manchesterstopwar.org

No to NATO • Don't Attack Iran Troops Out of Afghanistan

No Intervention in the Middle East

Protest and Rally Saturday 19 May 1pm
US Embassy Grosvenor Square London W1

SPEAKERS:  • Mitra Quayoom • Manuel Hassassian (Palestinian Territories' diplomatic representative) • Murad Querishi (London assembly member) • John McDonnell MP • Sami Ramadami • Lindsey German • Kate Hudson • Tony Benn • Mohammed Sadiq from Justice for Bahrain • a speaker from Hands off Somalia • Abbas Edalat from CASMI • Jeremy Corbyn MP • Sabah Jawad

Wednesday 23rd May Public Meeting - NATO in the Pacific

7.00pm Friends Meeting House, Mount St, Manchester

The Militarisation of the Pacific

Speakers:

• Dave Webb, Chair Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

• Rae Street, Vice-Chair Greater Manchester & District CND

NATO was begun in 1949 as a military and political alliance of European nations and the US and Canada designed to protect Western Europe from a Soviet attack.

Dave Webb will report back from his recent trips to the Pacific region, notably Jeju Island and Hawaii, the No to NATO meetings in Chicago.

Rae Street will talk about her leading role in drawing public attention to the role of nuclear-armed NATO in today's world.

Organised by Manchester CND, Manchester Against Militarism and Manchester Campaign Against the Arms Trade Fraternal greetings,

Reality of Obama's killer drones exposed by Code Pink protest

When Obama's Homeland Security advisor John Brennan spoke to the media justifying Obama's policy of illegal assassination using drone aircraft missile attacks, Code Pink activist Medea Benjamin challenged him to say that killing civilians, violating international law and abusing human rights was the reality of these attacks.

The "wiped off the map" phrase is a myth, but it has been transformed into accepted wisdom by its endless repetition by US politics.

By Elizabeth Murray
Consortiumnews.com
25 April 2012

President Obama has joined much of Official Washington in mistranslating a comment by Iran’s President Ahmadinejad into the provocative phrase, "wiping Israel off the map." Obama’s falsehood recalls President George W. Bush’s bogus claim about Iraq seeking uranium in Africa, says ex-CIA analyst Elizabeth Murray.

Thank you to everyone who came on Thursday to hear Jeremy Corbyn and Lindsey German explain the threat of plans to launch a military campaign on Iran.

In the same week the death of 6 more British soldiers brought the military toll to 404 in Afghanistan, 90 people including Iranians, trade unionists and CND supporters agreed the need for a highly visible public campaign against another war.

Next meeting: Thursday 15 March 7pm Central Hall, Oldham St. Manchester--Planning meeting for national day of action.

Come along with ideas for protests, banners, a die in, stalls .. Any activities we could organise or publicise for the Stop the war national day of action on Sat 24 March.

We'll have some short clips of film to show and banner/tshirt making stuff as well discussion. We also have new badges and tshirts to buy.

Please Email back with your ideas and suggestions so we can share them.
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Saturday 24 March National day of Action Against An attack in Iran

Look out for stuff happening as it gets posted on our national and local web site