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International Conference: Confronting War Ten Years On
an article by Newsletter of Stop the War Coalition
It is because we still live under the threat of ongoing and new wars that Stop the War has organised an international conference to focus and provide fresh impetus to the anti-war movement. The conference will bring leading figures from around the world together and be a platform to launch new initiatives. Buy your ticket today.
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International Conference: Confronting War Ten Years On. Saturday 9th February 2013 - Friends House, Euston, London. Full details about the conference can be found at www.tenyearson.org.uk. Share the event with your friends on Facebook.
Speakers include: Tariq Ali, Tony Benn, Phyllis Bennis, Victoria Brittain, Chris Cole, Jeremy Corbyn, Brian Eno, Lindsey German, Manuel Hassassian, Kate Hudson, Owen Jones, Jemima Khan, Seumas Milne, Andrew Murray, Derrick O'Keefe, Mitra Qayoom, Sami Ramadani, Jolyon Rubinstein.
Newly announced speakers: Rafeef Ziadah, Palestinian activist and poet; Robert Montgommery, artist; Salma Yaqoob, politician and anti-war activist
Sessions include:
Iraq, Afghanistan & the war on terror
Palestine and the crisis in the Middle East
Drones and remote control imperialism
Art and war
Islamophobia and racism
Confronting war today
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DISCUSSION
Question(s) related to this article:
How can we be sure to get news about peace demonstrations?,
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Latest reader comment:
Following the peace marches of October 27, 2007, there was no information in the major news media in the United States.
For more on this see the op-ed piece by Jerry Lanson in the Christian Science Monitor.
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