Dear All,

Here is an update of the next events organised by Colchester Peace Campaign, the national Stop the War Coalition and other regional anti-war networks. See also:  http://www.colchesterpeace.org.uk/ and  http://www.stopwar.org.uk/

When is a handover not a handover? Challenging the Bush/Blair agenda.

Please support the following events:
30th June marks the alleged 'handover of sovereignty' in Iraq. The peace movement is putting forward the following themes:
No more troops to Iraq - end the US/UK occupation: Iraq for the Iraqi's - not US oil corporations: For democratic elections not US puppets!

1) Sat 26th June. Colchester Town Centre,12am-2pm, Lion Walk (outside Boots). Street Theatre/info-stall/speakers soapbox/petition signing.
2) Wed 30th June. Vigil 6pm, Colchester High St, outside Town Hall.
3) Sun 4th July. Peace Makers Ball! 4.30pm at Lakenheath US nuclear airbase, Suffolk. Part of the Independance FROM America Day! Come to party, wear your ballgown bring a picnic! (Or perhaps come dressed as your favorite American rebel to prove that we are anti-US foriegn policy not anti-US!)Called by Lakenheath Action Group.

Other Events:
4) SAT 3rd JULY. Next meeting of EAST ANGLIA SOCIAL FORUM, 1-6pm, Ipswich Friends Meeting House, 39 Fonnereau Rd, in the centre of Ipswich.
See:  http://www.EASF.org.uk

Activist groups from across East Anglia - including Peace Campaigners, Environmentalists, Trades Unionists, Anti-racists and many more have begun to gather together to start a regional social forum process. The meeting in Ipswich will be an opportunity for more groups and individuals to get involved. Interest in this has been spreading rapidly since the first EASF gathering in Colchester in May, which was attended by activists from a variety of groups in Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.
All groups and individuals working towards a more just, equal, peaceful and sustainable world are welcome.
The EASF will be promoting and participating in the forthcoming European Social Forum (ESF) in London in October, as well as the great protest for peace and global justice when the G8 world leaders meet in Scotland next year.



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Another World Is Possible!
Welfare not Warfare!
 http://www.easf.org.uk

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PS...people might also be interested in the anti-war play, WARCRIME! From 30th June to 3rd July at Bentwaters Airbase, Suffolk.
An acclaimed anti-war play, touring the country, performed at unusual and evocative venues....Transport from New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich to Bentwaters every night, leaves 7.30. Contact theatre. For further info see:  http://www.stopwar.org.uk/action.asp or  http://www.warcrime.org.uk.
"A young woman killed by an off-course cluster bomb is brought face-to-face in a courtroom with the pilot who killed her. A Tribunal or a Kangaroo Court? Due Process. You decide...
Based on real events, Warcrime exposes the gaps between CNN and real lives. When observing from this distance, do we really know anything about the people we are so quick to assess? In an evocative and disturbing remote location, Warcrime confronts the absurdities and human costs of recent wars and interventions - and those still to come"
Wedding Collective & New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich.