Performance from two fabulous singer/songwriters!
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The Labour Party Conference takes place in Manchester at the end of September. Gordon Brown and his government are increasingly unpopular not least because of their refusal to bring the troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan and stop supporting the policies of the US government. Stop The War and CND are organising a demonstration in Manchester on Saturday 20th September to call for the troops to be brought home – we want a change of policy irrespective of who is prime minister.

There will be coaches from Bristol leaving at 8.15am from Anchor Rd (opposite @Bristol)

For a map see: http://www.multimap.com/maps/?hloc=GB|bs1%205db

Tickets £14 waged, £7 unwaged. To reserve a ticket please email bristolstopwar@hotmail.com giving your name, address & phone number.

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The Labour Party Conference takes place in Manchester at the end of September. Gordon Brown and his government are increasingly unpopular not least because of their refusal to bring the troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan and stop supporting the policies of the US government. Stop The War and CND are organising a demonstration in Manchester on Saturday 20th September to call for the troops to be brought home – we want a change of policy irrespective of who is prime minister.

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Planning meetings are the last Thursday of ever month, 7.30pm in St Werburghs Community Centre, Horley Road, Bristol. All welcome.
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Convincing a woman to drop her baby to embrace a belt of explosives is something that needs urgent academic study.
This study is written by a female Muslim researcher and journalist worked 15 years in the Media in the Middle East. Now NUJ member at Bristol branch,and creator of Palestinian Mothers Network to promote peace throught Motherhood between Palestinian and Israeli mothers.
This study is a deep look byoned the titles and the headlines. A psycological and sociological look inside the Iraqi women society. read full story / add a comment

Without conflict there is no music. Your Naked Voice is a wondrous power inside you that can spontaneously transform negative energy into positive human feeling through silent, spoken and sung vocal practices. You will leave this workshop with skills for engaging creatively with every day conflicts. Focussing on the integration of our instinctual, intuitive and insightful nature this workshop will introduce you to principles and practices of the Naked Voice as they have been effectively applied in personal, national and international mediation initiatives. read full story / add a comment

You can get the Islam Channel on Sky (UK) Channel 813 or via the internet at www.islamchannel.tv (world-wide).

It will be good to think of our friends in Palestine watching this film, especially in Marda, East Jerusalem and the other towns features.

In Bristol local supporters will be meeting for a meal and drink to watch the film:-

7pm at the Sahara Café off St Mark’s Road near the railway bridge
(look for the silver chairs outside) BS5 6DL

and later at

8.30pm at the Plough Pub, (home of the Easton Cowboys football team) Kilburn Street, BS5 0EG - End of Chelsea Road opposite Easton Community Centre.

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The Elephant in the Room examines the impact of 911 on British and American culture. From the 911 truth campaigns, through to the Muslim psyche in Modern Britain. The film culminates in New York on the 6th Anniversary, to see a nation torn apart over what exactly happened on the day. Stunning revelations from 911 first responders make the film both powerful and revealing. 'Best UK Documentary' at the London Independent Film Festival 2008. read full story / add a comment

Tibetan Buddhist monk Jamyang Ketup has come over from Nepal specially to create a traditional Sand Mandala for Refugee Week. The process is a sacred one, combining deep meaning with great beauty – and culminating in a ritual destruction of the whole week’s work. You can watch Jamyang at work – and you can have a go yourself! read full story / add a comment

George Bush's itinerary for his visit on Sunday 15 June is now confirmed. Tea with the Queen at Windsor at 3pm then dinner at Downing Street. The time of the Stop the War/CND demonstration has therefore been changed. The coach from Bristol will now leave at 1pm from Anchor Road, returning from London at 8pm. Tickets are still available. Phone 07810 000083 or email bristolstopwar@hotmail.com to get a ticket read full story / add a comment

Please get there if you can to support our own great socialist singers in their good works, thank you.
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George Bush is on the European leg of his Farewell World Tour in early June and is visiting London on Sunday June 15th.

The Stop The War Coalition is organising a demonstration in London to say loud and clear that Bush is not welcome here and to insist that the British government end its slavish support for his wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia and his threats to attack Iran and Syria. read full story / add a comment

George Bush is on the European leg of his Farewell World Tour in early June and is visiting London on Sunday June 15th.

The Stop The War Coalition is organising a demonstration in London to say loud and clear that Bush is not welcome here and to insist that the British government end its slavish support for his wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia and his threats to attack Iran and Syria. read full story / add a comment

The organisers of the Festival Of Ideas have announced that the John Bolton meeting on May 29th is cancelled. See

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Join the protest against John Bolton speaking in Bristol - May 29th 7pm, Watershed read full story / add a comment

Thursday, May 15th, 2008, commemorates 60 years of the Palestinian Nakba. In 1948 three-quarters of a million Palestinians living in the areas that became the state of Israel were ethnically cleansed. More than 500 Palestinian villages and towns were depopulated and later destroyed to prevent the return of the refugees.

NAKBA DAY OF ACTION IN BRISTOL
Meet 9.30am outside Miners Arms Pub, Mina Road, St Werburghs, Bristol
For 10.00am Tree-planting for Palestine at Narroways Junction
Followed by a day of Boycott-Israeli-Goods stalls and leafleting throughout the city
(Transport provided)
Culminating with a Special Peace Vigil
5.30-6.30pm on the Centre, opposite the Hippodrome.

Join us for a day long action in support of Palestine read full story / add a comment

Bristol PSC is running a coach to the National Demonstration for Palestine in London.

Saturday 10th May 2008 London

END THE SIEGE ON GAZA – FOR THE RIGHT OF RETURN – END ISRAELI OCCUPATION

*** 60 Years Since the Nakba ***

Assemble 1pm Temple Underground station/ Victoria Embankment, rally in Trafalgar Square.
http://www.palestinecampaign.org/?sel=35&page=157

Organised by: British Muslim Initiative, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Palestinian Forum in Britain.

Supported by: UNISON, Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), Unite the Union/Amicus, Unite the Union/T&G, Communication Workers Union, GMB, TSSA, RMT, Fire Brigades Union, National Union of Miners, Association of Palestinian Community UK, Amos Trust, Friends of Al Aqsa UK, War on Want, Jewish Socialist Group, Pax Christi, Stop the War Coalition, Britain Palestine Twinning Network , ICAHDUK, Friends of Lebanon, Midlands Palestinian Community Association.

Speakers include:
Dr Mustafa Barghouti
Olfat Mahmoud, from Bourj al Barajneh camp in Beirut
Prof Manuel Hassassian
Tony Benn
Caroline Lucas MEP
Hugh Lanning, DSG PCS
Baroness Jenny Tonge
Richard Burden MP
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Kerry McCarthy, MP for Bristol East and member of the All-Party Britain-Palestine Group, was one of the speakers at the Palestinian Nakba Conference at the Malcolm X Centre in Bristol on Saturday 26th April 2008. read full story / add a comment

Distinguished political science professor Ilan Pappe, who recently fled to Britain after receiving daily death threats in his native Israel, will be the guest of honour at a conference in Bristol later this month.

Professor Pappe, whose parents were refugees from Hitler, was a senior lecturer at the University of Haifa – until his outspoken call for a boycott of Israeli universities until Israel recognises the rights of the Palestinians, led to his receiving death threats.

Pappe, who now teaches at the University of Exeter, remains unrepentant. “I believe that things will change, only if Israel receives a strong message” he says, “a similar boycott was imposed on South Africa. It eventually led to the end of apartheid.”

Pappe supports the idea of a single state in Israel, where, both Palestinians and Israelis could live together in equality and peace. read full story / add a comment