Sheffield STWC Update
Thursday 12th February 2004
www.sheffieldagainstwar.org.uk
 sheffieldantiwarcoalition@yahoo.co.uk
07761 471 441


Contents:

1. 14th Feb - Valentines for Peace!
2. 15th Feb - Worldwide Peace Vigil
3. 18th Feb - Open planning meeting
4. Marches etc in March
5. Peace in the Park
6. Contact the media
7. Local and Workplace groups - contact info
8. How to Unsubscribe

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1. Saturday 14th February - Valentines for Peace!

Gather outside the Town Hall with banners, placards, badges, and
polemic! A
protest against the ongoing injustice in Iraq, Afghanistan, and across
the
world. Leaflets to publicise forthcoming events will be there also. All
welcome! (peace and love needed, chocs and flowers optional:)

12 - 2pm Town Hall, just in front of the steps.

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2. Sunday 15 February at sunset - Hold A Worldwide Vigil For Peace

Light a candle
Talk to neighbours
sing out
stand up

Because every life is precious
Last year February 15, Millions of people in cities around the world
demonstrated to stop a war. It's not over.

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3. Wednesday 18th February - Open planning meeting

Meeting to organise the March 20th demonstrations, national and local,
what
you want to do? What do you think will work? Got an idea, then come
along and
get involved! Proposals so far include a picket/occupation of BP,
demo/march,
coaches to national demo. Also helping with Oil and Politics dayschool
and any
other gubbins.

7:30pm, St Matthews Church, Carver St (just up from the central fire
station,
down from Division st)

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4. Marches etc in March

20th March - The global, national, and local demonstrations, in
Sheffield the
central group will co-ordinate actions with the local groups. Please
get
involved in your local group or the central group to help organise this
event.

27th March
- Oil and Politics day school (Contact Hunters Bar Against War if
you
want to get involved, details below)
- Sheffield Social Forum launch (www.sheffieldsocialforum.org/)
- One Voice for Peace concert ( margaret@smith1-2.freeserve.co.uk)

More on all these events to follow.

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5. Peace in the park

The organisation of this festival is gathering momentum. At the moment
the
group are looking for feedback on particular points as they are making
a bid
to the arts council. There are regular meetings at New Roots on Glossop
Road,
including today from 8pm. There is a feedback document for any groups
interested, available at www.peaceinthepark.org.uk, go to the
"articles"
section.

For info on meetings or to give feedback please contact miriam
( miriam_h_brown@yahoo.co.uk) or pete ( petenotbombs@hotmail.com)

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6. Contact the media.

Notice Biased (pro-war) coverage?

You can complain to TV and Radio stations' Duty Offices on one of the
numbers
below. All complaints get logged and counted. So if you see/hear
something you
think is a misrepresentation of the truth, don't sit stewing, get
dialling!

BBC (08700 100 222), Channel 4 (020 7306 8333), Channel 5 (0345
050505), GMTV
(0870 2 434333), Granada (0161 832 7211), ITC (020 7255 3000), ITN (020
7833
3000), ITV2 (020 7843 8000), LWT (020 7620 1620), Teletext UK (020 7386
5000),
Yorkshire (0113 243 8283)

Or influence local opinion by writing a letter to the Sheffield Star.

Send it to:  starletters@sheffieldnewspapers.co.uk (and remember to
include
your home address, a daytime phone number and your name).

Or publicise your antiwar action through the media

Tell the local press what you're doing. Find information on where to
send
press releases at  http://www.sheffieldagainstwar.org.uk/links/media/


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7. Local and Workplace Groups contacts

Local STWC groups meet all over Sheffield to discuss. Many are holding
public
meetings in the coming weeks. Why not get involved in a group near you?
If
there's no group in your area, try contacting a nearby group.

Or if you want to organise a group in your neighbourhood or in your
workplace,
school or college Sheffield STWC will do what we can to help, and if
you let
us know a contact person/email address we will help you to publicise
this (and
give you website space if you want it).

Sharrow: 07759 824 555 or  Angela.Shann@sheffield.ac.uk

Heeley: 258 3178 or  robunwin@ayaman.freeserve.co.uk or see:
 http://www.sheffieldagainstwar.org.uk/groups/heeley-meersbrook/

Walkley: 07986 989 910  jrbull68@hotmail.com

Parkhill: 07739 153 472 or  phatwar@samscam.co.uk or see:
 http://www.samscam.co.uk/phatwar/

Nether Edge: 258 3641 or  Ian.Wallace15@btopenworld.com

Hill'boro: 07890 088 456 or  BenMrr@aol.com

Firth Park: 249 5172 or  dsys05122@blueyonder.co.uk

Broomhill: 07956 384142 or  spodulike@freeuk.com

Pitsmoor: 275 5581  patwar@blueyonder.co.uk

Hunters Bar: 268 4703 / 266 7139  enquiries@huntersbaragainstwar.org.uk
or
visit the website:
 http://www.sheffieldagainstwar.org.uk/groups/hunters-bar/

Woodseats: 274 5630  S.K.Sawyer@shu.ac.uk

Workplace Groups:

Teachers: 07890 088 456
Council workers (UNISON): 258 3129
Media Workers: 07810 250 272
Hallam Uni workers: 07940 353 119
PCS workers: 07949 646392
University Workers: 07960 670 127

Schools:
Wisewood School: Joey -  Placebo_fan5@hotmail.com
High Storrs: Edward -  Mudmaltby@hotmail.com
King Edwards: Rosa -  Ringaringarosa@hotmail.com
Abbeydale Grange Secondary School: Beth -  beth@icosa.co.uk

Sheffield College:  flyingtroutx@hotmail.com

Universities:

Yorkshire Students Against War website:
 http://www.shef.ac.uk/studentsagainstwar/

Sheffield University:
Anna - 07775731439

Sheffield Hallam:
Suzie - 07967 340275

And:
Women Against War:  riveramazon@hotmail.com or see:
 http://www.sheffieldagainstwar.org.uk/groups/women/

Sheffield Samba Band:  samba@colehse.demon.co.uk

If the contact for a group has changed please let the central group
know -
email us  sheffield@stopwar.org.uk

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