http://tinyurl.com/aminatou-biography ----- 1) PN Winter Gathering 15 =96 17 JANUARY, NOTTINGHAM PEACE NEWS WINTER GATHERING ... followed by mass nonviolent direct action against a local arms trade company, organised by the participants, on Monday 18 January (arrestable and non-arrestable roles available). www.peacenewsgathering.info Join people from across the spectrum of the British peace movement for a weekend of exploration, celebration and empowerment - learning from other movements, struggling with challenging issues, and creating greater cohesion and solidarity in a segmented peace movement. Highlights include: > Report back from the Gaza Freedom March (www.gazafreedommarch.org) > Building for the February blockade at Aldermaston (http://blockawe.blogsp= ot.com/) > No Borders report on recent immigrant solidarity campaigning in Calais > Radical climate change activism after Copenhagen > Workshops with Seeds for Change (www.seedsforchange.org.uk) > Contributions from Milan Rai and Emily Johns of JNV (also co-editors of P= eace News) Vegan food (from the wonderful Veggies - www.veggies.org.uk) and accommodation available. Book your place today: www.peacenewsgathering.info Organised by Peace News in conjunction with Nottingham Students Peace Movement (http://nspm.wordpress.com) and Notts Anti-Militarism (http://nottsantimilitarism.wordpress.com). ----- 2) Support Joe Glenton WRITE TO AFGHAN WAR RESISTER JOE GLENTON Lance Corporal Joe Glenton =96 the British soldier accused of desertion for refusing to serve in Afghanistan =96 has a court hearing on 16 December, to decide if he can be released from prison to spend Christmas with his family. Stop the War have called a picket of the hearing: 16 December, 9.30am, OJAD, 81 Chancery Lane, London WC22A 1BQ. Send postcards of support to: Joe Glenton, Military Corrective Training Centre, Berechurch Hall Camp, Colchester, Essex CO2 9NU. Join Military Families Against the War=92s vigil on 21 December, when they will be handing in their =91Bring the Troops Home=92 petition at Downing Street. 5pm, Downing Street (http://tinyurl.com/ydl7wtr). Sign the petition: http://bit.ly/10gDKb More info: www.stopwar.org.uk ----- 3) Remember Gaza actions GAZA MASSACRE ANNIVERSARY: CALL FOR ACTION 27 December 2009 - 18 January 2010 marks the first anniversary of Israel=92s brutal assault against the besieged people of Gaza. The 22-day attack left more than 1,400 dead, the vast majority of them civilians, including nearly 400 children, destroying 3,600 homes and displacing 50,000. The Israeli siege of Gaza continues. Actions to mark the anniversary include: > a vigil outside the Israeli Embassy on 27 December (3pm, High Street Kens= ington, W8, http://tinyurl.com/yhaonl2), > 22 days of =91Waging Peace=92 in Manchester (http://tinyurl.com/yfy8kps), > Smash EDO=92s =93Remember Gaza=94 action in Brighton on 18 January (www.s= mashedo.org.uk), > the Viva Palestina convoy (www.vivapalestina.org), > and the Gaza Freedom March (www.gazafreedommarch.org). The Free Gaza movement (www.freegaza.org) is also calling on groups to: >> organise screenings of =91To Shoot an Elephant=92 (2009) =96 an award-wi= nning documentary shot during the attack, detailing war crimes and the impa= ct on ordinary people, journalists and paramedics (www.toshootanelephant.co= m) >> invite an eyewitness speaker (www.freegaza.org/join-in/speaker-bureau) >> join the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign (www.bdsmovement.net= ) >> and take direct action against their local occupation and apartheid prof= iteer (http://tinyurl.com/yztb2lg) Donations to Free Gaza for their next siege-breaking mission in early 2010 can be made at http://www.freegaza.org/en/donate ----- 4) Climate Camp London 5=9618 DECEMBER: COP OUT CAMP OUT Join the Climate Camp in Trafalgar Square... because it's business as usual in Copenhagen Climate Camp is currently occupying Trafalgar Square. The Camp will hold the space for the entire conference (ie. until 18 December), reclaiming one the busiest locations in the world to push for genuine solutions to climate change. So, if you're not off to Copenhagen then this is the place you need to be. Bring your tent, warm clothes, and ideas for action! What to bring: a tent, warm and waterproof clothes. Oh, and all your friend= s! Wish list: Vegan food, blankets, tarps, pallets, party/frame tents, cardboard, banners, big water bottles + anything else you think may be helpful... More info: http://climatecamp.org.uk/ ----- Justice Not Vengeance - www.j-n-v.org - 01424 428 792 - 07980 748 555