Sunday, July 30, 2006

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I am writing this because I cannot sleep. I am disturbed by the news in a way that we citizens of the so-called developed nations rarely are, from our civilised comfort zone. The face that I can see with my eyes closed is that of the Doctor in Qana, who said that the events of yesterday, and the failure of the world to react to prevent the violence continuing, showed that the rest of the world "had turned to robots".

I don't know which is worse - Israel justifying the slaughter of innocents because "they were a human shield" (so that makes it perfectly OK then?) or the failure of our own leadership to condemn the war crimes as such. I feel a sick sense of disgust, no wonder I cannot sleep.


Subject: Aug 5: National emergency demonstration
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:10:51 -0700 (PDT)

STOP THE WAR COALITION
NEWSLETTER No. 2006/28
29 July 2006
Email office@stopwar.org.uk
Telephone 020 7278 6694
Web: www.stopwar.org.uk

IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
1) AUGUST 5: NATIONAL EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION
2) KEEP SIGNING THE LETTER TO TONY BLAIR

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1) NATIONAL EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION
On Saturday 5 August there will be a national emergency demonstration in London calling for an immediate, unconditional ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza, the end of Israel's attacks and the end of Tony Blair's support for George Bush's wars. Dozens of coaches have already been booked to bring protestors to London. Everyone who is outraged by the barbarism we are witnessing in Lebanon and Gaza should support this demonstration.

NATIONAL EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION
END ISRAEL'S WAR ON LEBANON AND GAZA
SATURDAY 5 AUGUST: ASSEMBLE 12 NOON
SPEAKERS CORNER, HYDE PARK
(Nearest tube Marble Arch)
MARCH TO PALIAMENT SQUARE FOR RALLY

* Spread the word among your friends, neighbours, work colleagues, fellow students.
* Phone or email the Stop the War office to get information about coaches in your area.
* Download the demonstration flyer from the Stop the War website (http://tinyurl.com/enffa), photocopy or print it, distribute it as widely as you can.
* Take leaflets to your local mosque, church, community centre etc. Leaflet tube and bus stations.

George Bush and Tony Blair insist the carnage must continue. They are rushing bunker busting bombs and laser guided missiles to Israel, which will be used to raise much of Lebanon to the ground. The UN describes what is taking place as "horrific". Half of those killed by Israel's bombs have been children (http://tinyurl.com/jq8xo). Gaza has been turned into "a prison with no way in or out, and no protection from an fearsome battery of drones, precision missiles, tank shells and artillery rounds", with once again children being the main victims. (http://tinyurl.com/ggael)

The rest of the world demands the slaughter stops now. On Saturday 5 August, we need the biggest possible expression of our disgust over Tony Blair's slavish support for Bush's endless wars and for our demand that Israel's attacks on Lebanon and Gaza end immediately.

NATIONAL EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION
END ISRAEL'S WAR ON LEBANON AND GAZA
SATURDAY 5 AUGUST: ASSEMBLE 12 NOON
SPEAKERS CORNER, HYDE PARK
(Nearest tube Marble Arch)
MARCH TO PALIAMENT SQUARE FOR RALLY
Called by Stop the War Coalition, CND, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, British Muslim Initiative, Lebanese community organisations.

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2) KEEP SIGNING THE LETTER TO TONY BLAIR
If you haven't signed our letter to Tony Blair, add your name now here: http://www.stopwar.org.uk/lebanon/sign.php.

The letter is being signed at a rate of one name every 10 seconds. We handed it to 10 Downing Street with the first 10,000 signatures at the CEASE FIRE NOW rally in Whitehall on Friday 28 July. We will hand it in again with tens of thousands more names on the national emergency demonstration called for Saturday 5 August. Add your name now and join the demonstration on 5 August.

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1 Comments:

At 10:49 AM, Blogger Indigobusiness quoth...

I haven't been able to sleep for weeks.

 

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