August 2013 | stopwar.org.uk1) NATIONAL DEMO SATURDAY: No Attack
On Syria
2) Together Against War: Donate to fund our campaign to stop
intervention in Syria
No attack on Syria
National Demonstration: Saturday 31 August, 12 noon,
Embankment, London
National Demonstration: Saturday 31 August, 12 noon,
Embankment, London
Urgent - no attack on
SyriaBritain France and the US are poised to attack Syria. Even
ex-generals are warning that such an attack can have incalculable consequences.
It risks terrible casualties, will intensify the desperate civil war and
threatens to draw other regional powers in to the conflict.
As Stop the
War's statement on Syria points out 'It seems that the Western governments have
already made up their minds about this attack before it has even been reported
on by UN weapons inspectors.' This underlines the fact that the intervention,
far from being humanitarian, is part of a wider project of regime
change.
While our politicians appear to have learnt nothing from the
disasters of Afghanistan, Iraq most people in Britain oppose any attack. Only 9%
support British troops getting involved and only 25% back missile strike.
Protests are taking place across the country today and tomorrow -
please check here for details and phone us if you want to organise something in
your area.
Make Saturday massive
Saturday's national
demonstration is crucial. We need to be a real _expression_ of mass public
opinion. Please do everything possible to attend and promote as widely as you
can.
The demonstration is now assembling at Temple Tube at midday on
Saturday and marching via parliament and Downing Street to Trafalgar Square for
a rally. Transport has already been organised from various towns and cities,
please contact the office for more information.
Demonstrate - No attack
on Syria, this Saturday 31 August. 12 midday, Temple tube, Victoria
Embankment.
Donate now for emergency campaign.Organising
a national campaign costs a large amount of money. We have to hire
PAs, print thousands of leaflets and placards and fund travel around the
country. Already people have been very generous but we urgently need to raise a
minimum of £5,000 to have maximum impact
We are also asking all our supporters to join
the Stop the War Coalition. Becoming a member allows you to participate fully in
the Coalition and it increases our regular income, allowing us to employ more
staff and maintain a well resourced office.
Take action:
We need the maximum level of protests to stop
them plunging us in to yet another catastrophic war.
No attack on Syria
National Demonstration: Saturday 31 August, 12 noon,
Embankment, London
The national demonstration on
Saturday will gather at Embankment (near Embankment tube) and march via
Parliament and Downing Street, ending in Central London for a political rally to
say
No attack on Syria.Please do not hesitate to contact
the office on
020 7561 4830 or email
office at stopwar.org.uk
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