Open meeting to form Cork Anti-War Campaign

national | miscellaneous | news report Friday February 07, 2003 00:21 by Fintan Lane

Meeting planned to form broad-based campaign in Cork.

An open meeting to form a broad-based Cork campaign against the proposed war on Iraq will be held in the Imperial Hotel at 8pm on Wednesday, 12 February.

The intention of this meeting, which will be publicly advertised, is to draw together activists and concerned citizens to build the
largest possible campaign in the Cork region against the coming war. The function, tactics, and focus of the campaign will be decided entirely by those who attend on the night.

The meeting will be addressed briefly by Caoimhe Butterly (ex-Shannon Peace Camp), James McBarron (Cork Peace Alliance), and Richard Boyd Barrett (Irish Anti-War Movement). Each speaker will talk for approximately 10 minutes and will focus on their experiences and on the practical tasks of an anti-war campaign. The meeting will be primarily organisational in focus.

It seems inevitable that a war against Iraq will be launched in late February or early March, and it is imperative that we act now to build a strong local campaign that will form part of a
significant national movement. Clearly, if every country across Europe and beyond does likewise, we will have a powerful global campaign that will have a real impact and which may force the US and Britain to re-assess their position.

If you are unable to make the meeting on 12 February, please feel free to contact Fintan Lane at 021 4321976 for information on further meetings and activities.