anti war conference in county clare
national |
anti-war / imperialism |
news report 
Wednesday March 30, 2005 21:45
by tracey - gluaiseacht
bobssista at care2 dot com
087 6543425
preparations are underway for a european anti war conference in county clare april 7th to 10th. people are coming from all across europe to set up a network of grassroots anti war activists
on the 7th of april people from all across europe are joining irish anti war activists in county clare, between kilfenora and lisdoonvarna in the boghill centre. the aim of this meeting is to set up a european network of anti war activist who will take an active stand against war and militarism and the arms trade. on april 7th and 8th we will have presentations and workshops on the situations in our countries. irish presentations include, the arms trade in ireland, ploughshares actions, the shannon peace camp, the situation in nothern ireland, jail solidarity, palestine solidarity, oil companies and war and loads of others. participants from europe will give presentations on anti militarism in turkey, the anti war movement in spain and 11thmarch, bombspotting actions in belgium and others. there will be presentations on the anti war movement in the us, documentaries, films etc. we are also planning night time entertainment with reggae djs and local musicians.
this conference is being organised by gluaiseacht and eyfa, european youth for action. eyfa are also having their annual wintermeeting in clare just before the anti war conference and will also participate in the anti war meeting
accomadation and good veggie food will be available for a very low price at the boghill centre, just bring your sleeping bag and mat!
if your interested in giving a workshop or presentation on the 7th or 8th just get in touch. saturday the 8th is the day for setting up this network everyone is welcome to participate in this. and on sunday 10th were all off to shannon airport for some kind of action, to be decided by all at the meeting.
so we hope to see loads of you in clare next week!
Comments (2 of 2)
Jump To Comment: 1 2Here are a few reasons why you should come to Shannon, Co Clare for this peace gathering. Over 100,000 innocent people have been killed in Iraq since 20th March 2003. Well, thats 100,000 reasons for comming to Clare. Most of this killing has been perpetrated by US military forces that have been allowed pass through Shannon airport. This complicity in mass murder must be stopped.
A senior UN spokesperson has also just released a report that malnutrician and virtual starvation among young children has actually increased since the US invaded Iraq, and also cited continuing deliberate targeting of water treatment and sewerage plants by US forces in Iraq. This is leading to the deaths of large numbers of children by disease.
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=68866&condense_comments=false#comment102946
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=68921;
Refuelling Murder at Shannon 19 March 2005;
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=69038
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=69143;
You can make a real difference as an individual, if you care.
Click on Events Calendar, April 7, for more details of this meeting.
Looking forward to seeing you there Ed.
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