Scoop December 2009
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==Palestine Solidarity== | ==Palestine Solidarity== | ||
| - | Wednesday December 2nd,lecture by Ben White "Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide."6 p.m. UEA Arts 0.100 == | + | ==Wednesday December 2nd,lecture by Ben White "Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide."6 p.m. UEA Arts 0.100 == |
UEA's Palestinian Solidarity Campaign | UEA's Palestinian Solidarity Campaign | ||
Chair_NPSC <chair@norwichpsc.or | Chair_NPSC <chair@norwichpsc.or | ||
| - | == | + | =NORWICH STOP THE WAR COALITION= |
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| - | + | ==WEDNESDAY 2ND DECEMBER,Committee meeting== | |
| + | 7.30PM JURNET'S BAR, WENSUM LODGE, KING STREET,NORWICH | ||
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| + | == THURSDAY 3RD DECEMBER,7PM,AFGHANISTAN FILM & Discussion,IMPERIALIST INTERVENTION & LOCAL RESISTANCE== | ||
| + | public meeting all welcome UEA, ARTS BLOCK ROOM 01.02, | ||
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| + | John Rees, a national officer of Stop the War Coalition, presents a short | ||
| + | video history of imperialist intervention and local resistance, bringing | ||
| + | the story up to the present day, when America, Britain and their allies | ||
| + | are fighting yet another unwinnable war in Afghanistan. | ||
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| + | ==WEDNESDAY 9th DECEMBER 2009,AFGHANISTAN PUBLIC MEETING | ||
| + | DEFEND LANCE CORPORAL JOE GLENTON== | ||
| + | 7.30pm in THE CURVE (downstairs) at the FORUM, MILLENNIUM PLAIN, NORWICH | ||
| + | SPEAKER: JOHN TIPPLE, (FROM JOE’S LEGAL TEAM) | ||
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| + | Lance Corporal Joe Glenton is the soldier who faces desertion charges for | ||
| + | refusing to return to Afghanistan plus additional charges for speaking out | ||
| + | in opposition to the presence of troops in Afghanistan, for which he could | ||
| + | face 10 years in prison. | ||
| + | The latest poll (for the Independent on Sunday)shows that 71% of Britons | ||
| + | back the call for withdrawal of forces within a year. They, like Joe | ||
| + | Glenton, are saying the war is not being fought in their name. | ||
| + | The Independent also reports that "this ill-conceived and ill-judged war | ||
| + | has left as many as 32,000 Afghans dead and 235,000 displaced." | ||
| + | While generals are free to speak in support of sending more soldiers to a | ||
| + | futile war in Afghanistan, when a soldier speaks out he is imprisoned. As | ||
| + | we cannot have Joe speak to us, we are pleased to have John Tipple, one of | ||
| + | his legal team, to update us on this matter. | ||
| + | Help us to make this an important meeting in our campaign to bring the | ||
| + | troops home and to support a courageous soldier. | ||
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| + | HOW TO SUPPORT LANCE CORPORAL JOE GLENTON | ||
| + | # Email: Secretary of State for Defence Bob Ainsworth: | ||
| + | defencesecretary@mod.uk or ainsworthr@parliament.uk | ||
| + | # Write: Secretary of State for Defence, Floor 5, Main Building, | ||
| + | Whitehall, London, SW1A 2HB • FAX: 020 7218 6538 | ||
| + | # Messages of support: defendjoeglenton@gmail.com | ||
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==Philosophy Public Lectures 2009, 'The meaning of life', Thu. Dec 3rd, 7.00pm, UEA Lecture Theatre 2== | ==Philosophy Public Lectures 2009, 'The meaning of life', Thu. Dec 3rd, 7.00pm, UEA Lecture Theatre 2== | ||
