MOHAMED ELHADDAD & SAKIR YILDIRIM are back in Bristol after taking part in the Viva Palestina! aid convoy to Gaza. read full story / add a comment

MOHAMED ELHADDAD & SAKIR YILDIRIM are back in Bristol after taking part in the Viva Palestina! aid convoy to Gaza read full story / add a comment

On the 5th February, Israel and Egypt shut all borders with Gaza. Egypt has said it will close the Rafah border indefinitely as Gaza is an 'occupied territory'. No Borders UK calls for an immediate opening of Israeli and Egyptian borders with Gaza.

No Borders calls for a day of action on 27th April. Target those profiting from the siege (BAE, G4S, Caterpillar, EDO, Raytheon etc.).
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Working together creatively through Mind, Body and Spirit, we shall explore ways of developing inner peace, peace within relationships, peace in the groups in which we work and live, and a firm conviction that we can actively contribute to world peace.

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Films and Speaker - Ron Press, Former ANC Activist

Ron Press worked in South Africa for the African National Congress during the darkest days of apartheid. His talk will consider what lessons can be learned from the South African anti-apartheid struggle, when dealing with the situation in Israel / Palestine. As the campaign to boycott Israel gains momentum world-wide, his experiences take on sharp relevance. read full story / add a comment

ITT (as in EDO /ITT/MBM) are trying to hide their evil profiteering from the arms trade.
The fact that once manufactured their bloody products can end up anywhere, including
rogue states seems to be of little or no concequence.

Another examle of why six people took matters (and hammers) into their own hands
when in Brighton this January. read full story / add a comment

Mohamed Elhaddad has recently returned from the Viva Palestina! convoy to Gaza. He will be at the Bristol Stop The War planning meeting on Thursday 2nd April.

Date - Thursday 2nd April

Time - 7.00pm to 8.30pm

Venue - TGWU/Unite Offices, Transport House, Victoria Street, BRISTOL, BS1 6AY

Map: http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=51.4513&lon=...con=x read full story / add a comment

There are still tickets left on the coaches from Bristol on April 1st leaving at 9.45am from Anchor Rd (opposite @Bristol)

For a map see: http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=BS1+5DB&countryCode=GB

Tickets £14 waged, £7 unwaged. To reserve a ticket please email bristolstopwar@hotmail.com as soon as possible, giving your name, address & phone number. Or phone 07810 000083

Tickets can also be bought online at Bristol Stop The War Coalition's new website

http://www.bristolstopwar.co.uk/ read full story / add a comment

After Gaza, what chance of hope in the Middle East? read full story / add a comment

Kinswood MP and head of Committee on Arms Export Controls is today calling for a ban on arms sales to Israel. read full story / add a comment

Seven people have been on trial for a week accused of aggravated trespass at Brighton Magistrates court charged with locking on to the fence of EDO MBM/ITT on March 19th 2008 to commemorate the fifth anniversry of the invasion of Iraq. EDO supply weapons used by US and UK forces in Iraq. The defendants argued, as one part of their defence, that EDO's business was not lawful. Paul Hills, Managing Direrctor of EDO, was questioned last week over his companys' complicity in war crimes. read full story / add a comment

On Saturday 21st March about 60 people marched around Horfield Prison in Bristol in a "Wall of Sound" protest to show solidarity with those who tried to disable the Israeli war machine when Israel was in the process of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.
These people who have been locked up in Horfield Prison since the 16th January 2009 were attempting to prevent atrocities from taking place.
The worldwide revulsion of the Gaza massacres shows that the whole world accuses Israel of war crimes and crimes against humanity with the exception of the US and the UK. read full story / add a comment

He says “I’m prepared to speak out against the indiscriminate killing of civilians and other evidence of Israeli war-crimes in Gaza” read full story / add a comment

The leaders of the world's big powers will meet at the G20 summit in London in April. It is Barack Obama's first visit to Britain. It is our chance to demand a change from Bush's war policies. The Stop the War Coalition, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, The British Muslim Initiative, and CND have called a demonstration in central London on the afternoon of April 1st while Barack Obama is speaking to Parliament. We will be marching from the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square through Central London. read full story / add a comment

The leaders of the world's big powers will meet at the G20 summit in London in April. It is Barack Obama's first visit to Britain. It is our chance to demand a change from Bush's war policies. The Stop the War Coalition, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, The British Muslim Initiative, and CND have called a demonstration in central London on the afternoon of April 1st while Barack Obama is speaking to Parliament. We will be marching from the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square through Central London. read full story / add a comment

Boomchucka Circus are about to set off on a journey to Palestine. They are gonna clown around and hopefully make some of the children effected by conflict smile. They are doing a fund-raising/leaving party at the Plough this Saturday from 8pm. read full story / add a comment

Prof Ilan Pappe of Exeter University, historian and author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, will be speaking at Broadmead Baptist Church, Union Street, Bristol, on Saturday 28 March. He is the key-note speaker at a weekend conference organised by Friends of Sabeel UK. The conference programme opens on Friday evening with Beyond Belief, a presentation in music, words and film about the plight of Bethlehem under occupation, by Martin John Nichols of Christian Aid. Both days will include Palestinian food, and opportunities to buy Palestinian crafts and books. read full story / add a comment

Prof Ilan Pappe of Exeter University, historian and author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, will be speaking at Broadmead Baptist Church, Union Street, Bristol, on Saturday 28 March. He is the key-note speaker at a weekend conference organised by Friends of Sabeel UK. The conference programme opens on Friday evening with Beyond Belief, a presentation in music, words and film about the plight of Bethlehem under occupation, by Martin John Nichols of Christian Aid. Both days will include Palestinian food, and opportunities to buy Palestinian crafts and books. read full story / add a comment

Supporters, family, and members of the Turkish community are celebrating this weekend after welcoming back Sakir Yildirim from his eight thousand mile round trip delivering an ambulance loaded with practical aid to Gaza. The money to buy the ambulance was raised by the local Turkish community and left from Gloucester Road on Friday 20th February. Local people helped fill the ambulance with practical aid before its departure. read full story / add a comment

A group consisting of national and international artists, musicians and activists have come together to create greater awareness and understanding of the situation in Gaza. We are looking to stimulate debate as well as raising funds, with peaceful dialogue, utilising alternative viewpoints and open discussion. We are doing this on a voluntary basis and are looking for long-term solutions. We welcome you all to get involved and take part in whichever way you can. If all you can do is provide some catering or prizes for the raffle that would be deeply appreciated. We do still need some prizes and cake makers if you are interested. read full story / add a comment