January 15th-20 Years of War on Iraq *5.30 Gathering *7.30 Public Meeting *Vigil
Giuseppe Conlon House | 08.01.2011 06:02 | Iraq | Terror War
*Sponsored by Catholic Worker communities (Giuseppe Conlon House/ London, St Francis House/ Oxford, the CW Farmhouse/ Rickmansworth), "Harringey Soldiarity Group" and "Justice not Vengeance".
An initiative from D.C.
http://dccatholicworker.wordpress.com/2010/12/25/january-15-1991-january15-2011-20-years-of-u-s-war-on-iraq/ taken up in London,spreading across the world!
An initiative from D.C.
http://dccatholicworker.wordpress.com/2010/12/25/january-15-1991-january15-2011-20-years-of-u-s-war-on-iraq/ taken up in London,spreading across the world!
INVITATION
To Remember 20 Years of War on the People of Iraq
To Celebrate 20 Years of Nonviolent Resistance to the War on Iraq
* "Gulf War" 1991
* Sanctions 1990-2003
* Invasion and Occupation 2003 - Ongoing
* Millions of Iraqis killed, 2 million exiled, 2 million internally displaced, millions wounded.
* Thousands of U.S. led soldiers killed and maimed.
SATURDAY JANUARY 15TH.
20th. Anniversary of the Start of the Ongoing War on Iraq
1991-2011
GIUSEPPE CONLON HOUSE
***5.30 p.m.
GATHERING
- meet old friends, make some new ones!
(bring food to share, byo drinx!)
Celebrate 20 Years of Ongoing Nonviolent Resistance to the War on Iraq!
***7.30 p.m.
PUBLIC MEETING
Speakers
* Bruce Kent
former Chair of CND and vice-president of Pax Christi
Chair of the Movement for the Abolition of War (MAW)
http://www.abolishwar.org.uk/
* Jimmy Johns
1991 "Iraq Peace Team"
* Ciaron O'Reilly
1991 ANZUS/ B52 Plowshares
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/98569
* Emily Johns
Sanctions Breaking "Voices in the Wilderness"
http://www.voices.netuxo.co.uk/
* British Iraq War Veteran
(yet to be confirmed)
* British Gulf War Refusenik
(yet to be confirmed)
MUSIC & POETRY
* "Tottenham's Own Living Legend" Razz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DOR7Ml4XF0
* Plowshares Activist & Poet Stephen Hancock
* Other Acts to be Connfirmed
WHERE
Giuseppe Conlon Venue
next to 49 Mattison Rd. Harringey, London N4 1BG
- closest tube Manor House
- 29 (bendy bus) from Trafalgar Square to "Mattison Rd." stop on Green Lane
WHAT TO BRING
- bring some food to share (there are also shops and restaurants on Green Lane)
- BYO Drinx (off licenses on Green Lane)
RSVP
if possible (so we have idea of how may to cater for!)
Email ciaronx at yahoo.com
Text/Phone 07939 290 576
GLOBAL PEACE VIGIL AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST ATTACK ON IRAQ
* Midnight January 15th. outside the U.S. Embassy in London
ALSO confirmed midnight vigils - Menwith Hill, BAE Bristol, U.S. Embassy Dublin
* Washington D.C. January 15th. 7 p.m. at the White House
Events planned for Washington D.C.
http://dccatholicworker.wordpress.com/2010/12/25/january-15-1991-january15-2011-20-years-of-u-s-war-on-iraq/
To Remember 20 Years of War on the People of Iraq
To Celebrate 20 Years of Nonviolent Resistance to the War on Iraq
* "Gulf War" 1991
* Sanctions 1990-2003
* Invasion and Occupation 2003 - Ongoing
* Millions of Iraqis killed, 2 million exiled, 2 million internally displaced, millions wounded.
* Thousands of U.S. led soldiers killed and maimed.
SATURDAY JANUARY 15TH.
20th. Anniversary of the Start of the Ongoing War on Iraq
1991-2011
GIUSEPPE CONLON HOUSE
***5.30 p.m.
GATHERING
- meet old friends, make some new ones!
(bring food to share, byo drinx!)
Celebrate 20 Years of Ongoing Nonviolent Resistance to the War on Iraq!
***7.30 p.m.
PUBLIC MEETING
Speakers
* Bruce Kent
former Chair of CND and vice-president of Pax Christi
Chair of the Movement for the Abolition of War (MAW)
http://www.abolishwar.org.uk/ * Jimmy Johns
1991 "Iraq Peace Team"
* Ciaron O'Reilly
1991 ANZUS/ B52 Plowshares
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/98569 * Emily Johns
Sanctions Breaking "Voices in the Wilderness"
http://www.voices.netuxo.co.uk/ * British Iraq War Veteran
(yet to be confirmed)
* British Gulf War Refusenik
(yet to be confirmed)
MUSIC & POETRY
* "Tottenham's Own Living Legend" Razz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DOR7Ml4XF0 * Plowshares Activist & Poet Stephen Hancock
* Other Acts to be Connfirmed
WHERE
Giuseppe Conlon Venue
next to 49 Mattison Rd. Harringey, London N4 1BG
- closest tube Manor House
- 29 (bendy bus) from Trafalgar Square to "Mattison Rd." stop on Green Lane
WHAT TO BRING
- bring some food to share (there are also shops and restaurants on Green Lane)
- BYO Drinx (off licenses on Green Lane)
RSVP
if possible (so we have idea of how may to cater for!)
Email ciaronx at yahoo.com
Text/Phone 07939 290 576
GLOBAL PEACE VIGIL AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST ATTACK ON IRAQ
* Midnight January 15th. outside the U.S. Embassy in London
ALSO confirmed midnight vigils - Menwith Hill, BAE Bristol, U.S. Embassy Dublin
* Washington D.C. January 15th. 7 p.m. at the White House
Events planned for Washington D.C.
http://dccatholicworker.wordpress.com/2010/12/25/january-15-1991-january15-2011-20-years-of-u-s-war-on-iraq/
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