[matilda] FW: Milan Rai Speaking Tour

[Benjamin Major]

From: Voices UK <voices at viwuk.freeserve.co.uk>
To: Voices UK <voices at voicesuk.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 9:17 PM
Subject: Milan Rai speaking tour + upcoming events


[A] Milan Rai: new book and April speaking tour. Make your request to host 
an event now!
[B] Naming the Dead: Mass Civil Disobedience Against the Occupation of Iraq. 
12 noon, Parliament Square, Sunday 2 April 2006.


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[A] MILAN RAI: NEW BOOK AND APRIL SPEAKING TOUR
Make your request to host an event now!

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"This book inspired me and other survivors of July 7th. Understanding what 
happened and why is essential for healing and allows us to move forward. I 
urge all those committed to hope, healing and peaceful resolution of 
conflict to read what Milan Rai has written."
- Rachel North, writer and 7/7 survivor
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Author and activist Milan Rai - who recently became the first person to be 
charged with organising an "unauthorised" demonstration within 1km of 
Parliament - will be travelling the UK this April, talking about his new 
book "7/7: The London Bombings, Islam and the Iraq War."

Using leaked secret documents to expose the Government's lies concerning the 
causes of the 7 July bombings and providing deep insights into Islam and the 
British Muslim communities, 7/7 also explodes many of the diversionary 
theories that have been been given for the 7 July bombings eg. that the four 
men were 'brainwashed', that Islam was to blame etc...

Milan Rai's previous books include "Chomsky's Politics", "War Plan Iraq" and 
"Regime Unchanged" ('a magnificent expose of the lies that propelled the 
criminal attack on Iraq' - John Pilger).

Contact Voices UK (voices at voicesuk.org or 0845 458 2564) if you or your 
local group would like to host an event with Milan this April.

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"Milan Rai's book about the July bombings in London is clear, scholarly, 
analytical, powerful, persuasive - and very readable. Seeking the real 
explanation for those events he completely destroys the  illusion spread by 
the prime minister that they had nothing to do with Britain's illegal 
aggression against Iraq, which no-one really believes. The author, a man 
committed to peace, holds no brief for the violence in those attacks and the 
suffering they caused, but patiently takes us through the circumstances that 
played a part in motivating those who carried them out. This is a book that 
everyone with a serious interest in the crisis we face must read if they are 
to hope to understand it, its causes, its effects, and how we might resolve 
it."
- Tony Benn

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[B] NAMING THE DEAD
Mass Civil Disobedience Against the Occupation of Iraq
On the 2nd anniversary of the April 2004 siege of Fallujah

Sunday 2 April 2006
12 noon, Parliament Square

On 2 April 2004 US forces sealed off the Iraqi city of Fallujah. At least 
572 civilians - including over 300 women and children - were killed in the 
subsequent siege (www.IraqBodyCount.org). Since then, numerous other Iraqi 
towns and cities have been attacked by US-led forces for whom "mass 
detentions and indiscriminate torture appear to be the main tools"
(Financial Times, 29 June 05).

Join us in Parliament Square on 2 April 2006 to read the names of 1,000 
Iraqis who have died as a result of the invasion and occupation of Iraq and 
to demand:

- an immediate end to the US/UK military occupation of Iraq
- massive reparations and debt cancellation so that Iraqis can rebuild their 
country free from foreign interference
- prosecution of those responsible for war crimes

PLEASE NOTE: This is an "unauthorised" demonstration within 1km of 
Parliament. Under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (April 2005) 
participation in such an event is a criminal offence punishable by a fine of 
up to £1000.

NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION WORKSHOP AND LEGAL BRIEFING, SATURDAY 1 APRIL:
Where: The Front Studio, Diorama 1, 34 Osnaburgh St, London NW1 3ND (nearest 
tube Great Portland Street)
When: 11.30am - 4.30pm (NVDA workshop), 4.30pm - 5.30pm (legal briefing)
Run by Seeds for Change (www.seedsforchange.org.uk).

Organised by the Mass Action Group. Supported by JNV, the London Catholic 
Worker and Voices UK.

For more info see www.voicesuk.org or tel. 0845 458 2564