Friday's Blair protest more important than ever

[Clare Solomon]

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From: "Stop the War Coalition" <off...@stopwar.org.uk>
Date: 27 January 2010 20:19:45 GMT
To: st...@lists.riseup.net
Subject: Friday's Blair protest more important than ever

STOP THE WAR COALITION    
NEWSLETTER   
No. 1138 27 January 2010   
Email off...@stopwar.org.uk   
Tel: 020 7801 2768   
Web: http://stopwar.org.uk   
Twitter: http://twitter.com/STWuk

IN THIS NEWSLETTER   
1) BLAIR PROTEST MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER   
2) GORDON BROWN'S AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE   
3) SPECIAL PAMPHLET FOR BLAIR'S JUDGEMENT DAY    
4) JAIL TONY LIMITED ADDITION T-SHIRT

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1) BLAIR PROTEST MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER

Everyone who can, should try to join the protest at the Iraq   
inquiry when Tony Blair appears on Friday 29 January. He   
begins giving evidence at 9.30am and Stop the War's day of   
protest will assemble outside the QEII Conference Centre at   
8.00am.

For once a planned protest by the anti-war movement has   
received wide media coverage (see http://bit.ly/85Ba2Z).

We must mobilise in the largest numbers possible, to demand   
the arrest of those incriminated in the mass-murder of over   
one million people.

Even the Chilcot committee, so obviously appointed to get Tony    
Blair off the hook, has not been able to prevent revelations   
proving beyond doubt that Blair, Straw and others should be   
indicted now for war crimes.

We will also be defending on Friday our right to protest   
peacefully on the green in front of the QEII, as originally   
arranged. The police now say this will not be allowed. Stop   
the War is still fighting this restriction, as we have been   
given no reason for why we should not assemble on the green.   
It is an affront to democracy to prevent protesters from   
getting close to Tony Blair, whose culpability in this war is    
there for all to see.

Please spread the word as widely as you can to encourage   
people to join us on Friday, even if they can only do so for   
part of the day (for a full timetable of events see:   
http://bit.ly/8mKM0T).

After giving evidence, Blair is expected to leave the building    
sometime between 4pm and 5pm, when we will aim to express as   
forcefully as possible our call for him to be arrested.

For updates on Friday's protest see:   
http://www.stopwar.org.uk/

TONY BLAIR'S "JUDGEMENT DAY"   
ARREST THE WAR CRIMINALS NOW   
Friday 29 January from 8.00am onwards    
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre   
(Opposite Westminster Abbey)   
Broad Sanctuary, London, SW1P 3EE   
Nearest tube: Westminster or St James's Park

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2) GORDON BROWN'S AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE

On Thursday 28 January, Gordon Brown is hosting an   
international conference, attended by representatives of all   
the countries that have joined the US-led occupation of   
Afghanistan. Hilary Clinton, Afghan president Karzai and UN   
secretary general Ban Ki-moon are among those attending.

Stop the War and CND have called a protest from 8.30am to   
10.00am, assembling at Lancaster House, to demand an end to a    
war which is as immoral and devastating as the war in Iraq.

PROTEST BROWN'S AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE    
THURSDAY 28 JANUARY, 8.30AM - 10.00AM    
LANCASTER HOUSE, STABLE YARD,    
ST JAMES'S, LONDON SW1A 1BB

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3) SPECIAL PAMPHLET FOR BLAIR'S JUDGEMENT DAY

Stop the War has published a special pamphlet this week,   
titled Iraq: The People's Dossier. It is a compilation of the    
voices absent from the Chilcot inquiry - the mass of public   
opinion which opposed the war. It includes questions and   
comments for Tony Blair from MPs, military families, writers,    
actors, artists, MPs, former UN official Hans von Sponeck and    
many ordinary people who joined the campaign against the Iraq    
war.

The pamphlet will be on sale on Friday and can also be    
purchased online or by credit/debit card. (see:   
http://bit.ly/7DwNZp).

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4) "JAIL TONY" LIMITED ADDITION T-SHIRT

A limited edition T-shirt, designed for Stop the War by   
designer Katharine Hamnett, says on the front what should be   
the outcome of the Chilcot Inquiry: JAIL TONY. The back reads    
"Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime".

The T-shirt costs £12 including postage and we are giving away   
free with every order the new pamphlet Iraq: A People's   
Dossier. The is a strictly limited production, so early   
ordering is advisable to avoid disappointment.

For sizes and to order, go to: http://bit.ly/72lcYY

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