National Protests at Nato Summit: No New Wars
National Protests at Nato Summit:
No New Wars- No to Nato
60 world leaders, including Barack Obama, meet in the UK for
the NATO Summit on 4-5 Septemberto plan their war on the
world. From 30 August protesters will flock to South Wales for
international actions including a national demonstration, counter
summit, and week-long peace camp. Stop the War and CND
have organised NO TO NATO - NO NEW WARS protests from
30 August to 5 September.
See the timetable of action and events below.
Saturday 30 August: Mass demonstration
March through central Newport. Assembles 1pm at the
Civic Centre Car Park and marches around the town
centre ending at Westgate Square for a rally.
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Sunday 31 August: Counter Summit in Cardiff
County Hall, CF10 4UW View on map
Speakers include:
Boris Kagarlitsky Russia • Joseph Gerson USA •
Medea Benjamin Code Pink USA • Margaretta D'Arcy Ireland
• Jeremy Corbyn MP • Lindsey German Stop the War Coalition.
Sessions and workshops: • NATO expansion •
The drive to war and military spending • Ukraine and a new cold war
• Afghanistan - the endless occupation • Women and War •
Move the money • Disarmament for Development • Palestine •
Middle East: Oil & Empire • The New Nuclear Arms Race
• Militarisation & Science • Singing for Peace.
Post-Counter Summit Social: A Fundraiser for Gaza
The Full Moon, Womanby Street,
Cardiff City Centre, CF10 1BR,
Upstairs - the Moon Club.
5pm - 8pm - snacks, stalls etc.Music from 8pm.
Admission £5
Performers include: Stu and Reb from Dirty Revolution (Ska-Punk-Reggae)
Lynne Denman (unaccompanied Welsh singing),
Salih Hassan (Palestinian Oud Player), Cosmo (Folk-punk),
Novacoda (Dance), Flora Mackay (Acoustic), David Ambrose (Storytelling),
Neta Hel (Poetry), Think Pretty (Acoustic), DJS - Love &
Harmony Sounds, Shahid (Salsa Buena), Dave Grooveslave
All funds raised will go to Middle East Children's Alliance.
Monday 1 September: Newport Alternative Summit
Newport Dolman Theatre, Emlyn Square, Newport NP20 1HY,
10.00 - 5 pm.
Topics: Drones • Women and War • Iraq • Afghanistan • Ukraine
• Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty
Tuesday 2 September
Newport Alternative Summit continued
Dolman Theatre. 11am – 4pm - Sessions on Gaza • Peaceful co-existence
• Victims of NATO
Wednesday 3 September
Artists and Musicians against War. All day at the Tredegar Park Peace Camp
• Kite making • anti-facial-recognition-software makeup • placard making
• banner making • self-defence workshops • Urban Circle workshops •
Singing peace and protest workshop • Fly Kites not Drones
Revolution Rock with Birmingham band Living Field.
Open mic throughout the day until 8pm for poets and musicians.
Thursday 4 September
First day of NATO Summit.
Newport Mass Action and March on the Celtic Manor where
world leaders meet to present messages.
Gather at 12.00, Cenotaph, Clarence Place
Cardiff No dinner of death.
Protest World Leaders Castle banquet at 6pm
to send a message from Wales and the world:
Freedom for Palestine. No New Wars.
Cardiff Stop the War Coalition and Cardiff Trades Council
are calling for people to gather assemble Queen Street Cardiff
Friday 5 September
Final day of NATO Summit.
Direct Actions. Street Theatre.
Celebration party at the Pen and Wig in Newport from 6.00
Newport Peace Camp
A peace camp will be located in Tredegar Park,
Newport, from Friday 29th August for people who wish
to stay in Newport for the week. Basic facilities will be
provided and the camp is recognised by the local council
and police. Bring your own tents. The camp is asking for
a donation of £2 per night per person.
No to Nato - No New Wars
Wales could see its biggest protests in a generation as
60 world leaders meet at the Celtic Manor in Newport for
the NATO summit on 4-5 September to plan their war on the world.
Previous summits in Chicago and Strasbourg saw thousands
protest war, austerity and global inequality. From 30 August
people will flock to South Wales for international actions including
a weekend march and Counter Summit, week-long peace camp,
and protests on the summit's opening day.NATO expansion has
created a dangerous crisis in Ukraine which threatens a regional war.
NATO's nuclear armed alliance binds Europe to US foreign policy,
a foreign policy post-Iraq increasingly unpopular around the world.
It is also the military alliance currently occupying Afghanistan.
War is the enemy of the poor. At this year's summit the US will
be pressuring Western powers to increase their already huge military
budgets at a time when poverty and inequality are soaring.The world's
85 richest people have as much as poorest 3.5 billion. Money into war
is money out of our communities.
In the UK, 500,000 people had to resort to food banks last year. None
of the cuts would be necessary if the sums Britain spends on its military
and armaments were invested in social need instead of the war machine.
This autumn the powerful will make their voices heard at the NATO summit.
We must make sure that the voice of the millions around the world who
need peace and justice is also heard.
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