We want to commemorate the dead in Gaza due to Israeli 'Cast Lead" war last year.( More than 1,400 dead, of which 370 were children, 5,000 badly injured and 350,000 left homeless)

On the 1st Jan 2010 we will assemble at the Library in West Side, Galway City at 2pm.
We will then march peacefully via Cathedral to Shop St and  on to Spanish Arch.

Some groups want to pose on bridges, we may do this on Salmon Weir Bridge

Please bring Palestinian flags banners and placards.
Sheik Khalid from the mosque in Galway is advising all his congregation to support the march.
People of all religions and none are all welcome.

The Viva Palestina Convoy of 250 vehicles, 500 people from 20 different countries are still stuck in the Port of Aqaba in Jordan as the Egyptians will not let them enter Egypt!
15 members of the convoy started a hunger strike, more are to join them .

Please pass this on to your friends and family we need as many people as possible in this Peace march to show our solidarity with the children and families in Gaza who are still suffering one year later with nothing but broken promises!

Galway-palestine children's charity fund

The Galway Alliance Against War  warmly invites you to  our

"New Year's Peace Party"
to bid Good Riddance to the War Years of the Noughties,
and to Welcome in a new Decade for Peace.

Friday 1st January 2010 from 7pm in the Rowing Club, Woodquay, Galway City

There will be an Afghanistan theme to the occasion with Afghan war slide show, exhibition, talks and music...all for free. People are asked to bring along a dish of food to share if they are able. Bar service available.

Please come along and join in for a natter or for the night.

Also if you have any resources that we could possibly use  e.g. photos/posters/videos/slide shows/music please contact:

Dette 5dette@eircom.net

And finally, we are hoping to have musicians that have anti-war/peace sentiments. If you can fit the bill please also contact Dette as above.

thanks for any assistance you may be able to give.
wishing you a peaceful festive season,

dette mc loughlin
gaaw convenor

Photo Exhibition: Defending Hope In Gaza (11th - 22nd Jan)

Runs from 11th to 22nd Jan

(Posted on behalf of Front Line Defenders)

Front Line would like to invite you to attend the opening of “Defending Hope in Gaza”, a photographic exhibition which shows how the people of Gaza are bravely struggling to survive, while the work of human rights defenders is restricted by limitations on freedom of movement.

THE PEOPLE'S DOSSIER VERSUS THE DODGY DOSSIER

Have you submitted your question to Tony Blair for the People's Dossier, which Stop the War will be presenting to the Iraq Inquiry?

The Irish Anti-War Movement (IAWM) will hold a demonstration this Friday January 29th at 5pm outside the British Embassy in Ballsbridge, Dublin. The protest has been organised to coincide with the appearance of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair before the Chilcott inquiry, where he will answer questions about his role in launching the war on Iraq in 2003.

The protest will coincide with a series of protests taking place in Britain at the Chilcott inquiry and on the previous day (Thursday 28th) at the international conference on Afghanistan, hosted by current British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.

The IAWM, like its British counter-part, the Stop the War Coalition, believe any serious inquiry into Mr Blair's role in the Iraq war could only conclude that he told multiple and deliberate lies to justify an aggressive and illegal war.

Similarly, the British and Irish anti-war movements believe that the international conference on Afghanistan being hosted by Gordon Brown, the day before Mr Blair's appearance at the inquiry, is a cynical attempt to re-brand the hugely unpopular war in Afghanistan as the "good war," when it is one equally as immoral as that fought in Iraq.