Some suggestions for gifts with a Peace theme:
[A] Zaytoun Olive Oil
[B] Housman's Peace Diary
[C] East Anglian Peace Calendar
[D] 'The Freedom: Shadows and Hallucinations
in Occupied Iraq' by Christian Parenti (new book)
[E] Peace Not War double-CD #2
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Dear Voices supporters, Pledgers and other
anti-war activists,
In case any of you still have Xmas presents (or any other sort of present)
to buy, please note the five alternative gifts lifted below, each of
which either helps to raise awareness, provides practical solidarity,
or
raise funds
for
a campaigning organisation.
Also, if you haven't yet sent out your Xmas cards please consider including
copies of Voices latest campaign postcards: demanding an end to the
killing
in Iraq and asylum for the US soliders currently awaiting the determination
of their refugee status in Canada (see
http://www.voices.netuxo.co.uk/postcardtexts.htm for
text and images). All
cards are free and are available upon request from the Voices office:
voices [at] voicesuk [dot] org.
Best wishes,
Gabriel
voices uk
www.voicesuk.org
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[A] ZAYTOUN OLIVE
OIL (http://zaytoun.org/)
Zaytoun is a uk based Non-Profit project to purchase pesticide free Extra
Virgin Olive Oil from Palestinian farmers at Fair Trade prices. Olive
oil is
the backbone of the Palestinian agricultural economy with some 65%
of
Palestinians connected to agriculture. It is estimated that 75% of
palestinians live in poverty, however, over half of the country's Olive
harvest goes unsold and spoils. Since the start of the 2000 Intifada,
farmers bringing in the Olive harvest face severe difficulties arising
from
the millitary closure of their land and violence from the settlers
which has
led to Palestinian Farmers risking their lives in order to pick their
olives. The apartheid wall has further exasberated the Situation. Also,
under Israeli law if land is left untended for three years it can be
siezed
by the Israeli state.
You can buy Zaytoun Olive Oil at outlets in: Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff,
East Anglia, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leamington Spa, London, Ludlow, Manchester,
Nottingham, Oxford, Winchester and York. See web-site for details.
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[B] HOUSMAN'S PEACE DIARY
HOUSMANS PEACE DIARY & WORLD PEACE DIRECTORY 2005
DISCOUNTED COPIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR PEACE
AND CAMPAIGNING GROUPS - see Note below...
The Housmans Peace Diary & World Peace Directory - produced as a
non-profit
service to campaigning groups and activists around the world - combines
a
week-to-a-view Appointments section with the authoritative World Peace
Directory. The Appointments section includes a new selection of
thoroughly-researched
anniversary dates, and a quote or campaigning note each week. The Directory
lists nearly 2000 peace, human rights and environmental organisations,
covering
150 countries. There is also a special feature on the 60th anniversary
of
the founding of
Housmans Bookshop, publisher of the Peace Diary. The Peace Diary is
in
pocket format, and costs £6.95 in shops, or £7.95 (inclusive
of postage and
packing to any address in the world) direct from Housmans. Credit card
orders welcome. (To order individual copies of the Peace
Diary online please see the secure webshop link at www.housmans.com.)
Contact: Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, Kings Cross, London N1
9DX
(tel
020-7837 4473; fax 7278 0444; e-mail diary [at] housmans [dot] idps [dot] co [dot] uk).
NOTE:
Special discounts are available to peace and similar groups, so you
can get
cheaper copies for your members, and raise funds on stalls at meetings,
etc.
For 1-4 copies send payment with order (prices include post and packing)
- 1
Diary £7.95; 2 Diaries £14.00; 3 Diaries £17.00; 4 Diaries £19.00.
For 5 or more copies you will be invoiced at the £6.95 cover price,
less 35%
discount, post free, all copies after the first 4 being fully returnable.
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[C] EAST ANGLIAN PEACE CALENDAR
The East Anglian Peace network has once again produced a 2005 Peace
Calendar. This colourful calendar has pictures from actions and events
for
Peace within East Anglia during 2004, and contains resource pages with
contact details for Peace Groups throughout East Anglia. £5/copy
-
excellent present for friends. Get your copy now from the Greenhouse,
Norwich, or by ringing Andrew Boswell and Jacqui McCarney on 01603-613798,
or email a_boswell_2004 [at] yahoo [dot] co [dot] uk.
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[D] THE FREEDOM: SHADOWS AND HALLUCINATIONS IN OCCUPIED IRAQ
by Christian Parenti, The New Press, 2004. £12.99 RRP but see below.
'The perfect guide through occupied Iraq: honest, compassionate, and
pissed
off' (Naomi Klein, author of No Logo)
'Every war produces a couple of iconic books: Dispatches did Vietnam;
The
Freedom does Iraq. This is raw, illumination-round writing to contradict
the
official briefings; a parallel snapshot of the new troupe of war junkies,
heroes, the humble and the humiliated, the car bombs, the combatm the
gonzo
convulsions of survival, the fear and terror. All delivered with compassion
for the victims, be they shot or the shooters' (Tim Page, legendary
war
photographer)
Rather than try to provide a 'sweeping analysis' of the war, Parenti
instead
gives us 'a slice of political feeling and flavor, a snapshot of a
time and
place: Iraq during the first year of US occupation.' Here - whether
he's
hanging out with US soldiers, meeting members of the Iraqi resistance
or
interviewing the daughter of an Iraqi caught up in the occupation's
capricious system of mass detention - he succeeds brilliantly. A must-read.
Voices' friends can get The Freedom for a special discounted price
of £10.99
by sending a cheque for that amount (payable to 'Thomson Publishing
Services') to Thomson Publishing Services, Cheriton House, North Way,
SP10 5BE and
quoting reference IOC-1.
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[E] PEACE NOT WAR
DOUBLE-CD VOL. 2 (www.peace-not-war.org)
The second Peace Not War CD is now available, featuring music from
Faithless, Ani DiFranco, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Maya Jupiter,
Liquid
Blue, Robb Johnson, Angel, Train of Thought and many more. A 37 track
compilation that redefines protest music for the twenty-first century:
non-stop funky beats on one disc and fat guitars on the other, with
deep and
inspiring lyrics throughout. Available from Voices for £10 (incl.
p&p, all
proceeds to Voices' anti-war campaigning). Cheques payable to 'Voices
UK'
should be sent to: Voices UK, 5 Caledonian Road, London N1 9DX.
