British MP George Galloway Announces September U.S. Tour

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British MP George Galloway Announces September U.S. Tour
Speaking against the war in Iraq

by OfficialWire NewsDesk

LONDON, ENGLAND -- (OfficialWire) -- 08/25/05 -- George Galloway is the 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 U.S. Senate as "a blistering attack on U.S. senators rarely heard" in Washington.

After his speech, the New York Times noted in a July 2 profile,"His House of Commons email 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, ISBN 159558062X, Paperback, 144 pages) 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, Galloway took to the floor of Parliament to decry the loss of innocent life, but also to warn against the anti-Muslim hysteriabeing created by the policies of Tony Blair’s government.

Tour speaking dates include Boston (September 13), New York (September 14), Toronto (September 16 & 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-warmarch planned for Washington, D.C., on September 24, Galloway will address the march as well as speak at a large indoor event after the protest.

Galloway's U.S. Tour is being sponsored by book publisher The New Press, the International Socialist Review, the Center for Economic Research and Social Change and the National Council of Arab Americans.

For Tour information, contact Todd Chretien by telephone on (510) 590-6073 or email. To arrange interviews, contact Ina Howard at The New Press, by telephone on (212) 564-4406 or by email.

Click here to pre-order "Mr. Galloway Goes to Washington" through Amazon.com.