PROGRAMME

Saturday 27th September 9:30am-12:00 noon
- Workshops for sharing skills and experiences
[followed by CND/STW/MAB demo]

Sunday 28th September 9:30am-4:00pm
- The Grassroots Network: Building a grassroots anti-war network
- Workshops for sharing skills and experiences
- Plenary: Where next for the anti-war movement?

Also: Anti-War Videos. And delicious Veggies Food. And
Spontaneous Networking.

WORKSHOPS

Saturday workshops to include:
- Sharing successful local experiences
- Antiwar campaigning in the dead times (Bruce Kent)
- A 20th century history of women's campaigning against war
- Writing effective letters (Voices UK)
- Developing nonviolent direct action (Kathryn Tulip)
- Anti-war electoral action (Britons 4 Peace)
- Oil, war and climate chaos (Rising Tide)
- Presswork and alternative media skills (Indymedia)
- What role conventional media can play in campaigns? (Mike Marqusee)
- Getting better at arguing against the war (Milan Rai)

Sunday workshops to include:
- Building and strengthening local groups
- Creativity and culture in anti-war campaigning - practical skills (Theatre of War,
Forever Imber)
- Student, youth, schoolchildren meet-up (Hands Up For Peace)
- Defendants' meeting: activists' experiences of court (Phil from the B-52 Two)
- How to end the occupation of Iraq (Act Together)
- Creativity and culture in anti-war campaigning - discussion (Theatre of War
Forever Imber)
- Islamaphobia and campaigning against the war - countering anti-Muslim
backlash (Federation of Student Islamic Societies)
- The Pledge of Resistance (Justice Not Vengeance)
- Direct resistance methods of campaigning in areas of conflict
(International Solidarity Movement, International Women's Peace Service)
- Women organising against war, creating the difference (D10)
- National coalitions and local groups: the way forward (Stop the War
Coalition, CND Cymru/Welsh anti-war groups)
- Women's anti-war activism - sharing strategies and ideas (Women in Black)
- Internationally linking anti-war movements (Mike Marqusee, Donna Copnall)
- Palestinian Nonviolent Resistance (Palestine Solidarity
Campaign)
- Grassroots Anti-war Network: getting started (Network working group)
- Anti-war electoral action (Britons 4 Peace)
- The role of ideology in opposing war (Enfield Stop the War, Revolution)

ADVANCE BOOKING DISCOUNT
£10 waged/£5 unwaged in advance, £12/£7 on the door

Booking form at . Please print and return to: Grassroots Anti-War Conference, 29 Gensing Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex TN38 0HE.

If you require step-free access, please let us know in advance or when you arrive.

Donations are very gratefully received, however large or small. Please make your cheque payable to 'JNV'. Many thanks for your support.

Groups: We would be grateful for your sponsorship/support, whether or not you can attend. If you can send a donation, that would also be much appreciated. Suggested donation £10 local groups, £50 national groups.

CRASHPAD ACCOMMODATION
Crashpad accommodation is available on Friday and Saturday nights: £3 Sat night. You will need a sleeping bag and roll mat!

CONTACT DETAILS
- Grassroots Anti-War Conference, 29 Gensing Road, St Leonards-on-Sea,
East Sussex TN38 0HE
- 0845 458 3116 (local rate)
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