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<big><strong style="color: red;">Draft only, page under construction</strong></big> =UEA film series (Thursdays 7pm, UEA Arts Block, room 01.02)= ==Thursday 4th March: Norfolk Jewish Peace Group will present 'Encounter Point'== The feature documentary '''Encounter Point''' will be followed by a couple of short video clips and a slideshow from Hagar – Jewish-Arab Education for Equality, a pre-school in Southern Israel. ==Thursday 11th March: 'The Yes Men Fix the World'== ==Tuesday 16th March: DEV/PSI & LCS to present 'Venezuela: Inside the Revolution'== Followed by question & answer session with the filmmaker Pablo Navarrete. http://www.alborada.net ------------------------------ ------------------------------ =[[Image:No2id.png|130px]] No2ID events= ==13th March Norwich NO2ID Street Stall== 1-3pm at The Haymarket, Gentleman's Walk. Support for Gordon Brown, New Labour and ID cards is crumbling - come along to make sure that we decimate them all for good. ==16th March Norwich NO2ID Meeting== Tuesday 16th February, 7:30-9pm, Norwich NO2ID will be meeting at The Workshop Cafe (opposite The Black Horse), 53 Earlham Road, NR2 3AD. Find out how you can stick it to Charles Clarke and Co in the upcoming election. If you are interested in the work of the Norwich group, please join their mailing list on: http://www.no2id.net/mailman/listinfo/no2id.norwich --------------------------- --------------------------- =[[Image:NorwichStopTheWarCoalition.jpg]]Stop the War events= ==Protest at Joe Glenton's court martial hearing, Friday 5 March 2010, 9:30 am Colchester== Joe Glenton is the soldier who has refused to return to Afghanistan. The charge against Joe has been reduced from desertion to absence without leave which carries a maximum sentence of 2 years. He wrote to the Prime Minister stating:- "It is my primary concern that the courage and tenacity of my fellow soldiers has become a tool of American foreign policy. The war in Afghanistan is not reducing the terrorist risk – far from improving Afghan lives, it is bringing death and devastation to their country. Britain has no business there. I do not believe that our cause in Afghanistan is just or right. I implore you, sir, to bring our troops home." Norwich Stop the War Coalition is planning to send a delegation to Colchester to support Joe. If you are interested please contact Frank on 01493 664499 Protest To Defend Joe Glenton: 9.30am Friday 5 March The Military Court Centre Merville Barracks Off Butt Rd Colchester CO2 7UT ------------------- ==Wednesday 10th March: Film: Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo, 7pm, The Curve (downstairs in The Forum)== A new documentary telling the story of Guantánamo: torture, extraordinary rendition and secret prisons. Examining how the Bush administration turned its back on domestic and international law, rounding up prisoners in Afghanistan and Pakistan without adequate screening and often for large bounty payments. Focusing on the stories of three prisoners, Shaker Aamer, Binyam Mohamed and Omar Deghayes, 'Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo' is powerful rebuke to the myth that Guantánamo holds “the worst of the worst”. Spectacle Productions, 2009; 75 mins., directed by Polly Nash and Andy Worthington http://www.spectacle.co.uk/outside-the-law-stories-from-guantanamo Followed by Q & A session with '''Andy Worthington''' (journalist and author) and '''Omar Deghayes''' (former prisoner) The tour of the film is in association with The Guantanamo Justice Campaign, Spectacle and Andy Worthington. Screening in Norwich organised by NSTWC and Norwich Amnesty. Further information from info@norwichstopwar.org.uk, info@norwichamnesty.org.uk or http://www.norwichstopwar.org.uk. -------------- ==Norwich Stop the War steering committee meeting, Wed, March 17rd, 7.30 pm, Jurnet's Bar, Wensum Lodge== Regular meeting of the NSTWC steering committee. Open to newcomers. --------------- =='Gaza Freedom March', Wed March 24th, 7.00 pm, Wensum Lodge. Date and Venue: tbc== Peter Offord will talk about his impressions from his travel via Egypt to Gaza to join the 'Gaza Freedom March' (http://www.gazafreedommarch.org) on January 1st 2010. He will show 30 min of a documentary he shot while on this tour and give further information supported by a computer presentation. Date and venue await confirmation, so watch this space for updates. -------------- ---------------- =[[Image:TransitionNorwich.jpg|150px]]Transition Norwich events= Information on Transition Norwich and the events at: http://www.transitionnorwich.org/ ==Tuesday, 2 March, Resilience Plan meeting, 19:30 - 21:30, Take 5== ==Monday, 8 March, Strangers' Circle, 19:00 - 21:00, on request Mangreen== Having looked at the four main drivers of personal carbon reduction - energy, transport, food and stuff - we’re summing up our experiences so far and deciding what to focus on next. If you would like to join us or need any info on the group contact Tully@transitionnorwich.org ==Monday, 15 March, Transition cafe, 19:00 - 22:00, The Workshop== Social get together. ==Monday, 29 March, Food, Inc., 20:30 - 22:30, Cinema City== Food, Inc. illustrates the dangers of a food system controlled by powerful corporations that don’t want you to see, to think about or to criticize how our food is made. The film reveals how complicated and compromised the once simple process of growing crops and raising livestock to feed ourselves and our families has become. But, it also reminds us that despite what appears to be at times a hopeless situation, each of us still has the ability to vote on this issue every day at breakfast, lunch and dinner. You can purchase tickets by calling 0871 704 2053, visiting; www.picturehouses.co.uk, or in person at the Box Office. ==Tuesday, 30 March, Transition Circle West, 18:30 - 21:30, Lucinda's== We will talk about how to reduce our transport carbon footprint to half the national average. If you would like to join TCW email Erik. --------------------------------- -------------- =Other Events= ==Norwich PSC Meeting, Thu March 4th, 7:45 pm, Belvoir Community Centre== We will be continuing our Boycott Campaign activities in February. --------------------- == Radical Lawyer Michael Mansfield - Friday 5th March, 6:15pm UEA Lecture Theatre 2 == Michael Mansfield has become vocal on the importance of voting for the Green Party. The lawyer, famous for exposing government injustice and cover up, will be talking at UEA. The talk on his book ‘Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer’ will be chaired by Adrian Ramsay and will be followed by a discussion on the importance of voting Green. All are welcome to the public meeting which will be a great chance to hear the views of a Green convert who has been at the forefront of fighting social injustice for decades. ----------------------------------- ==International Women's Day event, 8th March 2010== The tentative title for the event is "The Impact of Food Production on Women Worldwide" ----------------------------------- ==Friday 12th Memorial for Ilse Bell. 2pm St Thomas Church, Earlham Road== Ilse Bell 22/2/19224 – 31/1/2010 Peace activist, friend, great- grandmother Ilse Bell passed away peacefully on Sunday, 31 Jan, 9.35 pm surrounded by family and friends, there being little distinction between the two. Those who knew her will be left with an Ilse shaped hole, but also with the inspiration of a woman who endured losses such as nobody should ever have to deal with, and who lived out the ‘never again’ testimony by refusing bitterness, by faithful, determined and above compassionate activism for peace and justice. Ilse grew up in Breslau, Germany, which is now Wroclaw in Poland. She came to England as a Kindertransport in 1938, when child protection meant putting your child on a train and praying for their survival, when your own was unlikely. Ilse's parents perished in the holocaust. Ilse led a very active life until age and frailty got the better of her. Among other things, Ilse was a teacher, active in CND, Mothers for Peace, Mothers’ Union, Christian Aid, her own family and Search for meaning, adventures in religion Above all, Ilse will be remembered for the loving and generous spirit she showed everyone, because of everything. ------------------------- ==Saturday 13th March, 7pm Belvedere Centre -Curly Blows it Dry- for The Grapes Hill Community Garden Group== Belvoir St, Norwich, NR2 3AZ Fabulous 7 PieceJump/Jive Swing Band Licensed Bar and Garden Area/Fully Accessible Venue Tickets £6 in advance, £8 on the door - 01603 616894 or contact@grapeshillcommunitygarden.org More info at: http://www.grapeshillcommunitygarden.org ----------------------------------- {{Norwich Scoop footer|}}

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