02 April 2006

Anti-war demo

This is from the hyperactive Bristol branch. Is anyone doing anything similar in Brighton? Outside Churchill Square, if at all...

>>> PROTEST AGAINST BBC IGNORING MARCH 18th DEMONSTRATION
TUESDAY 4th APRIL 2006 1PM

The BBC and Stop the War have been inundated with complaints about its decision not to cover the March 18 national demonstration, at which tens of thousands protested against the war in Iraq, as part of an international day of action, which saw protests in over 250 cities and towns worldwide. Stop the War Coalition is calling for protests outside BBC studios and offices across the country at lunchtime on Tuesday 4th April. This is to respond to the BBC's failure to cover the huge troops home demonstration on March 18 on national news but also to protest the general pro-government bias of much of their reporting on the war.

Stop the War groups across the country will hold protests at every BBC office.

In Bristol, the protest will be at Broadcasting House, Whiteladies Road at 1pm.. We will be leafleting the offices with a copy of a letter addressed to Mark Thompson, a copy of which you can see here.

If you live, work or study near the BBC in Bristol please try to come along. Tell your friends, colleagues, neighbours. Bring placards. Perhaps gags to symbolize BBC censorship. The BBC cannot be allowed to continue to under-report or mis-report the opinions of the anti-war movement, which is the voice of the vast majority of people in Britain that has always opposed the war.

Map here

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