Bans and smears on Galloway backfire - again!‏

mhamzah · Mar 29, 2009

Bans and smears backfire again! Dear friend The attempt to bar George Galloway from Canada is backfiringspectacularly. It seems the neo-conservative minister for immigration in Canada hasunwittingly provided a huge boost to the Viva Palestina solidaritycampaign! The scale of the correspondence weve received means that it willtake some time to respond properly to all whove emailed in. Perhaps Jason Kenney hoped to silence George by banning him from thecountry. The opposite has happened. Not only has George begun apacked tour of the US, speaking on Palestine and the war, but he isgetting coast to coast coverage in Canada itself. Pressure ismounting on the government to reverse its decision.

As George says, What is happening is a sinister attempt tocriminalise efforts to build solidarity for the besieged people ofPalestine their right to choose their own government. It is also adangerous attack on the principle of free speech. Below is a step by step guide from Canadian campaigners over how toregister your anger at the ban. Please take a couple of moments toemail off your response.

The legal challenge to the ban has been submitted and more and morepeople are booking for the tour dates. Whatever happens, George willbe addressing those theatres by one means or another. We are also asking people to show their support financially.

Clickthis link to donate to the special fund
<https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4159493>to fight Kenneys political ban and to support Viva Palestinaspolitical campaigning work to lift the siege of Gaza.

If youre sickof illiberal, pro-war policies help fund opposition to them. Thank you again for your support.

Do check out the Viva Palestinasite
www.vivapalestina.org <http://www.vivapalestina.org/>
and Georges own site www.georgegalloway.com<http://www.georgegalloway.com/>

With best wishes,
George Galloway
campaign team Jason Kenney: Defend free speech.

Let George Galloway into Canada. Stop the attacks on civil liberties. Please contact immediately the offices of Minister of Citizenship andImmigration Jason Kenney to demand that he reverse his ban on BritishMP George Galloway. Jason Kenney must stop his attacks on civilliberties and support the right to free speech. Please also include the entire Conservative caucus in your e-mail (oras much of it as you can).

Conservative MPs must take responsibilityfor their party's decision to attack free speech in Canada. Make surethey know that their position is indefensible, and that they must jointhe call to reverse the ban on George Galloway.

E-mailing is the fastest and easiest way to contact Jason Kenney andConservative MPs.

Just follow these steps:

Step 1: Cut and paste Jason Kenney's e-mail addresses into your address line: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>; [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>; [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>

Step 2: Cut and paste the e-mail addresses of the entire Conservative caucusinto your CC line (If your e-mail account can't e-mail this manyaddresses at once, try sending your e-mail to a smaller block ofaddresses one at a time. You may have to send several e-mails inorder to reach the entire caucus.).

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