Newsletter Issue 16 December 2003
This issue’s features:

VOTING FOR THE FUTURE
Election fraud is a tried, tested and obvious solution, and before you think 'they couldn't be that evil'; remember that these are people running on conviction... dark news from the USA.

NEWS
Iraq war on trial again, missing money turns up but not in Iraq, Oxfordshire farming study reveals human face of the farming crisis and more...

DIALOGUE WITH DECISION MAKERS
Corporate Watch publishes the latest study from the Oxford Research Group. This handbook is designed to enable you to quickly understand a successful method of dialogue with decision-makers.

PEACE ON EARTH?
THE MINISTRY FOR PEACE DEBATE

The case for and against...

POEMS

REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL

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DIARY

DECEMBER

22 1st Global African Youth Assembly Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. FURTHER INFORMATION : 21st Century African Youth Movement, International Coordinating Secretariat, P.O. Box 8582, Madison, WI 53708 Tel: (608) 274-8542 Fax: (253) 540-3282 EMAIL: African2000@writeme.com
22 Benefit for Leonard Peltier Defence Commitee, Joiners Arms, St. Mary’s St, Southampton with bands: Crowzone, Careless, Chihuaha Zycantah £3 (free booklet) www.freeleonardpeltier.org or joepublic23@hotmail.com
23 South Somerset Peace Group Xmas party. Bring your kids and your parents, and food and drink to share. Also some presents from the gift stalls for sale. 7.30pm Minster Rooms, Ilminster (behind the Dolphin Pub)£2 01460 53165 info@southsomersetpeace.infoaction.org.uk www.southsomersetpeace.infoaction.org.uk
26 Get BASS'ted with BASS (Brighton Alliance of Sound Systems) @ Concorde 2 Madeira Drive Brighton.10pm-3am. £3 on the door. www.bass23.org
26 Boxing Day anti Hunt demos. Contacts the Hunt Sab Association 0845 450 0727

JANUARY

9 Soil Association's 16th National Conference: Reconnecting the public with agriculture How can we reawaken a passion for good food and good husbandry? How can producers enlist the support of consumers to build a future that is environmentally and economically sustainable? Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. For further information call the Soil Association on 0117 987 4586 or website: http://www.soilassociation.org
16 Corporate Accountability and Environmental Justice (Public Lecture) 18:00-19:30, Centre for Human Ecology, 12 Roseneath Place, Edinburgh.
16 - 21 World Social Forum 2004 Mumbai, India
http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br
17-18 Reclaim the bases weekend of anti-militarist action. A weekend of non-violent action at military bases - from vigils to NVDA. Start organising an event at a base close to you. Networking via: www.reclaimthebases.org.uk reclaimbases-discuss@yahoogroups.com
21-25 World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland.

FEBRUARY

1st - Seedy Sunday - community seed swap, East Sussex, England. In Britain 97 % of our vegetable varieties have been lost in the last 100 years: varieties like green sausage tomato and trail of tears French climbing beans are now illegal to sell. Seed saving protects biodiversity, keeping rare and outlawed varieties safe for future generations. Stalls, speakers, seed potatoes, organic cafe and more. Bring your own seeds to swap. FURTHER INFORMATION : Call Fran Saunders on 01273 381686 EMAIL: seedysundaybrighton@yahoo.co.uk .
12-15 The Peace Not War Four Night Music Festival, Hackney Ocean, Mare Street, London E8. £17.50 per night + booking fee. 020 7515 4702 festival@peace-not-war.org

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