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Welfare or warfare?



On the 30th of october 2002 - the day before the 'day of direct action' called by the Stop The War Coalition - the RAF was having a 'benefit' concert in the Royal Festival Hall, London.
D10 and other activists - including two german and a spanish visitor - were at the entrance, distributing leaflets with the following text:

Welfare or Warfare ?
The event at the Royal Festival Hall tonight, organised by the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund Enterprise (RAFBFE), aims to raise money for those ex-RAF recruits who have been let down by the Army.
Or so it seems.On their website, the RAFBFE claims it's first objective is to 'promote the recruitment and efficiency of the RAF' [1], in effect inciting more young recruits to get trapped in the army, and promoting warfare.They will also stage 'a special musical Salute to Bomber Crews both past and present', the same ones that, in the near future, will be bringing destruction to Iraq, destroying what remains of Iraqi society and infrastructures.
In the current times, such celebrations of mass murder are here to promote the agenda of the military and warlord politicians such as Bush and Blair in their run up to the war on Iraq.This event is about Warfare, not welfare. Refuse to co-operate, refuse to celebrate mass murder, refuse the war on Iraq, refuse the army.

The pdf version of the leaflet here!