05 April 2005

NUJ editor to speak at anti-war event

Tim Gopsill, editor of the NUJ magazine The Journalist is among speakers at an anti-war conference in Sussex this month.

The event on Saturday April 23, from 11am-3.30pm is at the Brighthelm Centre in North Road, Brighton. It is organised by 'Hands Off' an anti-war forum linked to Sussex Action for Peace

It will focus on Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo and other issues raised by New Labour foreign policy. There will also be stalls and kids' activities.

Others speakers are Sami Ramadani Iraqi-born lecturer and writer; David Chandler, a writer on the politics of humanitarian intervention; Haifa Zangana, Iraqi-born novelist and antioccupation activist, focusing on women's rights; Ana Lekaj, from former Yugoslavia; Nicholas Gilby, of the Campaign Against the Arms Trade; Howard Davies, local photojournalist documenting refugee crises.

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