UPCOMING PROTESTS IN RESPONSE TO THE ATTACKS ON IRAQ'S CITIES
London, Thursday 18 November: Children Against the War vigil. Gather at 5.30pm Parliament Square for a candle-lit vigil and then a procession to Downing Street for an hour-long (6-7pm) vigil.
Hereford, Sunday 20 November: 5-7pm, High Town.
Glasgow, 16-19 November: 3pm, John Smith House, Glasgow (followed by a vigil 5pm by Donald Dewar statue).
Perth, Scotland: 11am, Saturday 20 November, Black Watch HQ.
Colchester, Saturday 20 November: 11.30am, Colchester High Street.
London, Saturday 27 November: Enough is Enough! Support the Iraqi People - Bring the Troops Home. 1.30pm, Whitechapel (assemble Altab Ali Park, Whitechapel). Org. by Muslim Association of Britain, Young Muslims Association, Newham Monitoring Project and more. Supported by Stop the War Coalition. Contact eastlondoniraqsolidarity@yahoo.co.uk or tel. 07956 210 332.

7 NOVEMBER: DEMO, WITH SPONANEOUS CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, IN WHITEHALL

PRESS RELEASE

ANTI-WAR PROCESSION LAYS FLOWERS AT CENOTAPH
Sunday 7th November, 4pm, Cenotaph

Anti-war protesters have laid white flowers at the Cenotaph as part of an emergency demonstration against the imminent US assault on Fallujah.

Two hundred protesters assembled in Parliament Square on Sunday afternoon to demonstrate against the attacks.

Displaying images from previous US attacks on cities in Iraq, they heard personal testimony from a former Fallujah resident about the US assault on the city in April 2004.

Many protesters brought white flowers to mark the tens of thousands of Iraqis – and scores of British soldiers – who have died in Iraq since the March 2003 invasion.

They took part in a funeral procession along Whitehall to the Cenotaph, where the flowers were laid, as well as a coffin and a wreath.

A small group of protesters subsequently staged a sit-down protest in Whitehall, blocking traffic for fifteen minutes.

Jonathan Stevenson, 23, a supporter of Stop the Attacks from London, said: “Our thoughts are with the thousands of non-combatants in Fallujah who have been declared legitimate targets by US forces. This misguided offensive will turn more ordinary Iraqis against the continuing occupation.”

ENDS

Contact: Jonathan Stevenson, Stop the Attacks, 07818 651124
Photographs: Molly Cooper, 07960 478659

NOTES FOR JOURNALISTS

1. Stop the Attacks is an ad-hoc collection of anti-war activists, old and new. It will continue to oppose US/UK military action against Iraqi cities.

a few hundred gather in Parliament Square

Speakers include Haifa Zangana, Iraqi writer and anti-war and anti-occupation activist

also Brian Haw, Parliament Square peace protestor

the procession up Whitehall with coffin and flowers for Fallujah

sponteneous acts of civil disobedience break out, including a brief sit-down in the road next to the Cenotaph.

two minutes silence for those who have, and those who will be, killed

the most important message

Flowers for Fallujah on the Cenotaph (thanks to Code Pink for all their work)

 

3 NOVEMBER: MORE DIRECT ACTION AT DOWNING STREET

On 3 November a lone anti-war demonstrator staged a dramatic visual protest against the imminent attacks on Fallujah, climbing onto the side of the Foreign Office building next to the gates of Downing Street, spashing it with fake blood and stencilling it with the words “Don’t Attack Fallujah, Black Watch Out” and "No More War."


At the Foreign Office, metres away from Downing Street.


Pinched!

The protestor - who's handiwork appeared on yesterday's Channel 4 News - has been charged with criminal damage and bailed to appear at Bow Street Magistrates Court on Wednesday 10th November at 10am. Support welcome!


Prio to his arrest the protestor told the photographer that “Today is a day of fear for the people of Fallujah. They need our active solidarity.”