Fwd: Fw: Two vital events in the next few days

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Date: Fri, May 20, 2011 at 3:22 AM
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Stop the War Coalition" <office@stopwar.org.uk>
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Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:30 PM
Subject: Two vital events in the next few days

STOP THE WAR COALITION
Newsletter No. 1204
19 May 2011
Email office@stopwar.org.uk
Tel: 020 7801 2768
Web: http://stopwar.org.uk
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IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
1) PROTEST WHEN OBAMA MEETS THE QUEEN 24 MAY
2) CONFRONTING ISLAMOPHOBIA: CONFERENCE 21 MAY
3) USING ANTI-MUSLIM HATRED TO SELL NEWSPAPERS

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1) PROTEST WHEN OBAMA MEETS THE QUEEN 24 MAY

STOP THE OBAMA WARS : TUESDAY 24 MAY 5.30PM
BUCKINGHAM PALACE LONDON SW1A 1AA
Called by Stop the War and CND

President Obama is visiting Britain next week. It is important he
and the world understand that the wars in Afghanistan and Libya
are deeply unpopular here.

Far from bringing an end to George Bush's wars, President Obama
has presided over attacks on Yemen, Pakistan, Somalia and Libya,
as well as the continuing occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan. He
is spending more on military operations than any previous US
President.

The latest war in Libya is in stalemate, despite Nato having made
over 2000 bombing raids. The International Crisis Group has just
reported that the war is making progress to democracy less likely
in Libya, and creating huge numbers of civilian casualties. (SEE
http://bit.ly/mAyVU3 )

Despite the death of bin Laden, Nato continues to escalate the
war in Afghanistan.  This week, a night raid killed four
civilians in northern Afghanistan, which provoked anti-US
demonstrations of several thousand. Afghan government forces shot
dead 10 of the protesters and injured 50 more. (SEE
http://f24.my/kItM0R )

Obama's promises to "reach out" to the Muslim world and make a
priority finding a path to peace for Palestinians, have proved to
be worth less than the breath that uttered them, with nearly all
of the six countries he has attacked being Muslim, and Israel
allowed to continue its flagrant violation of countless
international laws.

Obama's latest speech on the Arab Spring uprisings was just
another round of his windy rhetoric. His statement that, "The
United States opposes the use of violence and repression against
the people of the region", will have provoked more than a few
gnashing teeth across the Arab and Muslim world, given how it is
America that has supported the dictators and despots doing most
of the repressing over the past decades. (SEE  Arming despots:
Obama and the Middle East arms trade: http://bit.ly/lvpHb9 )

Rather than being a candidate for "change", Obama has continued
most of George W Bush's "war on terror" policies, and in some
cases extended them. The demonstration next Tuesday, when Obama
is at Buckingham Palace, will call for an end to the three wars
he is now waging, all of them opposed by large majorities in both
the US and Britain.

SEE: HOW OBAMA THE "CHANGE" CANDIDATE BECAME THE
MORE-OF-THE-SAME PRESIDENT: http://bit.ly/jmBYD0

PLEASE NOTE: LONDON GUANTÁNAMO CAMPAIGN
We will be protesting at Buckingham Palace alongside the London
Guantánamo Campaign demonstration, which will be calling for
Shaker Aamer's release and the closure of Guantánamo. (SEE
http://bit.ly/lzwRvP )

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2) CONFRONTING ISLAMOPHOBIA CONFERENCE 21 MAY

CONFRONTING ANTI MUSLIM RACISM IN BRITAIN AND EUROPE.
SATURDAY 21 MAY 11AM - 6PM
LONDON MUSLIM CENTRE
WHITECHAPEL ROAD, LONDON E11JX
Nearest Tube:  Whitechapel

Prejudice against Muslims is turning in to open state repression
in many countries, a fact shockingly illustrated by the arrest of
veiled Muslim women on the streets of France.

We are very pleased that Kenza Drider, the courageous French
Muslim who has been arrested by police for defying the ban on the
veil, is joining the platform for Saturday's conference against
anti-Muslim hatred, called by the Enough Coalition.

Also speaking are: Rizwaan Sabir, the Nottingham student arrested
by police for researching into Al-Quaeda; Aisha Alvi, who defied
a ban on the Hijab in her school in England; activist and rapper
Lowkey, Tony Benn,  Lindsey German from Stop the War Coalition;
Daud Abdullah from the Muslim Council of Britain; Dr Sabine
Schiffer from Germany, Salma Yaqoob, journalists Peter Oborne,
Seumas Milne and Mehdi Hasan, and many more.

This is a very important conference in the context Conference
aims to launch concerted opposition to the threat of
Islamophobia. Please do everything you can to attend and spread
the word.

CONFERENCE DETAILS & FULL SPEAKERS' LIST: http://bit.ly/f43fUZ
CONFERENCE AGENDA: http://tinyurl.com/6dkpzrp

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3) USING ANTI-MUSLIM HATRED TO SELL NEWSPAPERS

It's open season for telling lies about Muslims when the media
want to use Islamophobia to sell newspapers. From BOMB THREAT
AGAINST CORONATION STREET to MUSLIMS WANT TO BAN CHRISTMAS, they
just don't care if the result of a fabricated story is the spread
of prejudice and race-hatred, as long as it boosts circulation.
This video looks at examples from the Express, Mail, Sun and
Telegraph: http://bit.ly/jD4XuZ

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