NATO SUMMIT DEMONSTRATIONS
Week of Action (Saturday 30 August – Friday 5 September)
7 Days to Shake the World
A quick round-up of some of the key actions

SUNDAY 31 AUGUST
<<<Counter Summit in Cardiff. County Hall, Atlantic Wharf 10am – 5.30pm.>>>

Speakers from the global peace movements & sessions and workshops on NATO expansion, the drive to war and military spending; Ukraine and a new cold war; Afghanistan: the endless occupation; Women and War; Move the money: Disarmament for Development; Palestine; Middle East: Oil & Empire; The New Nuclear Arms Race; Militarisation & Science; Singing for Peace
Full timetable here:
http://cnduk.org/images/stories/Counter_Summit_Programme_1.pdf

<<<For Gaza: A Fundraiser>>>
The Full Moon, Womanby Street, Cardiff City Centre, CF10 1BR, Upstairs – the Moon Club.

5pm – 8pm – snacks, stalls etc.Music from 8pm
Performers include – Stu and Reb from Dirty Revolution (Ska-Punk-Reggae), Lynne Denman – unaccompanied Welsh singing, Salih Hassan (Palestinian Oud Player), Cosmo (Folk-punk), Novacoda (Dance), Flora Mackay (Acoustic), David Ambrose (Storytelling), Neta Hel (Poetry), Think Pretty (Acoustic), DJS – Love & Harmony Sounds,
Shahid (Salsa Buena), Dave Grooveslave
£5. All funds raised will go to purchase medical supplies and support for children in Gaza via Middle East Children’s Alliance. Please seehttps://www.mecaforpeace.org/

Facebook event page:https://www.facebook.com/events/1451993351727210/

MONDAY 1 SEPTEMBER
<<<Newport Alternative Summit at Dolman Theatre, 10.00 – 5pm.>>>
Sessions on combating drones, militarisation of the EU, Iraq: War & Crisis, Nuclear weapon abolition, closing all military bases

Full timetable here:
http://cnduk.org/images/stories/Counter_Summit_Programme_1.pdf

TUESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER
<<<Newport Alternative Summit continued>>>
Dolman Theatre. 11am – 4pm – Sessions on Gaza, Peaceful co-existence, Victims of NATO

WEDNESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER
<<<Artists and Musicians against War.>>>
All day at the Tredegar Park Peace Camp

Including kite making, anti-facial-recognition-software makeup, placard making, banner making, self-defence workshops, Urban Circle workshops, Singing peace and protest workshop, Fly Kites not Drones, Revolution Rock with Birmingham band Living Field. Open mic throughout the day until 8pm for poets and musicians.

THURSDAY 4 SEPTEMBER
<<<First day of NATO Summit. >>>

NEWPORT Mass Action and March on the Celtic Manor where world leaders meet to present messages. Gather at 12.00, Cenotaph, Clarence Place

CARDIFF No dinner of death! Protest World Leaders castle banquet to send a message from Wales and the world: Freedom for Palestine. No New Wars Cardiff Stop the War Coalition and Cardiff Trades Council are calling for people to gather assemble Queen Street Cardiff at 6pm (Details may change due to security on this day )

Facebook event page:https://www.facebook.com/events/572940132811020/

FRIDAY 5 SEPTEMBER
Final day of NATO Summit.

Direct Actions. Street Theatre. Celebration party at the Pen and Wig in Newport from 6.00

<<<NEWPORT PEACE CAMP>>>
Accommodation

A peace camp will be located in Tredegar Park, Newport, from Friday 29th August. Basic facilities will be provided and the camp is recognised by the local council and police. Bring your own tents. The camp is asking for a donation of £2 per night per person.

Facebook event page:https://www.facebook.com/events/1462249840701918/