[matilda] Sharrow Lantern Carnival plug 1

[Dan]

Allo

Same day as the Sharrow Lantern Carnival! Doh...

p.s. Get making lanterns, people! Oh, and here's a link to a poster, 
telling you dates of open workshops... more harrassing coming soon...

http://www.alacsy.org.uk/images/lanternpublicity/poster4web.jpg

Get in touch if you want more details... We'll be organising more 
workshops too, and more in the evenings...

Current dates are: March 12th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 25th and 26th...
and they're all at Highfield Trinity Church.

love

Dan

Mr Jase Malgod wrote:
> Anyone from sheff going down?
> Other news below...
> Jason
> ===========
> 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 (opp. the House of Commons)
> 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).
> Fighter bombers were used to attack residential areas, US snipers 
> targeted ambulances and at least one US battalion had 'orders to shoot 
> any male of military age on the streets after dark, armed or not' (New 
> York Times, 14 April 2004).
> 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). Thousands fo 
> Iraqis have been killed and tens of thousands forced to flee their 
> homes. Hospitals have been attacked and white phosphorus used as a 
> weapon. Unmanned Predator aircraft are now attacking targets in Iraq and 
> Afghanistan "almost every day" (AP, 12 December 2005)
> 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
> 
> ===========
> One Thousand a month tortured in Iraq
> by Paul Joseph Watson Wednesday February 22, 2006 at 10:16 AM
> 
> Dr. John Pace drops a bombshell that translates as a whisper through 
> obscure Maltese paper
> Proving that Abu Ghraib and Gitmo are the tip of the iceberg, the 
> outgoing UN human rights chief dropped a bombshell when he told an 
> obscure Maltese newspaper that as many as a thousand detainees a month 
> are being tortured to death in Iraq.
> Dr. John Pace told the obscure Times of Malta newspaper,
> "The Baghdad morgue received 1,100 bodies in July alone, about 900 of 
> whom bore evidence of torture or summary execution. That continued 
> throughout the year and last December there were 780 bodies, including 
> 400 having gunshot wounds or wounds as those caused by electric drills."
> Pace echoed previous estimates in stating that 80 to 90 per cent of 
> those rounded up and taken to prison camps were completely innocent. As 
> we have highlighted before, Iraqis are arrested for dastardly crimes 
> such as not showing their papers at checkpoints, selling alcohol and 
> shouting anti-coalition statements.
> Footage of US army personnel seizing a taxi cab and destroying it with 
> an Abrams tank was broadcast two years ago on PBS. The crime? Stealing 
> firewood.
> Regular bombing raids that indiscriminately target large groups of what 
> appear to be protesters have also been circulated on the Internet.
> Pace's comments underline the fact that Abu Ghraib is just one of many 
> torture camps that have been used throughout the country since the 
> "liberation" of Iraq and the so-called end of Saddam Hussein's brutal 
> regime of rape rooms and torture camps - and is tame in comparison to 
> the real horrors taking place beneath the media radar.
> More than half of Iraqis now say life was better off under Saddam and 
> 47% support insurgent attacks on US forces.
> ============
> Blogger bares Rumsfeld's post 9/11 orders
> Blog - http://tinyurl.com/a7626
> Guardian story - http://tinyurl.com/goady
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