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SPEAK OUT AGAINST OCCUPATION
Voices in the Wilderness has been campaigning - both here and in the US - against US/UK policy towards Iraq since the mid-nineties. First, against the economic sanctions and US/UK military strikes on Iraq and, more recently, against the invasion and occupation of Iraq.

Today, as the US/UK occupation of Iraq continues with no end in sight, solidarity with the Iraqi people is needed more than ever. Voices UK will continue to provide information and to organise protests on Iraq-related issues and to collaborate with others on more general peace initiatives.

“Consistent and inspiring ... [they] know what they’re doing, do it well and go the distance. They are people I admire tremendously.” Mark Thomas

These images were taken in Iraq in May 2002. See here.

 



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E-MAIL LIST here

UPCOMING EVENTS here

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NOAM CHOMSKY!
here

15 March - 15 April: Afghanistan Speaking Tour. See here.

4 April: NATO@60 Protest in Strasbourg. See here.

18 April: Free the EDO Two. See here.

22 April: End the War in Afghanistan. See here.

7 May:
Milan Rai in court for naming Afghan war dead. See here.

8 May: Naming the Dead of Afghanistan. See here.

26 May: Nonviolent Direct Action workshop. See here.

27 May: Die-in for NATO's Victims in Afghanistan at Britain's military nerve centre in Northwood. See here.

23 - 27 July: Peace News Summer Camp. See here.

INFORMATION
Stop Bombing Afghanistan web-site. See here.

Afghanistan, Six Years On: 13 Things You Should Know About Our "Good War."
See here.

655,000 excess deaths in Iraq since invasion. Coalition forces have killed 186,000 Iraqis. See here.

GET REGULAR WEEKLY news and information digests by email from Iraq Occupation Focus and Watching the Warmakers.

RESOURCES
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New film available on DVD
Giving a Voice to Iraqi Children: A British Muslim Girl visits Iraqi Refugees in Jordan.' The new film from Children Against the War. See here

BOOK: 7/7: The London Bombings, Islam and the Iraq War by Milan Rai. See here.

NAOMI KLEIN TALK
Making a Killing: the corporate invasion of Iraq. Listen here.

DEFEND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST: Support Brian Haw's 24-7 peace vigil in Parliament Square. See here

 





 

 


27 May 2009: A Die-in for NATO's victims in Afghanistan. See here.


Photo: Anthony Bailey
11 October 2008: Stop Bush and Cheney's Iraq Oil Grab! See here.


7 October 2008: "Unauthorised" seven-hour vigil opp. Downing Street on the seventh anniversary of the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, reading the names of those killed during the past seven years. See here.

Send this free postcard to the Canadian High Commissioner. See here. Free poster available for download here. See here for info on Voices' 10-hour vigil outside the High Commission on 26 August.


21-22 June 2008: Unauthorised "tent city" in Parliament Square to protest against deportations to Iraq. See here.


For the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, Voices has reprinted five of Emily John's anti-war images as A3 posters. See here for information and how to order.


Judges for Justice condemn the war crimes of Blair and Brown on the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.
See here.


Send a copy of this (free) postcard to your MP. See here.


A protest in Southend at a BP petrol station - part of the Hands Off Iraqi Oil day of action, 23 Feb 2008. Hands Off Iraqi Oil is a UK coalition opposing any foreign exploitation of Iraq's oil reserves that rips off the Iraqi people. Members include Corporate Watch, Iraq Occupation Focus, Jubilee Iraq, PLATFORM, Voices UK, and War on Want. Supporters include Naftana and the Stop the War Coalition.


7 October 2007: Peace Walk on the Sixth Anniversary of the 2001 Invasion of Afghanistan. See here.


Send a copy of this (free) postcard to Gordon Brown. See here.


Order free copies of this card to Gordon Brown. See here.


Mass Civil Disobedience at this September's Labour Party Conference (23 - 28 September 2007). See here.


23 - 28 June 2007: 'War is Still the Issue' Peace Camp in Parliament Square.
See out Blair with Brian Haw, See in Brown with Brian Haw. See here.


15 May 2007: Stop the Great Iraq Oil Rip Off! Demo outside Shell's AGM.
See here.


18 March 2007: 186,000 Iraqis killed by US/UK forces.
'Illegal' demo marks the 4th anniversary of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. See here.


October 2006: No More Fallujahs.
A weekend of nonviolent resistance to the occupation of Iraq on the 2nd anniversary of the Nov 2004 US/UK massacre in Fallujah. 28-29 Oct 2006. See here
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April 2006: Naming the Dead - Mass civil disobedience against the occupation of Iraq
on the 2nd anniversary of the April 2004 siege of Fallujah, 2 April 2006. See here.



Image: Emily Johns.
November 2005: Remember Fallujah. A call for events to mark the 1st anniversary of the devastating US-led assault on Fallujah. See here


The London Bombings: An Anti-War Response. See here


World Film Premiere with John Pilger: 'A Letter to the Prime Minister: Jo Wilding in Iraq' (Julia Guest 2005). 7pm, 24 May. Barbican, London. See here.


Justice for Fallujah's Refugees. Night-long protest in Parliament Square, 22-23 December 2004. See here for details..


Resist the Assault on Iraq's Cities! See here for pictures and accounts from some recent actions, Autumn 2004.

April: Fallujah / August: Najaf / November 2004: a massive new military assault on Fallujah is imminent. Do you have a contingency plan? See here for information and a range of emergency actions you can take.
The Iraq War Fat Cat Tour: Exposing the British Companies Making a Killing out of Iraq. 4 September 2004, London. See here for report and pictures.

Stop the Killing - End the Occupation. Emergency protest opposite Downing Street on 15 August 2004. Called by Voices and Iraq Occupation Focus. See here for brief report.


The occupation hasn't ended! The Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army (CIRCA) occupy the offices of Leeds Labour Party HQ to protest the bogus 28 June 2004'power transfer' in Iraq. See here for reports and pictures from actions in Anglesey, Matlock, Wrexham and Leeds.


Corporate 'executives' with their snouts in the trough - a protest at the Iraq Procurement 2004 conference (sponsored by Shell, Exxonmobil etc etc) calling for genuine and democratic reconstruction in Iraq and justice for Iraqi workers, 26-29 April 04. See more BBC’s John Simpson refuses to speak at Iraq business conference (22 April 04). See more.


EMERGENCY DEMO against US/UK repression and killing in Iraq, Downing St, Sun 11 April, 12 noon
See report & info


19 March 2004: To mark the first anniversary of the invasion and occupation of Iraq, Voices and friends staged a theatrical protest and tour or Whitehall with 5 performances. See a report of the event in pictures and read the 'accounting of the occupation' and testimonies of individuals.


24 Feb 04, Voices took part in the International day of protest against the corporate invasion of Iraq: Stop Bechtel & Halliburton MAKING A KILLING..OUT OF THE KILLING in Iraq. See more.


'What is really going on in Guantanamo?
This performance formed part of a public rally against internment without trial at Guantanamo, in the UK, in Afghanistans, Iraq and in the US, 13 Dec 2003 - supported by Voices UK. Sign the petition


Stop the corporate invasion of Iraq
- protests outside corporate conferences highlight the intention of the unelected authorities in Iraq to sell off the Iraqi economy and the profiteering of some of the biggest corporations in the world from the misery of Iraq
see more information, images and download materials


19 Sept 03 Six months on
- a memorial was held in London for the 20,000+ people killed in Iraq since the invasion
see more information, images and download materials

 
17 August 03 - Kids Against Clusters and supporters march to Downing Street see more.

6 August 03 - a vigil to mark the 13th anniversary of economic sanctions on Iraq - see more 

Voices UK - campaigning in solidarity with the people of Iraq
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