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George Galloway is Respect party MP for Bethnal Green and Bow in East London.
He recently electrified the United States with his appearance at a Senate Permanent
Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on May 17, when he turned the proceedings
into a condemnation of the war in Iraq. CNN's Wolf Blitzer described Galloway's
speech in the Senate as "a blistering attack on US senators rarely heard"
inWashington. After his speech, the New York Times noted in a July 2 profile, "His House
of Commons e-mail box had to be shut down for a spell, after it buckled under
the heft of thousands of messages; most came from America, and some were sent
by the family members of dead and wounded soldiers." Galloway's new book is Mr. Galloway Goes to Washington (The New Press)
and will be published and timed for national release in bookstores in conjunction
with the tour. In the wake of the recent London bombings, one of which took place in his constituency,
Mr. Galloway took to the floor of Parliament to decry the loss of innocent life,
but also to warn against the anti-Muslim hysteria being created by the policies
of Tony Blair¹s government. Mr. Galloway will be speaking in Boston (September 13), New York (September
14), Toronto (September 16 and 17), Madison (September 18), Chicago(September
19), Seattle (September 20), San Francisco (September 21), and Los Angeles (September
22) in the run up to the national anti-war march planned for Washington, D.C.,
on September 24, where he will address the march as well as speak at a large
indoor event after the protest. National Tour sponsored by: The New Press, International Socialist Review,
Center for Economic Research and Social Change, the National Council of Arab
Americans For National Tour information, call Todd Chretien at 510-590-6073 To arrange interviews with Mr. Galloway, contact Ina Howard at The New Press,
212-564-4406 or email: ihoward@thenewpress.com
For a full list of cities and local sponsors, please see the website: http://www.mrgallowaygoestowashington.com
or email ToddChretien@comcast.net
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