Greater
Manchester Stop the War Meetings and Time to Go are supported by
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DATE |
EVENT |
Tuesday
19
September
until
Friday
22
September |
 The
Trans-Pennine March for Peace
Sheffield - Banford - Chapel-en-le-Frith -
Glossop - Manchester
For more details phone 07761 471 441
Meet and greet the marchers on Friday
evening at Albert Square from 5.00pm |
Thursday
21
September |
 AN
ANTI-WAR EVENING organised by MMU UCU
Film Showing
‘Sir! No,Sir!’
Introduced by Ron Senchak (Vietnam vet) and a speaker from
Military Families Against the War
Sir!
No Sir! A Film About The Gi Movement Against The War In
Vietnam. This is the story of one of the most vibrant and
widespread upheavals of the 1960's–one that had profound
impact on American society, yet has been virtually obliterated
from the collective memory of that time.
Thursday
21st September @ 5pm
Room 342, Geoffrey Manton Building,
All Saints Campus, MMU
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Thursday
21
September
until
Saturday
23
September |
 MILITARY
FAMILIES PEACE CAMP
Military Families Against the War will host a Peace Camp to
coincide with September's TIME TO GO demonstration at the
Labour conference in Manchester.
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The camp will begin in Albert Square at 3pm on Thursday 21st
September.
• Open to all who want to show their support for our
campaign to get the troops home.
• Please publicise the Peace Camp, tell your family
and friends, post the details on web forums or groups.
• If you would like to take part in the peace camp contact
us at peacecamp@mfaw.org.uk
• Please donate to our Peace Camp fund.
Send cheques made payable to Military Families Against the
War,
27 Britannia St, London WC1X 9JP or CLICK
HERE |
Friday
22
September |
BIKES
not BOMBS!
Cycle from London to Manchester to Demonstrate at the Labour
Party Conference
LEAFLET
HERE
Meet
the cyclists for a critical mass ride - bring your bikes
to Albert Square for 5.30pm
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Saturday
23
September |
 National
Stop
the War and CND Demonstration
TIME TO GO!
Troops
out of Iraq and Afghanistan
Don't attack Iran
No Trident replacement
SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER
ASSEMBLE 1pm, Albert Square, MANCHESTER
 "Manchester
Quakers will be holding a peace vigil on the steps of
their Meeting House, Mount Street from 12 noon and will
welcome all peace makers to join in this act of silent
witness"
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Sunday
24
September |
Stop
the War Aletrnative Conference
10.30 am - 6.00 pm Roscoe Building,
University of Manchester, Brunswick Street, Manchester M13
9PL
Labour Party conferences under the Blair regime are rigidly
ciontrolled and stage-managed. When 80 year old Walter Wolfgang
heckled then foreign secretary Jack Straw last year with
the single word "Nonsense", he was manhandled
out of the conference hall by security guards.
This
year, Stop the War has organised an alternative conference,
the day after the TIME TO GO demonstration at which there
will be genuine discussion and debate.
Speakers include:
•Tariq Ali, •Dr Richard Horton (Editor, The
Lancet), •John Rees (Respect Coalition), •Azzam
Tamimi, (Institute of Islamic Political Thought), •Jeremy
Corbyn MP, •Craig Murray (Ex-UK Ambassador, Uzbekistan),
•Yvonne Ridley (Islam Channel), •Dave Crouch
(Media Workers Against the War), •Lindsey German (Convenor,
Stop the War Coalition)
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Sunday
24
September |
Labour
Against the War fringe meeting
7pm: Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester.
Chair: Alan Simpson MP.
Speakers include Tony Benn and Walter Wolfgang.
Full details to follow when available. |
Monday
25
September |
Hands
off Venezuela
Public Meeting at 12.30pm till 2.00pm
Friends
Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester
speakers include John McDonnell MP |
Monday
25
September |
Unite
to STOP the BNP
Monday 25 September, 5.30pm
Cross St. Chapel, Cross St, Manchester M2 ANL
Organised by Unite Against Fascism
Speakers include: Ken Livingstone, Billy
Hayes, Communication Workers Union General Secretary,
Julie Hesmondhalgh, Coronation Street actor
tbc, Bob Abberley UNISON Assistant General
Secretary, Sadie Khan MP, Henry Guterman
MBE, Glyn Ford MEP, Mohammed
Azam, North West Unite Against Fascism, Lee
Jasper, National Assembly Against Racism, Sabby
Dhalu, Unite Against Fascism
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Monday
25
September |
Refugee
Council / Amnesty / UNHCR Refugee Charities Reception
Liam Byrne MP (tbc), Kate Allen Director of Amnesty International
UK, Bemma Donkoh UNHCR
Maeve Sherlock Refugee Council
5.30
– 7.30 Friends Meeting House |
Monday
25
September |
Electoral
Reform Society
Treating a sick democracy: Sticking Plaster or Long Term Cure?
Lord Falconer, Constitutional Affairs Minister, Fiona MacTaggart
MP, Johann Hari, journalist and commentator,
Ken Ritchie, Chief Exec ERS
6.15
pm – 7.45pm Friends Meeting House |
Tuesday
26
September |
Palestine
Solidarity/War on Want
Crisis in Palestine: Peace & Justice in Lebanon and Palestine
Richard Burden MP, Richard Howitt MEP, Professor Manuel Hassassian,
PLO Representative in London, Louise Richards, War on Want,
Tony Benn, Shimri Zammeret, Israeli Refusenik (TBC)
Chair: Betty Hunter, Palestine Solidarity Campaign
12.30
–2pm Friends Meeting House |
Tuesday
26
September |
JOINT
CND/STWC PUBLIC MEETING
Tuesday 26th September 7pm
Methodist Central Hall, Oldham Street, Manchester
TROOPS OUT OF IRAQ
DON'T ATTACK IRAN
Speakers include: Tony Benn, Walter Wolfgang (Labour Party
NEC), Craig Murray, Roudabeh Shafie (Action Iran), Lindsey
German (STWC), Kate Hudson (CND)
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Tuesday
26
September |
Keep
our NHS Public
NHS Market Reform:
What's the Alternative?
Rt Hon Frank Dobson MP, John McDonnell MP, Neal Lawson -Compass,
Debbie Abrahams - deputy director, IMPACT, Liverpool University/
former chair of
Rochdale PCT, Dr Alex Scott Samuel - Public Health academic,
campaigner and writer
6pm
– 8pm Mechanics Institute, 103 Princess Street
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Wednesday
27
September |
Rally
of Resistance: Peterloo2
Day of action for peace and social justice
Assemble,
1.00pm, St Peter's Square, Manchester
Organised
by Manchester Stop the Warmongers. www.stopthewarmongers.org
download a leaflet (rtf) CLICK
HERE |
Wednesday
27
September |
Bush's
plan for Cuba: how should the UK/Europe respond?
12.45 - 2pm, Bar 38, Peter Street, Manchester
Chair: Dr Ian Gibson MP. Speakers: Colin Burgon MP;
Rene Mujica Cantelar, Cuban Ambassador; Diana Holland,
National Organiser, TGWU (tbc); Robert Evans MEP
Buffet lunch, Havana Club Rum cocktails and refreshments
Organised by the Cuba
Solidarity Campaign
Download a leaflet CLICK
HERE |
Wednesday
27
September |
Defend
Council Housing
'Fourth Option for Council Housing'
Austin Mitchell MP, Frank Dobson MP, Michael Meacher MP,
Jon Cruddas MP, Jack Dromey, T&G Deputy General Secretary,
Alan Ritchie, UCATT General Secretary, Heather Wakefield,
UNISON National Secretary, Gail Cartmail, Amicus Assistant
General Secretary
Chair: Alan Walter, Defend Council Housing
6pm
– 8pm Friends Meeting House
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Thursday
28
September |
100 years of immigration
law: 1905 – 2005
You
are invited to a special Immigration Law Practitioners Assoction/Greater
Manchester Immigration Aid Unit/ South Manchester Law Centre
event
6.00 – 8.30 pm at the Mechanics Institute, 103 Princess
Street,
Manchester M1 6DD
Speakers will include:
Steve Cohen - No one is illegal
Don Flynn - Migrants’ Rights Network
Rick Scannell - ILPA
Ian Macdonald QC - ILPA
There
will be time for discussion. RECEPTION AND BOOK LAUNCH:
All
participants are invited to stay for the reception at which
Steve Cohen’s book ‘Standing on the Shoulders
of Fascism from immigration control to the strong state’
will be launched. Book details:
http://www.trentham-books.co.uk/pages/shoulders.htm
Book order form: http://www.asylumpolicy.info/shoulders.doc |
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