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Tuesday 18th November
1800: Burning Planet march against Bush staring at Lincoln's Inn Fields (Holborn Tube)
March to go via the ExxonMobil ("Esso") offices, Aldwych, through central London to end at the US embassy. For more info see Campaign Against Climate Change.
18.30: Bring Down Bush, Brixton.
Windrush Square, Speakers, Poets and a large Statue
of the President Select.
1900: Stop the War Coaltion Rally at Friends Meeting
House, Euston Road.
Speakers to include Ron Kovic (Vietnam veteran), Harold
Pinter (playwright), George Galloway MP (ex-Labour Party),
Tony Benn, John Rees (Stop the War Coalition), Kate
Hudson (CND), MAB speaker and Caroline Lucas MEP (Green
Party).
Wednesday 19th November
(Resist Bush – Day of Nonviolent Civil Disobedience
- Throughout the day: demonstrations around London dependent
upon the itinerary of George Bush)
10.00 Critical Mass of opposition to George
Bush. Meet with bikes etc Under Waterloo Bridge
10.00 a.m. for a 10.30 set off will hook with other
events throughout the day. http://cmlondon.enrager.net/information/index.htm
(seems to be temporarily out) http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=fa75f60a88adba8891f58c3e21280d0d&threadid=60248
11.00: Alternative State Procession
(Stop the War) Cavalcade with cyclists, taxi drivers,
scooter clubs etc. following open carriage. Procession
starting Jubilee Gardens (the park at the London Eye).
http://www.stopwar.org.uk/Resources/altstateproc.pdf
11.00: School students rally. Parliament Square.
12.00: Sambistas Street Party at Central London location.
(Details TBA)
12.00: Street party, Malet St just outside
the University of London Union. Bring costumes, agit-prop,
bikes and fun, for a good old fashioned street party
(c/o Young Greens) www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/11/280462.html
13.00: O-I-L Womens peace picnic. Top end of Trafalgar
Sq.
15.00: ResistBush Tea Party at Buckingham Palace,
meet at Victoria. (NVDA)
16.30: Picket outside ESSO building, on the
Aldwych, near to the LSE (London School of Economics).
"Let the employees of ESSO and assembled media
know exactly why the ties between George Bush and big
oil are so strong...and why ESSO is one of the powers
behind the throne of an idiotic, dangerous President."
Bush is Esso's puppet, its time to cut their strings!.
(c/o Young Greens)
17.00 Film Showing of "Walker" Alex
Cox introduces Walker, his film about Nicaragua. Prince
Charles Cinema, 7 Leicester Place, London WC2, nearest
tube Leicester Square. Tickets are £7 each from
the box office(1:30pm to 9pm): 0207 494 3654
20.00 Film Showing of "The Deal" and
Ken Loach's "9/11" Stephen Frears will
attend the showing, his recent TV film about events
surrounding Tony Blair’s rise to power. Ken Loach
will then introduce his segment of 9/11 dealing with
‘the other September 11th’ – the coup
against the democratically elected government of Chile
in 1973.
Prince Charles Cinema, (see previous entry for details)
20.30 Tell me lies... An Evening of Poetry and
Music
With: Adrian Mitchell, Mike Rosen, Saadi Yousef,
Mark Steel and Tino Gonzales & band. Camden Centre,
Bidborough Street (Opposite Kings X Station). Tickets
cost £7 (concessions £5). To reserve a ticket
call 0207 053 2153/4/5/6 or e=mail to: office@stopwar.org.uk
Thursday
20th November
All day, All creeds, All UK - MAB
day of Fasting for details see: www.mabonline.net/media/press_releases/articles/fastagainstbush31.10.03.htm)
13.00: 'Dharma-Yatra-style' walk to Buckingham Palace
where we will sit and meditate. Meet outside the Odeon,
Marble Arch. 07810 822786 FOR MORE INFO.
1400: NATIONAL DEMO AGAINST BUSH. starts from
outside ULU (University of London) on Malet Street,
London to finish at Trafalgar Square where a statue
of George Bush will be pulled down. Organised by Stop
the War Coalition, CND and Muslim Association of Britain.
18.00 - Critical Mass to welcome George
to town. Meet under Waterloo Bridge, bring noise makers,
lights, sounds, love and energy.
Friday
21st November
1100: Guantanamo Bay protest at US Embassy, Grosvenor
Square 12.00 - LAAW National Day of Action
on the 21st November to launch investigation of war
crimes by Tony Blair PM. LAAW is calling for an investigation
of the British Prime Minister T. Blair for War crimes,
and its activists will be presenting a petition to Scotland
Yard. Legal
Action Against War . More info:www.stopwar.org.uk/bulletin.asp?id=071103
TBA- Trial of Bush with key lawyers &
a People's Assembly (Details Soon)
TBA- 'Goodbye Bush' concert. More
Details Soon.
Sunday 23rd November
If you get nicked during the protests, the Legal
Defence and Monitoring Group will be holding an
advice session on 2pm at London Action Resource Centre,
62 Fieldgate St, London E1 1ES. 020 7377 9088.
Some Events Outside London Wednesday
19th November in Bristol – A Bush Statue
will be toppled.
Friday 21st November in Sedgefield
– local activists in Tony Blair's constituency
will be their to "greet" the unwelcome Bush
when he visits their Durham constituency. www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/11/280468.html
ONGOING - Throughout Bush Visit
Chasing Bush - the very first project of the passive resistance
network, interwebnet.org.
Very soon we'll be launching a special online diary,
designed to track George W. Bush for the duration of
his visit to the UK. Submissions are requested by phone/mobile/etc.
IF YOU SEE GEORGE W. BUSH, EMAIL OR TEXT THE TIME AND
LOCATION TO: bush@interwebnet.org - To send a text,
enter the email address, then a space, then send to:
07766 404 142
Bare your bum to bush - www.bloggerheads.com/can_weblogs/bush_bum.asp
Bush not welcome - Pretzel Campaign
antiwar.notnethosting.com/
SCRAP BUSH! Call to women's action!
Women's shaving protest! Includes the call for women
to join in protest by shaving their bushes and sending
the trimmings to the Queen. Put them in an envelope
with a note saying, "We've got rid of our bush,
you get rid of yours!" When you have done this
please send us an e-mail at: God_shave_the_queen-s@yahoogroups.com.
You don’t have to put your name if you don’t
want to, we would just like an idea of the number of
women who have taken part in the action. www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/11/279894.html
or www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2003/11/280538.html
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