Fwd: 10,000 reasons to sign the Troops Home petition

[John Connon]

>>> "Stop the War Coalition" <off...@stopwar.org.uk> 04/12/2009 13:25 >>>
STOP THE WAR COALITION
NEWSLETTER
No. 1129 04 December 2009
Email off...@stopwar.org.uk
Tel: 020 7801 2768
Web: http://stopwar.org.uk
Twitter: http://twitter.com/STWuk

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IN THIS NEWSLETTER
1) 10,000 REASONS TO SIGN THE TROOPS HOME PETITION
2) IRAQ INQUIRY PUBLIC MEETING IN PARLIAMENT
3) SUPPORT SOLDIER JOE GLENTON STILL IN PRISON
4) DON'T MISS STOP THE WAR'S XMAS PARTY

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1) 10,000 REASONS TO SIGN THE TROOPS HOME PETITION

Gordon Brown's "mini-surge", taking the number of British
troops fighting the Afghan war to over 10,000, followed by
Barack Obama's surge taking the US deployment to over 100,000,
confirms that Afghanistan faces many more years of war and
occupation.

The responsibility of the anti-war movement is clear: to build
the biggest possible swell of public opposition to this
senseless war and pressure the politicians into reversing a
policy which can only bring the mass slaughter of Afghans and
invading soldiers alike.

Many thousands of signatures have been collected for Stop the
War's Bring the Troops Home petition, with some local Stop the
War Groups reporting unprecedented levels of support.

The deadline for the petition is 17 December. It will be
delivered to Gordon Brown in Downing Street on Monday 21
December by military families who have lost loved ones in
Afghanistan, other families who have relatives serving there,
and former soldiers who were deployed there.

Please do all you can in the two weeks before the deadline to
help build the size of the petition, by ensuring you have
signed it online and by encouraging everyone you know to do
the same.

The online petition is at: http://bit.ly/8jLhRk (If you
signed one of the previous online Afghanistan petitions, there
is no need to sign again).

There is also a Bring the Troops Home petition for downloading
and printing, to use for the collection of signatures which
are then send to Stop the War's national office, available
here: http://bit.ly/rNaTZ

BRING THE TROOPS HOME PETITION:
Sign online: http://bit.ly/8jLhRk
Download to print and collect signatures: http://bit.ly/rNaTZ

MILITARY FAMILIES PROTEST AT DOWNING STREET
MONDAY 21 DECEMBER AT 5PM
DOWNING STREET, WHITEHALL, LONDON
Military families will present the Bring the Troops Home
petition to Gordon Brown. They are asking for the widest
possible support at Downing Street. Stop the War has asked its
local groups to sponsor military families in their area to
join the protest and to send their own delegations in support.

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2) STOP THE WAR PUBLIC MEETING IN PARLIAMENT

Paul Flynn MP and Sabah Jawad from Iraqi Democrats Against
Occupation are among the speakers at a Stop the War briefing
meeting on Afghanistan and the Iraq Inquiry at the House of
Commons on Wednesday 9 December.

The meeting is open to all and will provide up to date
discussion of the Afghanistan War, following Gordon Brown's
troop surge, and an expert briefing on the Iraq Inquiry.

STOP THE WAR BRIEFING ON AFGHANISTAN & IRAQ INQUIRY
Hosted by Paul Flynn MP
WEDNESDAY 9 DECEMBER 7PM
HOUSE OF COMMONS
PORTCULLIS HOUSE, WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD
LONDON SW1.

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3) SUPPORT SOLDIER JOE GLENTON STILL IN PRISON

Lance Corporal Joe Glenton is still being held in prison
pending his court martial appearance next year for refusing to
return to Afghanistan.

At present there is no indication whether Joe will be kept
locked up over Christmas.

Stop the War is urging all its supporters to send messages of
support, post cards, Christmas cards, emails etc to show
solidarity at this very difficult time for Joe and his family.

Please encourage anyone you know who opposes the Afghan war to
show support for Joe's brave stance. He is the only serving
soldier so far to refuse duty in Afghanistan but he knows he
speaks for many more in the armed forces who, like him, feel
they are fighting an unjustified and futile war.

EMAIL: defendjo...@gmail.com

WRITE LETTERS, CARDS ETC TO:
Lance Corporal Joe Glenton
Military Corrective Training Centre
Berechurch Hall Camp
Colchester CO2 9NU

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4) DON'T MISS STOP THE WAR'S XMAS PARTY

Stop the War's Xmas Party on Friday 11 December will also be
the launch event for Stop the War's archive, with a showcase
representing eight years of peace campaigning, which have
included over 30 national demonstrations, hundreds of
meetings, rallies and other events, and an enormous range of
leaflets, posters, placards, pamphlets and other resources.

Admission to the party is free. There will be food, including
vegetarian, drinks, including non-alcoholic, and music.

STOP THE WAR'S XMAS PARTY AND LAUNCH
EXHIBITION OF STOP THE WAR'S ARCHIVE
FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 7-10 PM
BISHOPSGATE INSTITUTE
230 BISHOPSGATE LONDON EC2M 4QH
(Opposite Liverpool Street Station)

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