Belfast anti war rally speakers confirmed

national | miscellaneous | news report Sunday February 09, 2003 16:30 by Davy Carlin W/Belfast SWP

The coalition calls for a mass demo

This historic anti war march and rally in Belfast has now agreed and confirmed its speakers

On feb 15th Belfast could see the largest such anti war demo that Belfast has ever seen. Backed by the ICTU {Northern Committee}, numerous trade unions, trades union councils and political organisations. It has also been supported by scores of community, womens, ethnic minority and youth groups and much more all across the North. It is one of the {if not the} largest ever such coalition seen against such war in the North.

The speakers now agreed and confirmed for this historic march are as follows:

A joint statement to be read out on behalf of the churches.

SPEAKERS:

1 Peter Bunting {ICTU]
2 Mairead Maguire
3 School Students Against War SSAW {newly formed cross community anti war group}
4 Jamal Iweida { Islamic Centre}
5 Eamonn McCann

Loads of activity is still on going. On Monday in South Belfast Monica McWilliams {Womens Coalition], School Students Against The War {SSAW}, ICTU and some one from the Muslim community are to host a meeting. Tonight in West Belfast there is an anti war fund raiser. In North Belfast there is both a meeting and fundraiser, in East a meeting is being arranged. SSAW have organised a banner making day and poster runs and stalls are being arranged every day this week. This and much more. I hope people can get active and help out.