Traprock Peace Center has just published to the internet its comprehensive coverage (audio, photos and video) of the London International Peace Conference, held on December 10, 2005. 1400 conference delegates called for worldwide antiwar demonstrations on March 18 and 19, 2006 to demand an immediate end to the war and occupation of Iraq.
http://www.traprockpeace.org/london_peace_10dec05.html Traprock Peace Center has just published to the internet its comprehensive coverage (audio, photos and video) of the London International Peace Conference, held on December 10, 2005.
1400 conference delegates called for worldwide antiwar demonstrations on March 18 and 19, 2006 to demand an immediate end to the war and occupation of Iraq. The conference also called for the release of the Christian Peace Makers team members who were kidnapped in Iraq. The conference was organized by the Stop the War Coalition (UK). The full conference statement is available at
http://www.stopthewar.co.uk We have been posting the conference in segments. The latest program focused on Holding Bush and Blair to Account.
http://www.traprockpeace.org/london_bush_blair_account/ Audio is now available of:
Tariq Ali, writer and campaigner
Ann Wright, former US diplomat
Paul Ingram, Green Party (UK)
David Swanson, co-founder of AfterDowning Street.org
John Rees, co-founder of the Stop the War Coalition, with a video
Craig Murray, former UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan
Walter Wolfgang, activist who had escaped from Nazi Germany
Amani Deghayes, who spoke of her brother's tragic detention, torture and maiming at Guantanamo
We had published the following just recently:
The opening session, with audio of these speakers:
Andrew Murray, Stop the War Coalition,
http://www.stopthewar.co.uk Tony Benn, former Labour MP and cabinet minister, giving the opening address
Lindsey German, convener of the Stop the War Coalition, moving the conference statement
Kate Hudson, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)
Prof. Elaheh Koolaee (Teheran University, former Iranian MP)
Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies.
Sami Ramadani, Iraqi writer and academic.
Mazin Younis of the Iraqi League.
Students met to discuss organizing in the UK and the US, and international cooperation among students. A video is available of Suzie Wylie, Peter Leary and Pav Akhtar of the National Union of Students and the Stop the War Coalition, and Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, national coordinating committee member of the Campus Antiwar Network in the US.
The Military Families Campaigns section was a centerpiece of the conference. Andrew Murray introduced Andrew Burgin of Military Families Against the War and Judy Linehan from Military Families Speak Out as moderators. Audio is available of these excellent talks:
Rose Gentle (Military Families Against the War)
Ann Lawrence (Military Families Against the War)
John Miller (Military Families Against the War)
Ben Griffin (Military Families Against the War)
Kelly Dougherty (Iraq Veterans Against the War)
Chris Nineham (Stop the War Coalition)
Medea Benjamin (Code Pink)
Peter Brierley (Military Families Against the War)
Judy Cuniglio (Dallas, Texas)
Reg Keys (Military Families Against the War)
Cindy Sheehan (Gold Star Families for Peace)
Building an International Movement came next. This panel, which concluded the conference, was moderated by Andrew Murray and Jane Shallice. Audio is available of this program in its entirety, with a special audio of the keynote speaker. These people spoke:
Ishmael Patel, Friends of Al Aqsa
Herbert Docena, Focus on Global South
Judith LeBlanc, United for Peace and Justice
Sabah Jawad, Iraqi Democrats Against Occupation
Dr. Azzam Tamini, Muslim Association of Britain;
Jeremy Corbyn, Labour MP of Islington North;
and Andrew Murray, introducing the keynote speaker,
George Galloway, Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow.
Several Iraqis spoke in Arabic. We tried recording the translations of their talks to no avail. Ayatollah Khalisi of the Iraqi National Foundation Congress, Hassan Juma, President of the Southern Iraqi Oil Workers' Union, and Hanna Abrahim of the Iraq organization Free Will spoke. We link to reports that summarize their comments. The British government refused to allow entry to a delegate from Iraq, the al Sadr representative, Hassan al Zargani. We do not have audio of a few other speakers for technical reasons.
There are photo albums of each of the above sessions along with albums of the groups tabling at the conference and photos of people meeting and reconnecting at this historic conference. There are special photos of Cindy Sheehan, George Galloway, Jeremy Corbyn, the students, and many others,
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PIMBY -Peace in my back yard
24.12.2005 02:40
Fair enough on that respect but, of course, it is likely and probable that the majority of the speakers/contributors spoke mainly about Iraq, Iran, Syria, Palestine, Afghanistan, North Korea and China...............the usual mainstream stuff.
This IMO is NOT really Peace.
Peace is for the WHOLE World. Even Africa. Even(DRC)Congo where almost 6 million have died in conflict in 6 years, repeat 6 million. Even Darfur. Even Aceh province. Even Indonesia. Even Tibet. Even Colombia, Even Nicaragua. Even Nigeria. Even ...............
Peace is FOR LIFE.......NOT just for Christmas.
If anything positive and progressive comes out of 1400 people meeting and talking about stopping the USA Hegemony and Imperialism in 5 or 6 Countries. GREAT, surely, but DONT particularly call it an International Peace Conference when you mean...something else..........NIMBY.
Best Regards. Thanks to Trapock?
Hugh Man