Tuesday, November 18, 2003
>CALL FOR WOMEN'S ACTION AGAINST BUSH
>President G.W. Bush is due to visit this country as a guest of the Queen between the 19th and the 21st November.
>We are a group of female activists who are making a call for all women around the country who oppose the policies
>of war and neo-liberal globalisation, which have been pursued by the Bush administration, with the active support
>of our own government, to come together and demonstrate their opposition to Bush's visit.
>We protest because:
>- - The Bush administration has pledged itself to pursue a "war with no end "which threatens to drag our world
>into a state of perpetual conflict.
>- - Women and children are the majority of victims of armed conflict; are 80% of refugees and displaced people.
>- - Rape is routinely used as a weapon of war, but rape victims are rarely granted asylum.
>- - Women's liberation has been used as justification for the wars pursued by the Bush administration, yet women
>have been left exposed to high levels of violence in the countries the Bush administration has targeted and there
>has been no significant increase in women's rights.
>- - The Bush administration has launched an offensive against women's rights to control their reproductive lives by
>imposing a ban on US aid to international groups that promote or offer abortion or abortion counselling.
>We call for women to join us in our protest by:
>Shaving their bushes and sending the trimmings to the Queen. Put them in an envelope with a note saying, "We've
>got rid of our bush, you get rid of yours!" When you have done this please send us an e-mail at:
>God_shave_the_queen-s@yahoogroups.com. You don't have to put your name if you don't want to, we would just
>like an idea of the number of women who have taken part in the action.
>President G.W. Bush is due to visit this country as a guest of the Queen between the 19th and the 21st November.
>We are a group of female activists who are making a call for all women around the country who oppose the policies
>of war and neo-liberal globalisation, which have been pursued by the Bush administration, with the active support
>of our own government, to come together and demonstrate their opposition to Bush's visit.
>We protest because:
>- - The Bush administration has pledged itself to pursue a "war with no end "which threatens to drag our world
>into a state of perpetual conflict.
>- - Women and children are the majority of victims of armed conflict; are 80% of refugees and displaced people.
>- - Rape is routinely used as a weapon of war, but rape victims are rarely granted asylum.
>- - Women's liberation has been used as justification for the wars pursued by the Bush administration, yet women
>have been left exposed to high levels of violence in the countries the Bush administration has targeted and there
>has been no significant increase in women's rights.
>- - The Bush administration has launched an offensive against women's rights to control their reproductive lives by
>imposing a ban on US aid to international groups that promote or offer abortion or abortion counselling.
>We call for women to join us in our protest by:
>Shaving their bushes and sending the trimmings to the Queen. Put them in an envelope with a note saying, "We've
>got rid of our bush, you get rid of yours!" When you have done this please send us an e-mail at:
>God_shave_the_queen-s@yahoogroups.com. You don't have to put your name if you don't want to, we would just
>like an idea of the number of women who have taken part in the action.
