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Anti-War Demo tomorrow Usual Place 3pm

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Friday September 27, 2002 19:27author by wormholebrothers

The national demonstration - DON'T ATTACK IRAQ - US TROOPS OUT OF SHANNON - takes place tommorrow Sat September 28th at 3pm assembling the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin. We appeal to everybody to try and get there. We will also be taking bookings tommorow for places on buses to a demonstration in Shannon on Sat Oct 12th. Places on the bus will cost €12 waged €10 unwaged/student.



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author by Oispublication date Fri Sep 27, 2002 21:15author address author phone

author by Oispublication date Fri Sep 27, 2002 21:16author address author phone

Is it not october the 19th?

author by Timpublication date Fri Sep 27, 2002 21:28author address author phone

Best to have it a week beforehand.
Especially as it will show beyond a shadow of a doubt just what the Seville declaration on Neutrality was worth...

author by cousin slim - Irish Anti War Movementpublication date Sat Sep 28, 2002 11:17author address author phone

Organisations supporting the demonstration include:
TGWU, UNISON, CWU, NUJ, FBU, RMT, ASLEF, TSSA, PCS, NATFHE, NAPO, NUM, GLATUC (Greater London Association of Trades Councils), Amicus-MSF London Regional Council, Torfaen Trades Council, ACTS 1/372 Branch, Islington UNISON, London Fire Authority UNISON, Liverpool Dockers Shop Stewards Committee, Dundee Local Authority Shop Stewards Liaison Committee, Keele University AUT, Al-Furook, Al-Khoei Foundation, All Hallows Church, Leeds, Arab Organisation of Human Rights, Artists Against the War, Bangla 2000, Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, Black Racial Attack Independent Network (BRAIN), British Humanist Association, Caledonian Express (finance ezine), Campaign Against Criminalising Communities, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), Campaign for Palestinian Rights, CARF (Campaign Against Racism and Fascism), Colombia Solidarity Campaign, Communist Party of Britain, Daymer, Eve's Back (Manchester's women's magazine), Federation of Kurdish Community Organisations, Federation of Student Islamic Societies in UK and EIRE (FOSIS), Friends of Al-Aqsa, The Gaia Trust (Lincs), Globalise Resistance, Green Party, Hounslow Somali Association, Housman's Peace Bookshop, Iraqi Network for Human Rights, Islamic Centre England, Islamic Human Rights Commission, Isle of Wight Labour Party, Jewish Socialist Group, Lawyers for Justice in Palestine, Morning Star, Labour Against the War, Labour Left Briefing, Lawyers Against the War, Liberation, The Link, London Council of Mosques, London Labour Left, Mayfair Islamic Centre, Media Workers Against War, Muslim Association of Britain, Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre, Muslim Parliament, Muslim Public Affairs Committee, Muslims for JustPeace, Muslims for Justice, Muslim Student Society, National Civil Rights Movement, Network of Socialist Campaign Groups, New York City Labour Against the War, Newham Monitoring Project, North England Medical Arab Society, Red Pepper, Palestinian Community, Palestinian Prisoners’ Society, Palestinian Return Centre, Palestinian Forum, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Partizans (People against Rio Tinto), Peace People (Northern Ireland), Plaid Cymru, Q-News (London-based Muslim magazine), Sefton and West Lancashire Green Party, Socialist Alliance, Socialist Campaign of Labour MP's, Socialist Labour Party, Socialist Party, Socialist Workers Party, Socialist Resistance, Student Campaign Forum, Tribune, UKIM, University of North London Students Union, Women’s Coalition for Peace and Development (New Delhi), Women's Environmental Network, Women's Interntational League for Peace and Freedom (UK Section), World Ahlu Albayt Islamic League (WABIL), World Assembly of Muslim Youth, Young Muslim Organization UK

Individuals supporting the demonstration include:
Baroness Uddin, John Austin MP, Harold Best MP, Helen Clark MP, Tony Clarke MP, Harry Cohen MP, Jeremy Corbyn MP, John Cryer MP, Tam Dalyell MP, Jim Dobbin MP, Bill Etherington MP, George Galloway MP, Paul Marsden MP, John McDonnell MP, Mo Mowlem MP, Adam Price MP, Alan Simpson MP, Llew Smith MP, Jon Trickett MP, Mike Wood MP, Tony Worthington MP, Jean Lambert MEP, Caroline Lucas MEP, Baroness Sarah Ludford MEP, Ken Livingstone (Mayor of London), Diran Adibayo (novelist), Damon Albarn (singer), Tariq Ali (writer), Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (writer), Roger Allum (actor), Felicity Arbuthnot (journalist), Frankie Armstrong (singer), Steve Ashley (singer-songwriter), Adam Alphabet (musician, writer), Roy Bailey (singer), Yunus Baksh (UNISON Executive), Roger Bannister (UNISON Executive), Simon Barrow (Assistant General Secretary, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland), Graham Bash (Labour Briefing), Tony Benn, Ronan Bennett (novelist, screenwriter), Rt. Rev. Colin Bennetts (Bishop of Coventry), Antonia Bird (film director), Ann Black (Labour NEC), Jim Boumelha (Treasurer, International Fed. of Journalists), Rosie Boycott (editor), Billy Bragg (singer song-writer), Saffron Burrows (actor), Alex Callinicos (professor of politics, York University), Barry Camfield (TGWU Assistant General Secretary), Anna Chen (writer, actor), Noam Chomsky, Louise Christian (lawyer), Tony Church (PCS NEC), Caryl Churchill (playwright), Ruth Clarke (London Labour Party Regional Board), Ken Coates (former Labour MEP, peace activist), Mary Compton (NUT Vice President), Crack Village (band), Bob Crow (RMT General Secretary), Helen Currie (NUT Executive), Karl Dallas (music writer), Hazel Danson (NUT Executive), Liz Davies (former Labour NEC), Jeremy Dear (NUJ General Secretary), Andy de la Tour (actor), Brian Eno (musician), Jem Finer (founder member of the Pogues), Kat Fletcher (NUS Women's Officer), Jeff Fowler (NATFHE NEC), Paul Foot (journalist), Nina Franklin (NUT Executive), Jim Friel (GPMU Scotland), Lindsey German (editor), Baljeet Ghale (NUT Executive), Andy Gilchrist (FBU General Secretary), Terry Gilliam (film-maker), Ginger Tom (Aus. band), Janice Godrich (PCS, President), Mike Gonzalez (Glasgow University), Paul Gorman (music author), Tony Graham (theatre director), Suresh Grover (anti-racist campaigner), Jeremy Hardy (broadcaster, writer), Susannah Harker (actor), Chris Harman (editor, Socialist Worker), Stephanie Harrison (lawyer), Dave Harvey (NUT Executive), Billy Hayes (CWU General Secretary), John Haylett (editor), Cllr. Michael Hindley (Labour MEP 1984-99), Kate Hudson (CND), Louise Hutchins (NUS NEC), Rosalie Huzzard (peace activist), Max Hyde (NUT Executive), Lucy Irvine (travel writer), John Illingworth (NUT Past President), Bianca Jagger (human rights campaigner), Jeres (musician, writer) Robb Johnson (singer), Gary Jones (CWU NEC), Simon Jones (NUT Executive), The Revd. Father Tony Kaunhoven (Old Brampton, Chesterfield), Roz Kaveney (author), Kevin Kelly (PCS NEC), Roger King (NUT Executive), Mark Lamarr (comedian), Bryony Lavery (playwright), Doreen Lawrence (campaigner), Revd. Ken Leech (St. Botolph's Church, London), Graham Linehan (writer, Father Ted), Ken Loach (film-maker), Jane Loftus (CWU NEC), Cllr. Janice Long (Brent), Kim Longinotto (film-maker), Massive Attack, Paul Mackney (NATFHE General Secretary), Mairead Corrigan Maguire (Nobel Peace Laureate), Mike Marqusee (writer), Cllr. Karen McKay (Coventry), Ellie Mensingh (co-ordinator, Student Christian Movement), Adrian Mitchell (poet), George Monbiot (writer), Suzanne Moore (columnist, Mail on Sunday), Jim Mortimer (former Labour Party general secretary), Martha Mundy (academic), Ian Murch (NUT Executive), Daniel Murphy (NUS NEC), Andrew Murray (Research officer, ASLEF), Charles Shaar Murray (music writer), Robert del Naja (musician), Cllr. Dave Nellist (Coventry council), Mark New (UNISON Executive), Hugh O’Shaughnessy (journalist), Kath Owen (NUS NEC), Cllr. Ian Page (Lewisham), Roger Lloyd Pack (actor), Pandit G (musician), Ralph Parkinson (UNISON NEC), Hasan Patel (NUS NEC), John Pilger (journalist), Alan Pillay (comedian, singer), Harold Pinter (playwright), Andrew Price (NATFHE NEC), Philip Quast (actor), Corin Redgrave (actor), Jemma Redgrave (actor), John Rees (editor, International Socialism), Bernard Regan (NUT Executive), Carole Regan (Past President, NUT), Asad Rehman (human rights campaigner), Mick Rix (ASLEF General Secretary), Yvonne Ridley (journalist), Yvonne Roberts (writer), Jim Robertson (GPMU NEC), Anita Roddick OBE (founder of The Body Shop), Gordon Roddick (co-founder of The Body Shop), Bernard Roome (CWU Executive), Steven Rose (scientist), Hilary Rose (scientist), Michael Rosen (broadcaster, writer), Leon Rosselson (singer), Sheila Rowbotham (writer), Kevin Rowland (musician), Helen Salmon (NUS Executive), Ian Saville (magician), Julia Sawalha (actor), Prof. Phil Scraton (Director, Centre for Studies in Crime and Social Justice, Edge Hill UC), Adrian Searle (art critic), Mark Seddon (Labour NEC), Lynne Segal (writer), Will Self (novelist), Mark Serwotka (PCS General Secretary), Christine Shawcroft (Labour NEC), Dr. Ghayasuddin Siddiqui (Muslim Parliament), Iain Sinclair (writer), A. Sivanandan (writer), Richard Smith (Associate Editor, Gay Times), Gordon Stainforth (writer and photographer), Mark Steel (broadcaster, writer), Dr. Carolyn Stephens (Senior Lecturer, LSHTM), Rae Street (peace activist), Stephen Sumner (editor, Yachting Universe), The Revd. John Swarbrick (Chair, London South West District of the Methodist Church), Mark Thomas (comedian), Jean Thorp (UNISON Executive), Colin Thubron (novelist), Malcolm Tierney (actor), Frances de la Tour (actor), Tony Tonks (NUT Executive), Faz Velmi (NUS NEC), Hillary Wainwright (editor), Marina Warner (writer), David Watkin (cinematographer), Harriet Walter (actor), Natasha Walter (writer), Danny Williamson (PCS Executive), Michael Winterbottom (director), Jeanette Winterson (writer), Cllr. Rob Windsor (Coventry council), Susan Wooldridge (actor), Robert Wyatt (musician), Gary Younge (writer). (NB: Organisations listed for identification purposes only)

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