"You've got to put in prison those who deserve to be there." - Tony Blair, 6 September 2010
When Tony Blair holds a signing of his memoirs on 8 September at Waterstone's Piccadilly, there will no photos with Blair and no personal dedications allowed, and all bags, backpacks and briefcases must be handed over, along with cameras and mobile phones.
Following objections to these conditions, Tony Bliar has agreed to hold an alternative book-signing for Stop the War Coalition outside Waterstone's from 12.30pm.
Mr Bliar will be signing his pamphlet, Iraq: The People's Dossier, and will be happy to be photographed and write personal dedications.
Arrest that man!
Perhaps Tony Blair's book signing will be curtailed by a citizen's arrest, as was attempted in Dublin last Saturday. People in Britain outraged that Blair has not been held to account for taking Britain into an illegal war, have been moving his book into the crime section of bookshops.
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With the latest poll showing that only 7 per cent in Britain think the Taliban can be defeated and 72 per cent saying the troops should come home, Paul Flynn MP says, "At the moment Parliament is not doing its job. The majority of the public would like to see the troops home before Christmas, and Parliament is not reflecting that. The Government and all the main politicians are in denial on this. They are divorced from reality."
Public Meeting Wednesday 8 September 7pm
House of Commons (rightside entrance), London: All welcome
The meeting takes place the day before parliament votes on Afghanistan for the first time. Speakers include CAROLINE LUCAS MP, JEREMY CORBYN MP, PAUL FLYNN MP, JOAN HUMPHRIES (Military Families)
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A letter to MPs from military families calls for troops to come home from Afghanistan, as most people in Britain want. For further information,
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Why are US combat soldiers, who according to Obama aren't supposed to be in Iraq anymore, still getting killed in a war that is supposed to be over? |
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If the war in Afghanistan is nothing more than a cover for finding a face-saving way to declare victory and withdraw from an unwinnable conflict, why not just do that now? |
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As Blair prepares to publish his side of the Iraq story, let none forget the immense suffering of the Iraqi people and a region still on the brink of further catastrophic conflict. |
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Bombing Iran to stop an unproven plan to develop a nuclear weapon? Why not start with the US -- the world's biggest weapons' proliferator? |
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After twelve years of sanctions and seven years of occupation, the facts of daily life in Iraq give the lie to the claim that the war has been a "success". |
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New Internationalist co-editor Hadani Ditmars describes the reality behind the "success" of the 2003 Iraq invasion, which the US says is enabling it to withdraw its combat forces. |
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The case of the Afghanistan war logs and the hounding of Julian Assange prove that there’s never been greater need to speak truth to power than today, says John Pilger |
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This gesture could be part of a plan to repair Blair's image, but some say his motivation is irrelevant because the money will be so useful. Let's test the theory, says Mark Steel. |
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"I was determined not to be blind any more. I read about the history of the conflict and began to realise I had been duped. This wasn't a war about liberation, it was about strategic influence; about economics and mineral wealth." |
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Don't be taken in by claims that the last US "combat" troops left Iraq two weeks ahead of schedule and the occupation is over, says Robert Fisk. |
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The Karzai's administration in Afghanistan is fundamentalist and it's attitude towards women is largely indistinguishable from the Taliban. |
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Barack Obama and everyone else in his spin machine should go to Iraq and look a child in the eyes and tell that child that seven years of war in Iraq has been a success. |
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The Israel boycott has seen unprecedented growth after the onslaught on Gaza and the attack on the flotilla. People of conscience round the world have crossed a threshold. |
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There were cheers and smiles in Helmand Province when David Beckham met with hundreds of soldiers, but one soldier he met isn't cheering or smiling anymore. |
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Tariq Ali says it is time for Obama to abandon all pretences used to justify a war that can only lead to more deaths but no solution. An exit strategy is now desperately needed. |
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School Students Against the War
26 September: School students meeting in London: Why the War Matters. Open to all school students. Details...
Lobby your MP on Afghanistan
Parliament will debate Afghanistan on Thursday 9 September. Please lobby your MP to attend the debate and to vote for all British troops to come home.
Lobby your MP here...
Should we stay or should we go?
Former commander of UK forces in Afghanistan Colonel Richard Kemp and Labour MP Paul Flynn make the case for and against bringing the troops home from Afghanistan. Read the arguments...
CND Campaign
Lobby defence minister Liam Fox online: Trident nuclear weapons must be included in defence review. Details...
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How to get involved in the Viva Palestina convoy taking aid to Gaza... 
Hear Kate Hudson from CND interview Lindsey German on Afghanistan and the Iraq Inquiry 
