1. NAOMI KLEIN: FUNDRAISER FOR IRAQI OIL WORKERS (19 MAY)

7pm, Monday 19 May 2008

Friends House, 173 Euston Road, NW1 2BJ (tube: Euston).

Next Monday, award-winning writer and activist Naomi Klein ('No Logo', 'The Shock Doctrine') will be speaking in London at a special benefit event for the Hands Off Iraqi Oil (www.HandsOffIraqiOil.org) campaign and the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions (IFOU). This will also be the launch for the paperback edition of her latest book, 'The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism', copies of which she will be signing after the event.

Tickets are on sale now, price £7/£5. Book now to avoid disappointment:
 http://www.waronwant.org/shop

All proceeds from the event will go to the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions and Hands Off Iraqi Oil.

* Naomi Klein will also be signing copies of the new paperback copy of her book 'The Shock Doctrine' between 1-2pm on Tuesday 20 May at Housmans Radical Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, London N1 9DX (tube: King's X). All welcome! www.housmans.com