EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION
HANDS OFF GAZA: STOP THE BOMBING: FREE PALESTINE
SATURDAY 3 JANUARY: ASSEMBLE 2 PM
CENTRAL LONDON (LOCATION AT http://votestrike.sosblog.com)
Israel has launched a terror bombing against the people of
Gaza, with over 300 hundred dead and many hundreds more
injured. Not content after three days of devastating
slaughter, the Israeli government promises more barbarity to
come. The head of the Israeli military says, "This is only
the beginning". The people of Gaza are asking, if this is
only the beginning, what will the end look like?
An eye witness describes what happens when the world's
fourth most heavily armed nation rains down such devastation
on the civilians of the world's most densely populated area:
"People are going through the dead terrified of recognizing
a family member among them. The streets are strewn with
their bodies, their arms, legs, feet, some with shoes and
some without… Hospitals and morgues cannot cope and some of
the dead are still lying in the streets with their families
gathered around them, kissing their faces, holding on to
them. Outside the destroyed buildings old men are kneeling
on the floor weeping. Their slim hopes of finding their sons
still alive vanished after taking one look at what had
become of their office buildings."
Protests against these atrocities have already taken place
across the world with two big demonstrations in London,
called at the shortest notice, blocking the roads to the
Israeli Embassy.
Now a national emergency demonstration in London has been
organised for Saturday 3 January. Called by Palestine
Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition, VoteStrike, British Muslim
Initiative and many more organizations, the demonstration
will assemble in central London at 2 pm (locations at http://votestrike.sosblog.com).
We need to mobilize in the largest possible numbers for the
emergency demonstration. Gordon Brown needs to be reminded
that Tony Blair's support for Israel's attack on Lebanon in
2006 lead to him being forced from office. The British
government must call for the bombing to stop now and for an
end to Israel's illegal blockade of Gaza over the past year,
which has inflicted near starvation and lack of essential
resources on its people.
Please do all you can to mobilize for the emergency
demonstration:
Spread the word as widely as you can among your friends,
neighbours, work colleagues, fellow students.
Download the demonstration flyer from the Stop the War
website, photocopy or print it, distribute it as widely as
you can ( http://www.stopwar.org.uk/)
Take leaflets to your local community centre, mosque,
church, etc. Help leaflet neighbors and bus stations.
Stop the War and VoteStrike are asking all of its local groups around the
country to mobilize support for the demonstration as widely as possible.
EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION
HANDS OFF GAZA: STOP THE BOMBING: FREE PALESTINE
SATURDAY 3 JANUARY: ASSEMBLE 2 PM
CENTRAL LONDON (For specific local go to http://votestrike.sosblog.com )
