June 10, 2008

ACTIVISM: GEORGE BUZH will get his cuffs in the UK ..

A PAIR OF HANDCUFFS FOR GEORGE BUSH

(source: Stop the War Coalition)
Monday, June 9, 2008

"Who's the last visitor Gordon Brown needs at a time like
this?" asks The Independent newspaper. "Step forward George
Bush." During his state visit on Sunday 15 June, Bush will
be "entertained by the Queen at Windsor Castle" and "have
dinner with Gordon Brown at Downing Street".

He will also face a national demonstration organised by Stop
the War Coalition and CND. As Andrew Murray, national chair
of Stop the War told The Independent, "George Bush should be
in The Hague facing war crimes charges over the hundreds of
thousands of civilians killed in Iraq since 2003, not being
entertained in Downing Street. Gordon Brown doesn't need a
policy brief for this meeting, just a pair of handcuffs."

The demonstration, which assembles in Parliament Square at
1pm, will include the delivery to Downing Street of numerous
handcuffs, attached to which will be quotations from leading
voices in the world of politics and the arts, giving their
reasons why mass murderers like Bush are not welcome here
(see below).

The United States' government says George Bush's visit is
"to strengthen the transatlantic partnership and to
celebrate the enduring friendship between our nations". Our
demonstration will represent the vast majority in this
country who have always opposed the Iraq war and we will be
saying loud and clear that rather than welcoming George
Bush, the British government should be denouncing his war
crimes and Gordon Brown should be fulfilling his promise to
develop an independent foreign policy by withdrawing British
troops.

Please publicise the demonstration as widely as you can and
encourage your friends, work colleagues, fellow students etc
to join the demonstration on Sunday 15 June. Leaflets and
posters are available from the Stop the War office
(telephone 020 7278 6694).

GEORGE BUSH NOT WELCOME HERE
DEMONSTRATE SUNDAY 15 JUNE, 1.00PM
PARLIAMENT SQUARE, LONDON
http://www.stopwar.org.uk/
Called by Stop the War Coalition and the Campaign for
Nuclear Disarmament


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