Bush and Blair are going for it: Time to act Davy Carlin • 8.1.03 At the European Social Forum, anti-war organisations in 11 European countries agreed to demonstrate against Bush and Blair's war on the same day: 15 February 2003. A follow-up meeting in Copenhagen on 15 December agreed to co-ordinate European-wide actions. In December a landmark conference in Cairo initiated a new International Campaign Against US Aggression on Iraq. We encourage people around the world to unite for a world-wide day of demonstrations on 15 February against the prospect of war. For more details visit: http://irishantiwar.org/ or http://www.stopwar.org.uk. In Belfast, as in Dublin, we will be holding a rally on the 15th February to tie in with the international movement and also are calling for a picket of the Belfast US Consulate (Queens St) at 4pm the day after the bombing - war - slaughter begins. To coordinate and build these events we are organising local anti-war groups. We are encouraging everybody to get involved - either in their local group or to come along to the steering meeting this Thursday to see what role you can play. Details are as follows: Steering group : Meets 7.30pm, BIFHE Brunswick, every Thursday Local groups estabished - Central Belfast, South Belfast, West Belfast, BIFHE, Queens Uni; Details of Belfast North, East and other local universities to follow shortly: For info on above groups or other anti war groups being established in the North contact Davy Carlin                       Index: Current Articles + Latest News and Views + Book Reviews + Letters + Archives

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost. - Thomas J. Watson Index: Current Articles 9 January 2003   Other Articles From This Issue:   Pressure on Sinn Fein Grows Tommy McKearney   Hiroshima non amour: Desmond Fennell’s predictable dissent Seaghán Ó Murchú   Bush and Blair are going for it: Time to Act Davy Carlin   Lied His Way In - Lied His Way Out Anthony McIntyre   Six Soldiers Annie Higgins   Imperialism - It Hasn't Gone Away, You Know Brian Kelly   Picket In Support of Human Rights Activists PATA   The Letters page has been updated.   • 5 January 2003 •   Hammering Dissent Anthony McIntyre   Maria Duce non Dulce (et decorum est) Seaghán Ó Murchú   Amnesty International & Israel: Say It Isn't So! Paul de Rooij   A Northern Majority for Irish Unity is Not Too Remote to be of Relevance Paul A. Fitzsimmons

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