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SEPTEMBER 11 RELATIVES SPEAK IN LONDON
US Sept 11 Relatives to Speak Out Against Sanctions and War
London: Public Meeting 21 Feb. and Conference 23/24 Feb. 2002
Voices in the Wilderness UK http://www.viwuk.freeserve.co.uk
ARROW http://www.justicenotvengeance.org
Public Meeting Thursday 21 February 2002
As many of you will have seen, relatives of victims of September 11 are currently in Afghanistan, making a powerful statement for
reconcilation and nonviolent alternatives to war and revenge. ARROW and Voices in the Wilderness UK find themselves able to bring over two, perhaps three, relatives to speak out in the UK
against war and vengeance.
1) PUBLIC MEETING 'Justice Not Vengeance'
"Family Members Of Victims Of 11 September Speak Out Against Military Retaliation And For An End To Economic Sanctions On Iraq"
7pm, Thursday 21 February 2002, Friends House, Euston, London WC1
Amber Amundson, who lost her husband Craig Scott Amundson in the Pentagon on 11 September 2001, and Ryan Amundson, Craig's brother, are travelling to the UK to speak out against the politics of revenge, and against economic sanctions on Iraq. Amber and Ryan led the 'Walk for Healing and Peace' from Washington DC to New
York (facilitated by Voices in the Wilderness US) in November 2001.
Amber wrote in the Chicago Tribune on 25 eptember last year, 'I have heard angry rhetoric by some Americans, including many of our nation's leaders, who advise a heavy dose of revenge and
punishment. To those leaders, I would like to make it clear that my family and I take no comfort in your words of rage. If you choose to
respond to this incomprehensible brutality by perpetuating violence against other innocent human beings, you may not do so in the name
of justice for my husband.'
Other speakers:
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, journalist/writer (Independent)
Milan Rai, Voices in the Wilderness UK
Chair: Bruce Kent, CND
Public Meeting sponsored by Voices in the Wilderness UK and ARROW. Free entry.LINKSwww.viwuk.freeserve.co.uk
www.justicenotvengeance.org
Last modified: Thursday, February 7, 2002
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Previous stories
War Reporting
Alice Mahon MP with Peter Gowan, New Left Review.
Emergency security measures in USA curb basic freedoms
THE PAPERS’ WAR
28 November: Open meeting - Coverage of the (War) Crisis
War in Afghanistan - BBC Editorial Policy Guidelines
Free Press special issue - War in Afghanistan
1 November - NUJ meeting
4th November - Caryl Churchill's 'Far Away', plus Kika Markham reading from Tony Kushner's 'Homebody/Kabul'.
October 23 - MWAW rally at the BBC
How Carter and Brzezinski helped start the Afghan mess
ARROW calls for anti-war vigils on 11 November
US TV networks fall in line and salute
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