Welcome
Hastings Against
War was formed in February 2003, when local peace campaigners and
anti-war activists came together to oppose the invasion of Iraq.
Its position then, and since, is that the invasion of Iraq was illegal,
immoral and unjustified.
Working locally,
and making links with other national groups, Hastings Against War
has consistently campaigned against the invasion of Iraq. We continue
to highlight conditions in Iraq as well as making links with other
anti-war groups and organisations, and joining with others to oppose
all wars.
Get Involved
Regular
Hastings Against War Meetings - June 16th at 7.30 pm and thereafter
on the first and third Tuesdays of the month.
Friends Meeting
House, South Terrace, Hastings
Ground floor - wheelchair accessible
All are welcome.
Contact
details
You can contact
Hastings Against War on: info@hastingsagainstwar.org
Or by phoning:
01424 437820
Future
events:
2008 DATES
FOR YOUR DIARY: forthcoming activities: local & national
IN AND AROUND
HASTINGS:
Unarmed forces
day
We'd like input
from YOU ...
Gordon Brown invented this national "Armed Forces Day"
and there will be a ceremony at Chatham Dock Yards. Peace News is
organizing an UNarmed Forces Day demonstration. For an article on
UNarmed Forces Day see the June issue of Peace News available locally
on request or on line www.peacenews.info
There will be an event in Hastings and those present at the last
HAW meeting discussed whether to act locally. The suggestion was
at least a letter to the Hastings Observer and then we discussed
whether to demonstrate, perhaps holding large photos of the victims
of the armed forces, and/or photos of nonviolent peace makers such
as Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and Abdul Gaffer Khan, the
"Muslim Gandhi" .
Do we want to rain on their parade?
Armed Forces Day and Summer Fair
at Alexandra Park, Hastings
10am till 4pm
Opened by the Lord Lieutenant of Sussex
special guest: Corporal Nouyakis of TV's Bad Lads Army
Tell us what you think by email or why not come along to our next
meeting ...
INFORMATION
STALL WITH PETITION
SATURDAY 20
JUNE 12 TO 2PM
In
support of CAAT Campaign Against the Arms Trade Stop Week Stop UKTI
Arms Fairs: Stop DESEIDSEi, the world's largest arms fair, is returning
to East London in September. CAAT's Stop Week aims to undermine
the government support which makes it possible by targeting UK Trade
& Investment, a government department that helps businesses
sell their products worldwide. In 2008, it opened the Defence &
Security Organisation to promote arms exports. Essentially, it now
employs civil servants to help private companies sell arms. www.caat.org.uk
FUTURE EVENTS
JULY
ST LEONARD'S
SUMMER FAIR
Saturday 11
JULY 2009
We have booked
a space in Warrior Square Gardens from 10 to 6 pm
Volunteers
need to set up and to talk to children and families about peace.
AUGUST
HIROSHIMA
DAY
Thursday 6
August
Alexandra Park
Boating Pond at sunset
Nuclear Power
Station
The government
has publicised a potential list of sites to build new Nuclear Power
Stations, perhaps predictably one of the sites is Dungeness only
18 miles from Hastings. Battles raged in the 80's when Dungeness
B was being built, the Government has changed the rules to avoid
lengthy but basically open public enquiries precisely for these
projects so perhaps it is time for a preemptive strike and start
forming a wide coalition of all groups and people with anti-nuclear,
environmental and climate concerns in the area.
Memorial Day
for Richard Crump
Postponed
- new date to be announced
Supporters'
Blogs
Check out these
blogs
Arms
Trade
Fernando's
blog
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