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End Terrorism: Ask Questions
“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” (i) On Wednesday 27th July I went to Al-Khader, southwest of Bethlehem, where three family homes had just been demolished. I had been taking part in a house-rebuilding project in Anata in East Jerusalem, and that morning we’d received a call telling us about Al-Khader and jumped into taxis as quickly as we could. Unfortunately, the bulldozers had come and gone by the time we got there. I remember, when we arrived, seeing an old woman sitting alone on what remained of her house, crying and hitting her hands together. As we got nearer I saw that a whole family were sitting on the rubble – women and men and lots of young boys, just sitting there in silence. A few of us went over to speak to them and take photos and give sweets to the children – I think we mostly felt pretty awkward and useless. I know I felt utterly at a loss when, in response to my request for a photo, one woman simply spread her hands as if to say “I’m sitting on the ruins of my house, what difference does it make?”
CITY NEEDS MORE ROOM-ROOM, LESS VROOM-VROOM
The myth that buses are the source of Birmingham's traffic congestion problem was dramatically debunked last Saturday (17th Sep) when Birmingham Friends of the Earth staged a 'sit-down demonstration' in the streets of Digbeth. Stop the War Demo - full details - be there in London on Saturday 24th Sept.
Stop the War Demo - full details - be there in London on Saturday 24th Sept. It will be huge - be part of history - demand the troops are withdrawn now!.Sparkbrook District Plan 05-06 (Your future in their hands)
Are your visions of Sparkbrook a 'Balti Triangle'? Offering a 'great future' to all those living within the Sparkbrook ward- food and not much else? Do you really want to be associated with this? Are your aspirations of the future of you and your children a steady diet of culinary delights? Birmingham City Council obviously think so!
Redditch Critical Mass: Thurs Sept 22nd
A Critical Mass ride is happening in Redditch as part of 'In Town Without My Car Day', this Thursday September 22nd.
Birmingham International Convention Centre Crest Nicholson Plc Protest
Identified only as an appropriate forum for discussion, all at the recent National Housing Federation’s (NHF) Annual Conference and Social Housing Exhibition 14-16th September 2005, were invited, by just one lone protestor, to discuss Crest Nicholson Plc and ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’.
Invitation to join big peace blockade in Derby
A request for activists to join a blockade of the Rolls Royce factory in Derby, where they make the engines for the Trident submarines is going out.
There will be a weekend of events starting on Saturday 22nd October with leafleting and events in Derby. This will be followed on Sunday by training for the blockade on the Monday morning. Trident Ploughshares have asked people who want to join the blockade to come to the training day as details of the following day will be given.
Derby Peace Pages | Trident Ploughshares | More Info
Parliamentary Inquiry into Special Educational Needs - Deadline 3rd October
The deadline for the Parliamentary Inquiry into Special Educational Needs is near – Monday 3rd October and has had no publicity to date. It is an ideal opportunity for anyone with an interest to have an input towards a report that will make an impact on policies that affect what is experienced, for the young person, the parent/carer, and the school.Tornado Relief fund: Who are the 'Birmingham Foundation'?
Residents and traders from Balsall Heath and Moseley recently met up at St. Paul's school to discuss how to regenerate the area affected by the Tornado devastation back in July. The meeting was initiated by the Balsall Heath Forum.One of the proposals made by a group of local residents was to organise a local grass-roots group without political or vested interests to help administer the Tornado Relief fund. Then at the end of the meeting Dick Atkinson from the Balsall Heath Forum and Esther proposed using 'The Birmingham Foundation' to setup and administer a Tornado Relief Fund. When asked who exactly 'The Birmingham Foundation' were, they replied that they were "the great and the good of Birmingham".
Online petition: Support British Residents detained at Guantanamo
Detainees in Guantanamo Bay on Hunger Strike.At least 210 detainees have been on hunger strike since 11 August in protest at their conditions. An earlier hunger strike was stopped when the US authorities promised some changes. They reneged on these promises and the detainees have resumed their protest.
Anyone familiar with the Irish hunger strikes of the 1980s will realise that these detainees are at a critical stage – it’s a matter of life and death. Please contact your MP and urge him/her to press the British government to raise the matter with the American authorities as a matter of urgency.
Detainees have now been held at Guantanamo for over three years without proper access to a due process of law. Their families are refused access and they are not even allowed proper access to their legal representatives and where that access is allowed unreasonable restrictions are placed on the lawyers concerned.
This situation needs to be resolved and proper rule of law established in places that are used as prisons by the American administraion and its allies. Britain needs to use its so-called "special relationship" with USA for its residents currently held at Guantanamo and get the USA to honour internationally accepted norms on treatment of prisoners and the rule of law.
New Community Mix puts Local Solicitors to the Sword
A new football team is taking to the field in Birmingham to try and encourage integration and cooperation between all peoples in the city.
THE PRIVILIGE AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION
THIS IS A HISTORICAL TOUR OF THE PRIVILEGE AS WE USED TO KNOW IT.Post-G8 UK-wide Dissent! Gathering, 15/16 Oct, Sheffield
Next Dissent! Gathering>>>
Please be there for the animals ..
New Orleans (Update)
From bad to worse is the new sub-text slogan for Bush and his administration. Appearing on US media, flanked by Cheney, Rumsfeld and numerous other (wooden) neo-cons, Bush repeated his rehearsed lines – “we are problem solvers”. This statement met with numerous reporters clearing their throats; the problem is Bush and his inept administration. The emperor is not only without clothes but is also devoid of ability. The corporate driven Bush government is learning that managing a nation has little in common with running an oil company. [Those best suited for government are dedicated to the selfless service of others – a concept totally alien to conservative ideology.]Nuclear "strike" in Derby 22-24 October
22-24 Put the brakes on Rolls Royce Raynesway. Trident Ploughshares are organising a weekend of action against Rolls Royce in Derby: Raynesway is the plant in Derby responsible for producing reactor fuel for Trident submarines - essential for Britain’s nuclear Weapons of Mass Destruction.0845 330 3877
http://tridentploughshares.org
Take action against Caterkiller at DSEi
Caterpillar products will be exhibited at the DSEi 2005 (Defence Systems and Equipment International) arms fair held in London Docklands Excel Centre from 13th-16th September. The UK Ministry of Defence awarded two contracts to Caterpillar UK Ltd in 2001 and 2000, worth £20-£50 million.
Caterkiller not only manufacture D9 bulldozers but their wholly owned subsidiary, Perkins Engines based in Shrewsbury, make engines that power the global war machine.
'The British Army uses Perkins engines in its Challenger 2 main battle tanks and Warrior infantry fighting vehicles, while Caterpillar engines power the LAV III family of vehicles recently chosen by the US Army for its Brigade Combat Team requirement. Perkins and Caterpillar engines are in service in both combat and logistic vehicles with over fifty armies around the world.' [ Link ]
Caterkiller make and develop diesel engines for many of the vehicles of war exhibited at DSEi - from warships to tanks to submersibles. Caterkiller are a vital link in the global arms trade.
Take action against Caterkiller the war profiteers at this years DSEi.Caterkiller Shutdown - short film (format: mp4 10'34 mins)
Hi-res version - click to download
STOP THIS EXTRADITION - FREE BABAR AHMAD
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" Martin Luther King (1929-1968)
Babar Ahmad is a professional graduate born and raised in London. He was arrested by British authorities in December 2003. After intensive questioning and extensive searches of his property, he was released six days later without charge.
If substantial evidence against Babar Ahmad existed, he would have been charged
Conference Report On Anti Terror Laws and Punishment Without Trial
REPORT OF CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY BIRMINGHAM GUANTANAMO CAMPAIGN, HELD AT THE CUSTARD FACTORY IN BIRMINGHAM ON SATURDAY 16 JULY 2005“Let’s Tackle the Shackles”
Press release from Reprieve and Amnesty InternationalThursday September 8th 2005
Why does Birmingham’s Hiatt Corporation continue to supply the shackles used during the abuse of 10 British residents and 500 other prisoners in Guantanamo Bay?