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Irish Anti-War Movement AGM Wynns Hotel 26th April 2009
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event notice 
Friday April 17, 2009 11:27
by Kieran O'Sullivan - Irish Anti-War Movement
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Irish Anti-War Movement will take place on Sunday 26th April 2009 in Wynns Hotel Abby St Dublin. All paid up members are entitled to attend the AGM.
Start: 26/04/2009 - 10:30 End: 26/04/2009 - 17:00
Registration
Registration can be done in the following ways:
1. At 10:30am on Sunday 26th April
2. By signing up to the AGM Event on the Irish Anti War Web site just follow this link http://www.irishantiwar.org/node/415
Speakers
1. Stg Matthis Chiroux - US Soldier Refuses to Return to Iraq.
2. Azzam Tamimi - Director of Institute of Islamic Political Thought
Submitting Resolutions
All resolutions should be submitted by Sunday 19th April. They can be submitted in the following ways:
1. By E-mail send them to info@irishantiwar.org with the subject "[AGM] Motions" You can also click on this link Resolutions to submit resolutions/motions.
2. By Posting them to The Irish Anti-War Movement, P.O. Box 9260, Dublin 1
Rules for Submitting Resolutions/Motions
1. All members may attend a general meeting provided that the current membership fee has been paid in advance of the meeting. All affiliates may send one delegate to a general meeting provided that the current affiliation fee has been paid in advance of the meeting.
2. All members and delegates have one vote each at a general meeting.
3. A decision of a general meeting of the IAWM is binding on the SC and overrides any previous decisions. This constitution may only be amended by a general meeting. However, amendments to this constitution may be made by the next quarterly delegate meeting held after the general meeting of 08 May 2004, which adopted this constitution.
4. A steering committee shall be elected at each AGM.
5. Draft resolutions and nominations for the steering committee should be submitted to the Secretary at least 7 days beforehand. The secretary shall publish draft resolutions at least 5 days beforehand.
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Press Release – April 23rd
-IRISH ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT (IAWM) AGM THIS WEEKEND TO DISCUSS POST- BUSH WORLD ORDER, PALESTINE AND SECOND LISBON REFERENDUM.
-PROMINENT US MILITARY RESISTER, MATTHIS CHIROUX, TO ADDRESS CONFERENCE
The Irish Anti-War Movement will hold its Annual General Meeting this Sunday April 26th in Wynn’s Hotel, Lower Abbey St, Central Dublin between 10.30am and 4.30pm.
The meeting will look at a range of global and foreign policy issues, particularly the so called “war on terror” in the context of the new US administration of Barack Obama, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict following recent events in Gaza, the expansion of NATO and the prospect of a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.
Keynote speakers at the event will include:
Matthis Chiroux (US soldier recently on trial for refusing to serve in Iraq).
Matthis Chiroux served for 4 years as US Army Sergeant photo-journalist in Japan, Europe, the Philippines and Afghanistan. While honourably discharged he received a letter from the US last February to deploy again in Iraq in Operation 'Iraqi Freedom'. He refused to go, qualifying the war as illegal and the occupation as a participation in war crimes. He was put on trial earlier this week for his refusal to serve in Iraq but was acquitted with his honorable discharge intact. His case has received significant national media attention in the US. He is a member of Iraq Veterans Against War (IVAW). (See www.irishantiwar.org for Fox News interview with Matthis Chiroux following his recent trial)
Anne Alexander (Writer and Expert on Middle East Affairs)
Anne Alexander is author of recently published pamphlet, Nakbah, which deals with the expulsion of almost one million Palestinians from their homes in 1948, at the time of the establishment of the Israeli state. She is a lecturer in the London School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS) and regular contributor to the International Socialist Review.
Richard Boyd Barrett (Chairperson of the Irish Anti-War Movement and prominent campaigner against the Lisbon Treaty.)
This year’s AGM of the Irish Anti-War Movement takes place at a crucial turning point in global affairs. The end of the neo-conservative Bush regime in the US - after an eight-year period of war and conflict in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Somalia and growing tensions in Europe as a result of NATO expansion – provides a new context for the anti-war movement in this country and internationally.
The current global economic crisis also adds new weight to the argument that the massive resources currently deployed for military purposes in the US, Europe and elsewhere, should now be redeployed for socially useful purposes, such as ending poverty and inequality.
However, the recent horrors in Gaza, the continuing occupation of Iraq, bubbling tensions with Iran and the escalating conflicts in Afghanistan and Pakistan, all suggest that we have a long way go from the current rhetoric of change to real and actual change.
The determination of the European and Irish elites to try and ram through a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, which commits the EU to further militarisation and closer links with NATO offers a major challenge to be confronted by the anti-war movement in this country.
This years AGM will therefore be a vital opportunity to discuss the tasks of the anti-war movement, as we grapple with both the opportunities and challenges of the new global reality.
AGM Agenda:
10.30- 1.00
IAWM Motions/resolutions/elections
2.00-5.00pm
After Bush and Gaza – The tasks of the Anti-War Movement
Speakers: Matthis Chiroux, Anne Alexander, Richard Boyd Barrett
For more information/confirmation/ interviews contact:
Richard Boyd Barrett 087-6329511
Mike Youlton 086-8159487
Are people elected individually to the steering committee or is a slate of candidates presented to members, which they then accept or reject?
Good question - to my knowledge all of the current members of the Steering Committee, possibly bar 2, are standing again. At the same time, individuals can be proposed/seconded and elected by the membership.
Matthis Chiroux about his hearing on April 21st and his apology re: sexism in the military and war crimes
http://linksunten.indymedia.org/en/node/5088
The history and confessions of Matthew are awesome and humbling
Long may he continue his good work in exposing the inhumanity and evil of all militaristic machines.
His courage and integrity are truly inspiring.
Good luck with the AGM.
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