No to Nato protests

30 Aug – 5 Sept

coach from Birmingham Sat 30th August 2014

Leaders of the key Western powers will gather in South Wales for the NATO summit. We need the biggest possible protests to force them to break from their aggressive foreign policy

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The momentum for organised resistance to this year’s NATO summit in Newport has grown in response to recent events.

The NATO powers give full backing to Israel, the watchdog of imperialism in the Middle East. Meanwhile, in Ukraine NATO has been stoking the flames of civil war, holding military exercises on Ukrainian soil at time fraught with international tensions – as made clear by the horrific shooting down of flight MH-17. And in Iraq, the increasing sectarian violence over the last few weeks has shown how western intervention has failed by every measure.

mass demonstration in Newport on the 30th of August. 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.

Coaches going to Newport from Birmingham Saturday 30 August return. Tickets £8. To book a ticket telephone 07771 567 496. Organised by Birmingham Stop the War

A whole week of protest is planned during the week of the summit.

Sunday 31 August: Counter Summit in Cardiff

County Hall, CF10 4UW View on map 
Speakers include:

No to Nato speakers

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. Full timetable here…

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 AllianceMore details… 


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  (Details may change due to security on this day )

Facebook event page…


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. More details…

Facebook event page…


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.

Accommodation:

  • NATO Peace Camp. Tredegar Park (facilitated by Newport Council). Camping £2 per night. http://natocamp2014.org.uk/

     

  • Ibis Newport. Telephone 01633 859058. Rooms from £25 per night.

  • Tredegar House Caravan Club Site. Telephone 01633815600. Camping from £18.40 per night. 10 minute bus ride from Newport town centre.

  • Cwm Hedd Lakes. Telephone 01633896854. Camping from £12 per night.

     

Everything you need to know to prepare for these vital protests is available on the Stop the War web site.

You can also help us build the protest by ordering our No to Nato protest postcards, which contain details of the week of action. Call 020 7561 4830or email office@stopwar.org.uk

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