Latest Events from MWAW

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1. BBC debates Iraq on Thursday

2. Americans against the war: meeting next week

3. "Warcrime": artists expose the reality of war

1. Reporting War on Iraq: The Challenge for Public Service Broadcasting With speakers: Mark Damazer, Deputy Director, BBC News Andrew Murray, Chair, Stop the War Coalition Thursday, March 27, 7pm Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research Stanhope Place, London W2 (200 yards from Marble Arch tube) Tel. 0207 479 5900 organised by Media Workers Against the War Tel 07801 789 297 2. Americans Speak Out Against the War! Between 29 March and 4 April, two prominent US anti-war activists will be touring Britain. Their visit is an excellent oppurtunity to promote anti-war discussion and action. They are: Michael Letwin: founder and convenor of New York City Labor Against the War, long-time trades union and anti-racist activist. He was one of the organisers of the 500,000 strong 15th February demonstration in New York City. Anthony Arnove: editor of ‘Iraq Under Siege' (Pluto Press), described by Arundhati Roy as "a brilliantly collated body of unrelenting, undeniable evidence of the horrors of sanctions and war upon the people, in particular the children, of Iraq." A regular contributor to Znet. Come and hear these brilliant speakers: Saturday, 29 March (daytime) - Labour Against the War, Friends House, Central London Tuesday, 1st April, 7:30pm - Hackney, Town Hall, Mare Street, London E5, organised by Hackney Stop the War Coalition Wednesday 2 April, 6-8pm, ‘Soundings' meeting - War in Iraq - how should we oppose it? how should we understand it? Venue: Open University London, 1-11 Hawley Crescent, NW1 (near Camden tube) Thursday, 3rd April, 7:30pm - "Americans Speak Out Against the War", Conway Hall, central London, Americans Against the War meeting The Americans Speak Out Against the War tour is sponsored by Americans Against the War, Pluto Press and Red Pepper. Contact Mike Marqusee at mikemarqusee@blueyonder.co.ukM< or 0207 275 9399 for more information or to book the two visitors from the USA. 3. The world premiere of Warcrime by David Williams Warcrime exposes the gaps between CNN and real lives. Warcrime by David Williams is presented by the team that brought The Vagina Monologues to London in partnership with St Andrews Church Holborn. From the 24th of March until the 19th of April with performance times from Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm. Warcrime is the story of a real woman. In a courtroom a young waitress, killed by an off-course cluster bomb is brought face to face with the pilot who killed her. Warcrime was developed from a visit to the Serbian anti-Milosevic town of Nisch which was bombed by the Americans during the Kosovo crisis. Theatre Underground: * Box Office Number 020 7583 3913 * 24th of March until the 19th of April, performance times Monday to Saturday 7.30pm * Ticket prices £12.50 £8.50 Concessions * Mondays & Previews 2 Tickets for £12.50 (previews 24/25th March) More info at www.warcrime.org.uk Or tel 0207 8371019