Bristol-Stop-The-War News : 19th January 2003
Bristol-Stop-The-War Coalition | 19.01.2003 23:59
A MASS VIGIL ACTION has been called for Wed 29th Jan in
anticipation of full scale war within 48 hours of 27th Jan.
PLEASE buy your ticket for the 15th Feb National Demo now.
The earlier we fill coaches, the MORE coaches we can book.
anticipation of full scale war within 48 hours of 27th Jan.
PLEASE buy your ticket for the 15th Feb National Demo now.
The earlier we fill coaches, the MORE coaches we can book.
SAY YES TO PEACE........SAY YES TO PEACE........
BRISTOL STOP THE WAR CONTENTS: 19th JANUARY 2003
1) Film: Palestine....... 21st Jan
2) R.A.F Fairford Action: 26th Jan
3) Stop The City Campaign
4) MASS VIGIL ACTION: 29th Jan
5) Bristol Benefit Gig: 8th Feb
6) National Demonstration: 15th Feb
7) *News: The US Peace Movement
8) Daily Vigil + Weekly Meeting
9) *Views: A Single Blade Of Grass
10) Updates: Local, Bath, National
11) *Related Campaigns
12) Online: Petition + City Map
13) Alternative News Section
14) Links Section + Emails
15) Press, Race, Police Complaints
16) How This Forum Works
* Regular Section Updated Weekly
1) FILM: PALESTINE ON THE GROUND : TUE 21st JANUARY
Cube Cinema: Dove Street South. Kings Square (Off Jamaica St.)
Website:
http://www.cubecinema.com/
Date & Time: Tue 21st January @8:00pm : £3 Entry
Click Below For Directions: Tel: 0117 9074190
http://www.cubecinema.com/directions.html
"This is a 3 part series about the happenings in Ramallah, Jenin & Gaza during the months of June & July 2002. Each part is half an hour long. The daily lives of Palestinians living under Israeli army occupation are explored. The issues of roadblocks, checkpoints, curfews, incursions, & daily killings are looked at closely, as the film is being shot at the time of Israeli military operations. The
international Solidarity Movement, a loose conglomeration of International activists, try to help under these terrible conditions. Emphasis of the roles Internationals can play in solidarity with the Palestinians is stressed including observation of the Israeli army actions, public demonstration, acting as human shields & doing relief work delivering food & medecine under curfew. The Main aim is to tell the truth as to what is happening 'on the ground' In Palestine."
Palestine Solidarity Website: http://www.bristolpsc.freeserve.co.uk/
2) R.A.F FAIRFORD ACTION* : SUNDAY 26th JANUARY
CALLED BY: The Gloucestershire Weapons Inspectors
GWI Email:
info@gwi.org.uk
GWI CONTACTS: 01267 253 479, 01453 767315/ 883673/ 762258
http://www.cynatech.co.uk/gwi//26-Jan-Fairford.htm
*WE NEED A CAR POOL. This is a short-notice event, & we will not be providing coaches from Bristol. Email james@venables.plus.com with your details if you either have a car, or if you wish to find a place.
PRE-EMPTIVE INSPECTION: This event marks the last day of
inspections in Iraq before the scheduled report to the UN Security Council.
ASSEMBLE: Fairford HIGH ST @12 noon. DIRECTIONS BELOW:
Take the M4 from Bristol to Swindon. Turn off at J15 onto the A419, then onto the A361, & onto the A417 passing through Lechlade Village. You can park in PARK ST once in Fairford. USAF Fairford is 20 mins walk from Fairford Village, along HORCOTT RD.
DIRECTIONS: CLICK BELOW
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=410000&Y=200000&scale=200000
FOR A MAP OF FAIRFORD VILLAGE:
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=415000&Y=201000&scale=10000
BACKGROUND: R.A.F Fairford (in Gloucestershire) can now house the U.S B2 Stealth bombers. In tests the B-2 has successfully released mini-nuclear weapons. These are a new generation of `more usable' U.S nuclear bombs, to go with their new generation of Stealth Weapons. The U.S wishes to use British soil to house these weapons, placing the U.K in the frontline of the U.S war for oil. In the event R.A.F
Fairford is used as a base in yet another U.S war, the people of this region will be faced with the constant daily roar of U.S Bombers on their way to carpet bomb Iraq cities. See 'RELATED CAMPAIGNS' below for more background info.
3) STOP THE CITY ON THE OUTBREAK OF WAR
In the event war is not averted, we call upon everyone to converge at the Peace Vigil @6:00pm on the evening following* the 'official' outbreak of war with Iraq. A national 1 hour stoppage at work is also suggested on the day following the outbreak of war Preparations for war intensify with each day that passes. Our response is to build our movement day by day, & to shut down our city on the outbreak of war.
(*You will be sent an email confirming when the Bristol Coalition considers war to have 'officially' begun so as clarify the evening of the Main Demo. To join our TELEPHONE TREE to receive confirmation send your name & number to: james@venables.plus.com)
*******Peace Vigil open-ended on the outbreak of War*******
PEACE VIGIL TIMES: Mon-Fri 5:30-6:30pm & Sat 3:00-4:00pm
(City Centre. Opposite the Hippodrome. St.Augustines Parade)
DIRECTIONS : CLICK BELOW
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?gride=358590&gridn=172858&title
'PLEDGE OF RESISTANCE'. Please consider signing the pledge.
a) I pledge to take part in non-violent civil disobedience in the event of a major US/UK attack on Iraq or any other country in the course of the 'war on terrorism'.
b) I support people in my community carrying out non-violent civil disobedience against US/UK attacks in the 'war on terrorism'.
TO SIGN THE PLEDGE visit: http://www.j-n-v.org/index.htm
Or send your pledge by post: Arrow, c/o NonViolent Resistance Network, 162 Holloway Road, London N7 8DQ.
4) MASS VIGIL ACTION : WED 29th JANUARY @6:00pm
As the 27th January approaches (the date the Weapons Inspectors submit their report to the U.N) there exists a mounting & all too real possibility that the Bush Administration will initiate total war within hours of that date. The precedent for this is the 15th January 1991, when Bush Senior initiated total war within hours of the
deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. In the 6 weeks that followed the equivalent of 7.5 Hiroshima bombs were dropped on Iraq.
U.N REPORT: http://www.iacenter.org/rc12600.htm
In the event that total war is not initiated within those 48 hours we call on you to attend the Vigil in anticipation of the massacre to come, "Everyone should raise the threat of war in their schools, places of worship, where they work & live. We could be facing a Third World War triggered by stupid men." Tony Benn
For the last 9 months the Stop The City Campaign (see above) has been advertised widely as our Plan B in the event that war is not averted. In the event that total war against the Iraqi people begins once more, we call on you to join with us in bringing our City Centre to a standstill in defiance of Mr Blair's defiance of the public will.
(City Centre. Opposite the Hippodrome. St.Augustines Parade)
DIRECTIONS : CLICK BELOW
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?gride=358590&gridn=172858&title
5) BRISTOL BENEFIT GIG : ALL LIVE MUSIC: SAT 8th FEB
To raise funds for Bristol-Stop-The-War-Coalition. Our last Benefit Gig on Halloween attracted 100 people, & was said by many to have had the best atmosphere of any event they'd recently attended. Please come back again for another night of all live music. ONLY £2.50
LINE UP: MOTIVATIONS (reggae), RITA LYNCH (punk), INVISIBLE
VOICES (blues) + Traditional Irish Music Throughout The Night
TIME: Sat 8th Feb. 8:00pm-1:00am. £2.50 on the door.
PLACE: Bristol County Sports Club. 40 Colston St.
(Top of Christmas Steps. City Centre)
DIRECTIONS: CLICK BELOW
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=358500&Y=173000&scale=10000
6) NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION : SATURDAY 15th FEBRUARY
The next National Demonstration against the Invasion of Iraq will be held on Saturday 15th February. This event will be co-ordinated with Events & Demonstrations across the U.S, Europe, & the Wider World.
PLEASE BUY YOUR TICKET EARLY as it causes organisational
problems when the majority of people buy tickets in the final 72 hours.
BRISTOL COACH TICKETS* : £10 waged - £5 concessions
Greenleaf Books. 82 Colston St. City Centre (Top of Christmas Steps)
(*Coach tickets will be available from the VIGIL ACTIONS. See above)
DIRECTIONS: CLICK BELOW
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?gride=358590&gridn=172858&title
COACHES LEAVE : Anchor Rd Coach Park @ 8:30am on Sat 15th
Feb.
(Near @Bristol. Behind the Watershed Complex. City Centre)
7) NEWS : THE U.S PEACE MOVEMENT 18th JAN 2003
http://dc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=46397&group=webcast
"The significance of the event became immediately apparent: For perhaps the first time in history, a massive march of people against war was on the loose in the nation's capitol, controlling the streets & showing no signs of stopping. A sea of people stretching more than 1 mile long & taking up 4 lanes of roadway marched through the nation's capitol Saturday (18th Jan) in vocal & colorful opposition
to the U.S government's drive to war with Iraq. Tens of thousands of people of diverse ages & ethnic backgrounds braved frigid weather to peacefully rally in front of Congress & march in the streets of Washignton, DC, to oppose war & demand peace & justice. In the game of estimating crowd size, police said about 30,000 people
participated while organizers put the number at 500,000. Many independent observers estimated about 200,000 people participated, which made it twice as large as the last anti-war rally in DC in October." Chris Strohm 18/01/03 DC Indymedia For info on Demonstrations across the U.S also see: 200,000 march in San Francisco: http://sf.indymedia.org/
At least 500,000 protest war in U.S: http://nyc.indymedia.org/
8) DAILY PEACE VIGIL + WEEKLY MEETING
a) PEACE VIGIL: Bristol has kept Vigil every night since 9/11. We know many of you have difficulty getting there at rush hour, but we've targeted this time for maximum visibility. So, if you can come for 10 minutes, or make time once a month, that would be great.
PEACE VIGIL TIMES : Mon-Fri 5:30-6:30pm & Sat 3:00-4:00pm
(City Centre. Opposite the Hippodrome. St.Augustines Parade)
DIRECTIONS : CLICK BELOW
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?gride=358590&gridn=172858&title
b) WEEKLY MEETING: We hold a meeting every week on Thursday
6:45-8:15pm @ St.Mary On The Quay Hall. City Centre. Colston Ave.
(opposite the Cenotaph). Everyone's welcome to attend. Please come along to give your input, to provide ideas, & to help arrange events.
9) VIEWS : A SINGLE BLADE OF GRASS
Related Link: http://www.InfinitePossibility.org
"Even those who advocate war say it is to keep or create peace.....
SAY YES TO PEACE...SAY YES TO PEACE...SAY YES TO PEACE.
A seed, a glimpse, & idea, an e mail, a memory of all the movies I have seen that tell the story of some little person somewhere who had a simple idea that captured the imagination of the neighbourhood, the town the media & the world. Why not? the protests are not working. The press doesn't cover them other than a mention.
We renounce violence, (the usual diet of the press) as a way of making a statement of peace. WE have to think and act out of the box. The media is highly accessible, we need to develop & use ours skills of using the language of our times to ride the media - like Gullivers Travels, Animal Farm, Alice In Wonderland etc. They are always up for
a juicy story, especially something completely different. We need to point to the internet as the source of real news.
Tell people, ordinary people who don't use the net other than for shopping. Print flyers/mailing labels telling people to use the net for news. Stick them up everywhere, in bus shelters, on trains, leave them in the shopping aisle of the supermarket. Saying 'no to war' is oppositional & breeds more of the same, saying 'YES TO PEACE' is all encompassing. Even those who advocate war say it's to keep or create peace. From there we can move forward as one global community & figure out how to acheive our goal.
The 'SAY YES TO PEACE' meme is designed to catalyse a paradigm shift from the 'them and us' mentality to 'US'. It's an experiment that you're invited to participate in, whether it works or not remains to be seen. Please forward this message & send this wave around the planet. SAY YES TO PEACE...SAY YES TO PEACE...SAY YES TO PEACE. Include this line at the top & bottom of every email ... pass it on ... Greet someone new today, smile, say hello, shake their hand ... let the peace begin." Brian
10) UPDATES : LOCAL, BATH CITY, NATIONAL
a) LOCAL: PROCESSION IN TOTTERDOWN
Date: Fri 24th January. Time: 4.45pm Meet: Outside Dillons/JCR
UNIVERSITY (UWE) STOP THE WAR SOCIETY
George Galloway MP will be speaking @ UWE on Tue 4th Feb
Further Details To Follow.
To join the UWE mailing list send a blank email to:
uwestopthewar-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
b) BATH PEACE VIGIL: Saturdays 11.30-12.30 @ The Abbey
If Iraq is attacked, assembly outside Bath Abbey 6pm that day.
Info: Tel: 01225 315480 Email: judith.eversley@f2c.co.uk
FOR A MAP OF BATH: CLICK BELOW
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=375000&Y=165000&scale=10000
Website: http://www.bathstopwar.org.uk
c) NATIONAL COALITION: Email: office@stopwar.org.uk
PO Box 3739 London E5 8EJ Tel: 07951 235 915 or 0207 053 2155/6
Website: http://www.stopwar.org.uk
11) RELATED CAMPAIGNS
This is additional info on the 'R.A.F FAIRFORD ACTION' above
Further Info: http://www.cynatech.co.uk/gwi//index.htm
This action is now being backed by Ann Pettitt who, in 1981, organised a march from Cardiff to Greenham Common. From small beginnings it snowballed into the Greenham Common Peace Camp. On Sunday 26th Jan 2003 Ann & many of the Greenham women will be joining the Gloucestershire Weapons Inspectors (GWI) for a mass citizens weapons inspection at USAF Fairford in the Cotswolds. Everyone is
invited to attend. "There are remarkable parallels between then & now and that's what caught my imagination," says Ann Pettitt. "In 1981 we were told that theatre nuclear weapons, cruise missiles, at Greenham would make the world safer but we felt they edged us nearer to crossing the nuclear threshold. It took years to pull back from the
threshold back then & yet we now find ourselves, once more, on the brink."
12) ONLINE : PETITION + CITY CENTRE MAP
a) Please sign the 'Don't Attack Iraq' petition by visiting the Peace Vigil, or by coming along to our Thursday meeting. You can also sign online (i) or download a copy for campaigning (ii)
i) VISIT: http://www.petitiononline.com/cndstwc/petition.html
ii) VISIT: http://www.stopwar.org.uk/Resources/Iraqpet.pdf
b) CITY CENTRE MAP : CLICK BELOW
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?gride=358590&gridn=172858&title
KEY AREAS: All Within The City Centre
PEACE VIGIL: St. Augustines Parade
THURSDAY MEETING: St. Mary On The Quay. Colston Ave
COACH TICKETS: 82 Colston Street. Greenleaf Books
COACH PARK: Anchor Road
13) ALTERNATIVE NEWS SECTION
a) REGIONAL
Bristol Events & Discussion Group Page
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bristolactivists
The Bristolian Newsletter
http://www.bristolian.freeservers.com/b23.htm
Bristol Indymedia. Submit Your Own Articles.
http://bristol.indymedia.org
Bristol-Stop-The-War Group Page
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bristol-stop-the-war-coalition
Kebele Kulture Project
http://www.kebele.org/Quorum4/kebeleTable.php
b) NATIONAL
BBC News Site (surprisingly good)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
UK Based Global News Site
http://www.cafe-uni.com/
Information War: News Network
http://www.informationwar.org/
MediaLens. Misreporting Alerts
http://www.medialens.org/
Media Workers News & Activist Site
http://www.mwaw.org/
Films & Writing Of John Pilger
http://pilger.carlton.com/
Schnews: Direct Action News
http://www.schnews.org.uk/
Socialist Worker News
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/
UK News. Submit Your Own articles.
http://uk.indymedia.org
c) INTERNATIONAL
Afghanistan: Comprehensive Account Of US Bombing
http://www.cursor.org/stories/civilian_deaths.htm
Centre For Research On Globalisation
http://www.globalresearch.ca
Counterpunch Newsletter
http://www.counterpunch.org/
Incore Global Conflict Data Service
http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/
Free Press International
http://www.freepressinternational.com/
U.S Anti-War Site. Article Based
http://www.peace.moveon.org/
Exposing Criminal Global Elites
http://www.propagandamatrix.com/thepropagandamatrix
News & Articles On 9/11 & Beyond
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com
World Socialist Web Site
http://www.wsws.org/index.shtml
Znet Magazine. Links & Articles
http://www.zmag.org/
30,000 Links To Global Groups & News Stories
http://www.bessereweltlinks.de/english/index.htm
14) LINKS SECTION
a) ASYLUM
Bristol Defend Asylum Seekers: asylumbristol@hotmail.com
http://www.asylumbristol.org.uk
Committee to Defend Asylum Seekers: info@defend-asylum.org
http://www.defend-asylum.org
National Coalition of Anti-Deportation: ncadc@ncadc.org.uk
http://www.ncadc.org.uk
Refugee Council: info@refugeecouncil.org.uk
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
b) RADIATION
Campaign Against Depleted Uranium: info@cadu.org.uk
http://cadu.members.gn.apc.org//
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament: lrcndnvrn@supanet.com
http://www.cnduk.org/
Depleted Uranium Research Project:
brischange@sparror.cubecinema.com
http://www.brischange.org/pandoraproject/
Campaign Against Trident Nuclear Weapons:
info@tridentploughshares.org
http://www.tridentploughshares.org/
c) REGIONAL
Bath Stop The War Coalition: postmaster@bathstopwar.org.uk
http://www.bathstopwar.org.uk
Bristol Palestine Solidarity Campaign: bristolpsc@ukf.net
http://www.bristolpsc.freeserve.co.uk/
Bristol-Stop-The-War Coalition
bristol-stop-the-war-coalition@yahoogroups.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bristol-stop-the-war-coalition
Gloucestershire Weapons Inspectors: info@gwi.org.uk
http://www.cynatech.co.uk/gwi//26-Jan-Fairford.htm
Totterdown Against The War: info@totterdownagainstthewar.org
http://totterdownagainstthewar.org/index.asp?ID=0
University (UWE) Stop-The-War: To join send a blank email to:
uwestopthewar-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwestopthewar/
d) NATIONAL
Active Resistance to the Roots Of War:
info@justicenotvengeance.org
http://www.j-n-v.org/index.htm
Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq: info@casi.org.uk
http://www.casi.org.uk
Campaign For The Accountability Of American Bases:
caab@btclick.com
http://cndyorks.gn.apc.org/caab/index.htm
Colombia Solidarity Campaign: colombia_sc@hotmail.com
http://www.colombiasolidarity.org.uk
Labour Against The War: latw@gn.apc.org
http://www.labouragainstthewar.org.uk/
National Stop The War Coalition: office@stopwar.org.uk
http://www.stopwar.org.uk
Network Of Activist Scholars
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naspir/
Palestine Solidarity Campaign: info@palestinecampaign.org
http://www.palestinecampaign.org/
Voices in the Wilderness UK: voices@viwuk.freeserve.co.uk
http://www.viwuk.freeserve.co.uk/
e) INTERNATIONAL
30,000 Links To Global Groups & News Stories
http://www.bessereweltlinks.de/english/index.htm
THIS LINK IS AN EXCELLENT INTERNATIONAL GATEWAY. SEE
ALTERNATIVE NEWS FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS LINKS.
15) PRESS, RACE & POLICE COMPLAINTS INFORMATION
a) PRESS COMPLAINTS COMMISSION: 1 Salisbury Square. London
EC4Y 8JB. Help Line: 020 7353 3732. Email: pcc@pcc.org.uk
WEB SITE: http://www.pcc.org.uk
**************
b) BROADCASTING STANDARDS COMMISSION: 7 The Sanctuary. London SW1P 3JS. Help Line: 020 7808 1000. Email: bsc@bsc.org.uk
WEB SITE: http://www.bsc.org.uk/fairindex.htm
**************
c) BBC COMPLAINTS LINE: 08700 100 222
**************
d) BRISTOL RACIAL EQUALITY COUNCIL : Colston House, Colston St. Bristol BS1 5AQ. Help Line: 0117 929 7899.
Email: bristolrec@compuserve.com
**************
e) COMMISSION FOR RACIAL EQUALITY: 201-211 Borough High St.
London SE1 1GZ. Help Line: 020 7939 0000. Email: London& South@cre.gov.uk
WEB SITE: http://www.cre.gov.uk/index.html
**************
f) POLICE COMPLAINTS AUTHORITY : 10 Great George Street. London SW1P 3AE. Help Line: 020 7273 6450 Email: info@pca.gov.uk
WEB SITE: http://www.pca.gov.uk/contact/index.htm
16) HOW THIS FORUM WORKS
a) You can email us: bristol-stop-the-war-coalition@yahoogroups.com
b) Visit us to view & post messages: CLICK BELOW:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bristol-stop-the-war-coalition
c) At the above address click 'MESSAGES' for our message archive, & 'POST' to post from the webpage.
d) People can join our mailing list by sending a blank email to:
bristol-stop-the-war-coalition-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
e) Please email us with information, discussion & questions. 300 WORD submissions for the VIEWS section are welcomed.
SAY YES TO PEACE........SAY YES TO PEACE.......
BRISTOL STOP THE WAR CONTENTS: 19th JANUARY 2003
1) Film: Palestine....... 21st Jan
2) R.A.F Fairford Action: 26th Jan
3) Stop The City Campaign
4) MASS VIGIL ACTION: 29th Jan
5) Bristol Benefit Gig: 8th Feb
6) National Demonstration: 15th Feb
7) *News: The US Peace Movement
8) Daily Vigil + Weekly Meeting
9) *Views: A Single Blade Of Grass
10) Updates: Local, Bath, National
11) *Related Campaigns
12) Online: Petition + City Map
13) Alternative News Section
14) Links Section + Emails
15) Press, Race, Police Complaints
16) How This Forum Works
* Regular Section Updated Weekly
1) FILM: PALESTINE ON THE GROUND : TUE 21st JANUARY
Cube Cinema: Dove Street South. Kings Square (Off Jamaica St.)
Website:
http://www.cubecinema.com/ Date & Time: Tue 21st January @8:00pm : £3 Entry
Click Below For Directions: Tel: 0117 9074190
http://www.cubecinema.com/directions.html "This is a 3 part series about the happenings in Ramallah, Jenin & Gaza during the months of June & July 2002. Each part is half an hour long. The daily lives of Palestinians living under Israeli army occupation are explored. The issues of roadblocks, checkpoints, curfews, incursions, & daily killings are looked at closely, as the film is being shot at the time of Israeli military operations. The
international Solidarity Movement, a loose conglomeration of International activists, try to help under these terrible conditions. Emphasis of the roles Internationals can play in solidarity with the Palestinians is stressed including observation of the Israeli army actions, public demonstration, acting as human shields & doing relief work delivering food & medecine under curfew. The Main aim is to tell the truth as to what is happening 'on the ground' In Palestine."
Palestine Solidarity Website:
http://www.bristolpsc.freeserve.co.uk/ 2) R.A.F FAIRFORD ACTION* : SUNDAY 26th JANUARY
CALLED BY: The Gloucestershire Weapons Inspectors
GWI Email:
info@gwi.org.uk GWI CONTACTS: 01267 253 479, 01453 767315/ 883673/ 762258
http://www.cynatech.co.uk/gwi//26-Jan-Fairford.htm *WE NEED A CAR POOL. This is a short-notice event, & we will not be providing coaches from Bristol. Email
james@venables.plus.com with your details if you either have a car, or if you wish to find a place. PRE-EMPTIVE INSPECTION: This event marks the last day of
inspections in Iraq before the scheduled report to the UN Security Council.
ASSEMBLE: Fairford HIGH ST @12 noon. DIRECTIONS BELOW:
Take the M4 from Bristol to Swindon. Turn off at J15 onto the A419, then onto the A361, & onto the A417 passing through Lechlade Village. You can park in PARK ST once in Fairford. USAF Fairford is 20 mins walk from Fairford Village, along HORCOTT RD.
DIRECTIONS: CLICK BELOW
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=410000&Y=200000&scale=200000 FOR A MAP OF FAIRFORD VILLAGE:
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=415000&Y=201000&scale=10000 BACKGROUND: R.A.F Fairford (in Gloucestershire) can now house the U.S B2 Stealth bombers. In tests the B-2 has successfully released mini-nuclear weapons. These are a new generation of `more usable' U.S nuclear bombs, to go with their new generation of Stealth Weapons. The U.S wishes to use British soil to house these weapons, placing the U.K in the frontline of the U.S war for oil. In the event R.A.F
Fairford is used as a base in yet another U.S war, the people of this region will be faced with the constant daily roar of U.S Bombers on their way to carpet bomb Iraq cities. See 'RELATED CAMPAIGNS' below for more background info.
3) STOP THE CITY ON THE OUTBREAK OF WAR
In the event war is not averted, we call upon everyone to converge at the Peace Vigil @6:00pm on the evening following* the 'official' outbreak of war with Iraq. A national 1 hour stoppage at work is also suggested on the day following the outbreak of war Preparations for war intensify with each day that passes. Our response is to build our movement day by day, & to shut down our city on the outbreak of war.
(*You will be sent an email confirming when the Bristol Coalition considers war to have 'officially' begun so as clarify the evening of the Main Demo. To join our TELEPHONE TREE to receive confirmation send your name & number to:
james@venables.plus.com) *******Peace Vigil open-ended on the outbreak of War*******
PEACE VIGIL TIMES: Mon-Fri 5:30-6:30pm & Sat 3:00-4:00pm
(City Centre. Opposite the Hippodrome. St.Augustines Parade)
DIRECTIONS : CLICK BELOW
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?gride=358590&gridn=172858&title 'PLEDGE OF RESISTANCE'. Please consider signing the pledge.
a) I pledge to take part in non-violent civil disobedience in the event of a major US/UK attack on Iraq or any other country in the course of the 'war on terrorism'.
b) I support people in my community carrying out non-violent civil disobedience against US/UK attacks in the 'war on terrorism'.
TO SIGN THE PLEDGE visit:
http://www.j-n-v.org/index.htm Or send your pledge by post: Arrow, c/o NonViolent Resistance Network, 162 Holloway Road, London N7 8DQ.
4) MASS VIGIL ACTION : WED 29th JANUARY @6:00pm
As the 27th January approaches (the date the Weapons Inspectors submit their report to the U.N) there exists a mounting & all too real possibility that the Bush Administration will initiate total war within hours of that date. The precedent for this is the 15th January 1991, when Bush Senior initiated total war within hours of the
deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. In the 6 weeks that followed the equivalent of 7.5 Hiroshima bombs were dropped on Iraq.
U.N REPORT:
http://www.iacenter.org/rc12600.htm In the event that total war is not initiated within those 48 hours we call on you to attend the Vigil in anticipation of the massacre to come, "Everyone should raise the threat of war in their schools, places of worship, where they work & live. We could be facing a Third World War triggered by stupid men." Tony Benn
For the last 9 months the Stop The City Campaign (see above) has been advertised widely as our Plan B in the event that war is not averted. In the event that total war against the Iraqi people begins once more, we call on you to join with us in bringing our City Centre to a standstill in defiance of Mr Blair's defiance of the public will.
(City Centre. Opposite the Hippodrome. St.Augustines Parade)
DIRECTIONS : CLICK BELOW
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?gride=358590&gridn=172858&title 5) BRISTOL BENEFIT GIG : ALL LIVE MUSIC: SAT 8th FEB
To raise funds for Bristol-Stop-The-War-Coalition. Our last Benefit Gig on Halloween attracted 100 people, & was said by many to have had the best atmosphere of any event they'd recently attended. Please come back again for another night of all live music. ONLY £2.50
LINE UP: MOTIVATIONS (reggae), RITA LYNCH (punk), INVISIBLE
VOICES (blues) + Traditional Irish Music Throughout The Night
TIME: Sat 8th Feb. 8:00pm-1:00am. £2.50 on the door.
PLACE: Bristol County Sports Club. 40 Colston St.
(Top of Christmas Steps. City Centre)
DIRECTIONS: CLICK BELOW
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=358500&Y=173000&scale=10000 6) NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION : SATURDAY 15th FEBRUARY
The next National Demonstration against the Invasion of Iraq will be held on Saturday 15th February. This event will be co-ordinated with Events & Demonstrations across the U.S, Europe, & the Wider World.
PLEASE BUY YOUR TICKET EARLY as it causes organisational
problems when the majority of people buy tickets in the final 72 hours.
BRISTOL COACH TICKETS* : £10 waged - £5 concessions
Greenleaf Books. 82 Colston St. City Centre (Top of Christmas Steps)
(*Coach tickets will be available from the VIGIL ACTIONS. See above)
DIRECTIONS: CLICK BELOW
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?gride=358590&gridn=172858&title COACHES LEAVE : Anchor Rd Coach Park @ 8:30am on Sat 15th
Feb.
(Near @Bristol. Behind the Watershed Complex. City Centre)
7) NEWS : THE U.S PEACE MOVEMENT 18th JAN 2003
http://dc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=46397&group=webcast "The significance of the event became immediately apparent: For perhaps the first time in history, a massive march of people against war was on the loose in the nation's capitol, controlling the streets & showing no signs of stopping. A sea of people stretching more than 1 mile long & taking up 4 lanes of roadway marched through the nation's capitol Saturday (18th Jan) in vocal & colorful opposition
to the U.S government's drive to war with Iraq. Tens of thousands of people of diverse ages & ethnic backgrounds braved frigid weather to peacefully rally in front of Congress & march in the streets of Washignton, DC, to oppose war & demand peace & justice. In the game of estimating crowd size, police said about 30,000 people
participated while organizers put the number at 500,000. Many independent observers estimated about 200,000 people participated, which made it twice as large as the last anti-war rally in DC in October." Chris Strohm 18/01/03 DC Indymedia For info on Demonstrations across the U.S also see: 200,000 march in San Francisco:
http://sf.indymedia.org/ At least 500,000 protest war in U.S:
http://nyc.indymedia.org/ 8) DAILY PEACE VIGIL + WEEKLY MEETING
a) PEACE VIGIL: Bristol has kept Vigil every night since 9/11. We know many of you have difficulty getting there at rush hour, but we've targeted this time for maximum visibility. So, if you can come for 10 minutes, or make time once a month, that would be great.
PEACE VIGIL TIMES : Mon-Fri 5:30-6:30pm & Sat 3:00-4:00pm
(City Centre. Opposite the Hippodrome. St.Augustines Parade)
DIRECTIONS : CLICK BELOW
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?gride=358590&gridn=172858&title b) WEEKLY MEETING: We hold a meeting every week on Thursday
6:45-8:15pm @ St.Mary On The Quay Hall. City Centre. Colston Ave.
(opposite the Cenotaph). Everyone's welcome to attend. Please come along to give your input, to provide ideas, & to help arrange events.
9) VIEWS : A SINGLE BLADE OF GRASS
Related Link:
http://www.InfinitePossibility.org "Even those who advocate war say it is to keep or create peace.....
SAY YES TO PEACE...SAY YES TO PEACE...SAY YES TO PEACE.
A seed, a glimpse, & idea, an e mail, a memory of all the movies I have seen that tell the story of some little person somewhere who had a simple idea that captured the imagination of the neighbourhood, the town the media & the world. Why not? the protests are not working. The press doesn't cover them other than a mention.
We renounce violence, (the usual diet of the press) as a way of making a statement of peace. WE have to think and act out of the box. The media is highly accessible, we need to develop & use ours skills of using the language of our times to ride the media - like Gullivers Travels, Animal Farm, Alice In Wonderland etc. They are always up for
a juicy story, especially something completely different. We need to point to the internet as the source of real news.
Tell people, ordinary people who don't use the net other than for shopping. Print flyers/mailing labels telling people to use the net for news. Stick them up everywhere, in bus shelters, on trains, leave them in the shopping aisle of the supermarket. Saying 'no to war' is oppositional & breeds more of the same, saying 'YES TO PEACE' is all encompassing. Even those who advocate war say it's to keep or create peace. From there we can move forward as one global community & figure out how to acheive our goal.
The 'SAY YES TO PEACE' meme is designed to catalyse a paradigm shift from the 'them and us' mentality to 'US'. It's an experiment that you're invited to participate in, whether it works or not remains to be seen. Please forward this message & send this wave around the planet. SAY YES TO PEACE...SAY YES TO PEACE...SAY YES TO PEACE. Include this line at the top & bottom of every email ... pass it on ... Greet someone new today, smile, say hello, shake their hand ... let the peace begin." Brian
10) UPDATES : LOCAL, BATH CITY, NATIONAL
a) LOCAL: PROCESSION IN TOTTERDOWN
Date: Fri 24th January. Time: 4.45pm Meet: Outside Dillons/JCR
UNIVERSITY (UWE) STOP THE WAR SOCIETY
George Galloway MP will be speaking @ UWE on Tue 4th Feb
Further Details To Follow.
To join the UWE mailing list send a blank email to:
uwestopthewar-subscribe@yahoogroups.com b) BATH PEACE VIGIL: Saturdays 11.30-12.30 @ The Abbey
If Iraq is attacked, assembly outside Bath Abbey 6pm that day.
Info: Tel: 01225 315480 Email:
judith.eversley@f2c.co.uk FOR A MAP OF BATH: CLICK BELOW
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=375000&Y=165000&scale=10000 Website:
http://www.bathstopwar.org.uk c) NATIONAL COALITION: Email:
office@stopwar.org.uk PO Box 3739 London E5 8EJ Tel: 07951 235 915 or 0207 053 2155/6
Website:
http://www.stopwar.org.uk 11) RELATED CAMPAIGNS
This is additional info on the 'R.A.F FAIRFORD ACTION' above
Further Info:
http://www.cynatech.co.uk/gwi//index.htm This action is now being backed by Ann Pettitt who, in 1981, organised a march from Cardiff to Greenham Common. From small beginnings it snowballed into the Greenham Common Peace Camp. On Sunday 26th Jan 2003 Ann & many of the Greenham women will be joining the Gloucestershire Weapons Inspectors (GWI) for a mass citizens weapons inspection at USAF Fairford in the Cotswolds. Everyone is
invited to attend. "There are remarkable parallels between then & now and that's what caught my imagination," says Ann Pettitt. "In 1981 we were told that theatre nuclear weapons, cruise missiles, at Greenham would make the world safer but we felt they edged us nearer to crossing the nuclear threshold. It took years to pull back from the
threshold back then & yet we now find ourselves, once more, on the brink."
12) ONLINE : PETITION + CITY CENTRE MAP
a) Please sign the 'Don't Attack Iraq' petition by visiting the Peace Vigil, or by coming along to our Thursday meeting. You can also sign online (i) or download a copy for campaigning (ii)
i) VISIT:
http://www.petitiononline.com/cndstwc/petition.html ii) VISIT:
http://www.stopwar.org.uk/Resources/Iraqpet.pdf b) CITY CENTRE MAP : CLICK BELOW
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?gride=358590&gridn=172858&title KEY AREAS: All Within The City Centre
PEACE VIGIL: St. Augustines Parade
THURSDAY MEETING: St. Mary On The Quay. Colston Ave
COACH TICKETS: 82 Colston Street. Greenleaf Books
COACH PARK: Anchor Road
13) ALTERNATIVE NEWS SECTION
a) REGIONAL
Bristol Events & Discussion Group Page
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bristolactivists The Bristolian Newsletter
http://www.bristolian.freeservers.com/b23.htm Bristol Indymedia. Submit Your Own Articles.
http://bristol.indymedia.org Bristol-Stop-The-War Group Page
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bristol-stop-the-war-coalition Kebele Kulture Project
http://www.kebele.org/Quorum4/kebeleTable.php b) NATIONAL
BBC News Site (surprisingly good)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/ UK Based Global News Site
http://www.cafe-uni.com/ Information War: News Network
http://www.informationwar.org/ MediaLens. Misreporting Alerts
http://www.medialens.org/ Media Workers News & Activist Site
http://www.mwaw.org/ Films & Writing Of John Pilger
http://pilger.carlton.com/ Schnews: Direct Action News
http://www.schnews.org.uk/ Socialist Worker News
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/ UK News. Submit Your Own articles.
http://uk.indymedia.org c) INTERNATIONAL
Afghanistan: Comprehensive Account Of US Bombing
http://www.cursor.org/stories/civilian_deaths.htm Centre For Research On Globalisation
http://www.globalresearch.ca Counterpunch Newsletter
http://www.counterpunch.org/ Incore Global Conflict Data Service
http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/ Free Press International
http://www.freepressinternational.com/ U.S Anti-War Site. Article Based
http://www.peace.moveon.org/ Exposing Criminal Global Elites
http://www.propagandamatrix.com/thepropagandamatrix News & Articles On 9/11 & Beyond
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com World Socialist Web Site
http://www.wsws.org/index.shtml Znet Magazine. Links & Articles
http://www.zmag.org/ 30,000 Links To Global Groups & News Stories
http://www.bessereweltlinks.de/english/index.htm 14) LINKS SECTION
a) ASYLUM
Bristol Defend Asylum Seekers:
asylumbristol@hotmail.com http://www.asylumbristol.org.uk Committee to Defend Asylum Seekers:
info@defend-asylum.org http://www.defend-asylum.org National Coalition of Anti-Deportation:
ncadc@ncadc.org.uk http://www.ncadc.org.uk Refugee Council:
info@refugeecouncil.org.uk http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk b) RADIATION
Campaign Against Depleted Uranium:
info@cadu.org.uk http://cadu.members.gn.apc.org// Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament:
lrcndnvrn@supanet.com http://www.cnduk.org/ Depleted Uranium Research Project:
brischange@sparror.cubecinema.com http://www.brischange.org/pandoraproject/ Campaign Against Trident Nuclear Weapons:
info@tridentploughshares.org http://www.tridentploughshares.org/ c) REGIONAL
Bath Stop The War Coalition:
postmaster@bathstopwar.org.uk http://www.bathstopwar.org.uk Bristol Palestine Solidarity Campaign:
bristolpsc@ukf.net http://www.bristolpsc.freeserve.co.uk/ Bristol-Stop-The-War Coalition
bristol-stop-the-war-coalition@yahoogroups.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bristol-stop-the-war-coalition Gloucestershire Weapons Inspectors:
info@gwi.org.uk http://www.cynatech.co.uk/gwi//26-Jan-Fairford.htm Totterdown Against The War:
info@totterdownagainstthewar.org http://totterdownagainstthewar.org/index.asp?ID=0 University (UWE) Stop-The-War: To join send a blank email to:
uwestopthewar-subscribe@yahoogroups.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uwestopthewar/ d) NATIONAL
Active Resistance to the Roots Of War:
info@justicenotvengeance.org http://www.j-n-v.org/index.htm Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq:
info@casi.org.uk http://www.casi.org.uk Campaign For The Accountability Of American Bases:
caab@btclick.com http://cndyorks.gn.apc.org/caab/index.htm Colombia Solidarity Campaign:
colombia_sc@hotmail.com http://www.colombiasolidarity.org.uk Labour Against The War:
latw@gn.apc.org http://www.labouragainstthewar.org.uk/ National Stop The War Coalition:
office@stopwar.org.uk http://www.stopwar.org.uk Network Of Activist Scholars
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naspir/ Palestine Solidarity Campaign:
info@palestinecampaign.org http://www.palestinecampaign.org/ Voices in the Wilderness UK:
voices@viwuk.freeserve.co.uk http://www.viwuk.freeserve.co.uk/ e) INTERNATIONAL
30,000 Links To Global Groups & News Stories
http://www.bessereweltlinks.de/english/index.htm THIS LINK IS AN EXCELLENT INTERNATIONAL GATEWAY. SEE
ALTERNATIVE NEWS FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS LINKS.
15) PRESS, RACE & POLICE COMPLAINTS INFORMATION
a) PRESS COMPLAINTS COMMISSION: 1 Salisbury Square. London
EC4Y 8JB. Help Line: 020 7353 3732. Email:
pcc@pcc.org.uk WEB SITE:
http://www.pcc.org.uk **************
b) BROADCASTING STANDARDS COMMISSION: 7 The Sanctuary. London SW1P 3JS. Help Line: 020 7808 1000. Email:
bsc@bsc.org.uk WEB SITE:
http://www.bsc.org.uk/fairindex.htm **************
c) BBC COMPLAINTS LINE: 08700 100 222
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d) BRISTOL RACIAL EQUALITY COUNCIL : Colston House, Colston St. Bristol BS1 5AQ. Help Line: 0117 929 7899.
Email:
bristolrec@compuserve.com **************
e) COMMISSION FOR RACIAL EQUALITY: 201-211 Borough High St.
London SE1 1GZ. Help Line: 020 7939 0000. Email: London&
South@cre.gov.uk WEB SITE:
http://www.cre.gov.uk/index.html **************
f) POLICE COMPLAINTS AUTHORITY : 10 Great George Street. London SW1P 3AE. Help Line: 020 7273 6450 Email:
info@pca.gov.uk WEB SITE:
http://www.pca.gov.uk/contact/index.htm 16) HOW THIS FORUM WORKS
a) You can email us:
bristol-stop-the-war-coalition@yahoogroups.com b) Visit us to view & post messages: CLICK BELOW:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bristol-stop-the-war-coalition c) At the above address click 'MESSAGES' for our message archive, & 'POST' to post from the webpage.
d) People can join our mailing list by sending a blank email to:
bristol-stop-the-war-coalition-subscribe@yahoogroups.com e) Please email us with information, discussion & questions. 300 WORD submissions for the VIEWS section are welcomed.
SAY YES TO PEACE........SAY YES TO PEACE.......
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