Speaking: Benefit - Hackney Empire 'Stop NATO Bombing Yugoslavia', 23 May 1999 [also contains Committee for Peace in the Balkans Rally, 8/5/1999]

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Series[UMA-SRE-20170009] SPEAKINGAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2017000900242Scope and ContentContains: Invitations and correspondence on Greer participation in the 'Say No to NATO Bombs; Bring Peace to Yugoslavia' benefit held at the Hackney Empire, 23/5/1999 and other rallies opposing NATO bombing in the Balkans. Greer appears to have spoken at a rally organised by the Committee for Peace in the Balkans, 8/5/1999; she declined invitations to speak at other anti war rallies on 5/5/1999, 20/5/1999, 28/5/1999, 12/6/1999, 23/6/1999, 26/6/1999, 29/6/1999 and to join a Committee for Peace in the Balkans delegation to Yugoslavia, 11-14/9/1999. Includes photocopies of news releases, correspondence, reference and campaign material (c.1995-1999); booklet: Kosovo: The Evidence, Amnesty International, September 1998. Correspondents: Carol Horne (for Germaine Greer); Anne Kane, 'Truth is the first casualty of war': Campaign for media accuracy and free speech on war / Committee for Peace in the Balkans; Sarah Pigott, Colchester Stop The War Group; Jayne Fisher, Committee for Peace in the Balkans; Anglo Yugoslav Medical Aid; International Action Center; Olivera Kandic, Society of Conservators of Serbia; Members of the Society of Professors and Researchers, University of Belgrade; Majid al Zeer, Palestinian Return Centre; Colonel BS Turner; Claire Kime, Leamington Campaign for Peace in the Balkans; Jan Woolf, Committee for Peace in the Balkans; Teresa Ludden / Danielle Hipkins, Warwick University against the War; Sara Payne, Cambridge Against NATO's War in the Balkans; Tithi Bhattacharya, SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) Committee Against the War; Tony Cox, Trinity College, Cambridge; Alice Mahon, Committee for Peace in the Balkans; Esme Choonara, Nottingham Stop the War Campaign. Subjects: Lectures and lecturing; NATO bombing of Yugoslavia; Kosovo War, 1998-1999; Peace movementsAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2017.0009 Unit 0008

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CreatorGreer, GermaineRoleProvenance

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DateApril 1998-Agust 1999

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Previous System ID2017.0009.00242

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Speaking: Benefit - Hackney Empire 'Stop NATO Bombing Yugoslavia', 23 May 1999 [also contains Committee for Peace in the Balkans Rally, 8/5/1999]