This Saturday: Stop Western Intervention in Syria
1) Protest Saturday: Stop Western Intervention in Syria
US Embassy Grosvenor Square London W1A 2LQ
Saturday 15 June 2013 1pm
This week senior US administration figures are discussing a big escalation in the supply of weapons to the Syrian opposition - a policy that has been pushed by Britain and France for months now.
Washington is even considering the possibility of no fly zones - the prelude to the horrific bombing campaign carried about by Britain and France in Libya.
The West's real concern is not a peaceful resolution but that the balance of power is shifting in Assad's favour.
Outside intervention in the civil war is already fracturing states in the region along sectarian lines.
If the West pumps more weapons in to Syria it can only increase the level of killing. It will ratchet up the tension making the prospect of meaningful negotiations ever more remote and threatens to spread war across the region.
Stop the War has organised a protest outside the US embassy at 1pm this Saturday June 15. Please make sure you attend and spread the word.
Others events
3 July 7pm: Parliamentary meeting - Peter Hain MP and Jeremy Corbyn MP Don't lift EU Arms embargo. No new intervention in Syria
2) Public meeting: Woolwich and the War on Terror
Conway Hall
7pm Thursday June 26
The terrible attack in Woolwich confirmed what the anti-war movement has warned of from the start: that the devastation caused by the war on terror will come back to haunt us. The reality of our foreign wars - drone attacks, night raids, indefinite detention and abuse of prisoners - causes bitterness across whole regions of the world. Campaigning against the wars is central to stopping a racist backlash.
With:
Ken Livingstone
Lindsey German, Stop the War Coalition: Terrorism and wars in Muslim countries: is there any connection?
Joe Glenton, author of Soldier Box: Of course UK wars were root cause of Woolwich killing says former British soldier
Rachel Shabi, author of Not the Enemy: The reaction to the Woolwich murder denies British Muslims a political voice
Mohammed Ali, Islam Channel