UPDATED: Artists snub Rice, Liverpool protests on Friday, Blackburn on Saturday

This post will remain close to the top of the page until Friday, originally posted yesterday:

UPDATE: The Philharmonic's getting desperate, more on the Blackburn demo and throwing pavement slabs courtesy of Blair Watch.

UPDATE: Radio City will be having a phone in tomorrow (Wednesday 29th March) on the subject of Rice's visit, you can call the phone in from 10 PM tomorrow on 0151 472 0967. Radio Merseyside also has a phone in every weekday from 11:30 AM to 2 PM, you can call them at 0151 709 9333. Call in, and let them know you support the protests.

UPDATE: Cathy Tyson has also snubbed Rice, she will instead of performing for Rice, be protesting the warmonger's presence. Well done Cathy.

The Liverpool Philharmonic is apparently struggling to find someone willing to host the event in honour of the lying warmonger, Condoleeza Rice on Friday evening.

We reported last week that several in the arts world were considering boycotting the event. Roger McGough, a poet decided to snub Rice, and, i've heard reports that another potential host has decided to snub her.

Rice is supposedly visiting as part of the lead up to Liverpool's capital of culture status in 2008, however, Rice will use this visit as a propaganda excercise, there are even suggestions she may run for US president in 2008.

We must not allow the warmonger to hijack this great city's worthy celebrations of its cultural heritage. Rice represents a regime which does nothing to promote culture, in fact, some across the pond would even say that Rice is part of the regime which is systematically destroying aspects of American culture, as well as Iraqi culture. Rice cannot claim to be interested in culture, and we should not be helping to legitimise anyone from the pariah regime which invades nations, and massacres innocents, along the way, of course does nothing to protect Iraq's cultural heritage, in breach of the Geneva Conventions.

Rice is not worthy to visit a great city like Liverpool, and I know there are many others who feel exactly the same. We must not allow her to hijack this event, and must protest.

On Friday, there is a protest beginning at Liverpool's Catholic Cathedral, assembling at 5:30 PM, before marching to the Philharmonic Hall.

On Saturday, there is a protest in Blackburn, beginning at 12 noon.

Please visit Condiwatch.co.uk for more information, and please spread the word. We cannot allow the lying warmonger to think that she is welcome in our region, we cannot allow her to hijack the celebrations of the capital of culture like this. We must protest.

UPDATE: Please click here for details of coaches from Bradford, Leeds, London, Manchester and Sheffield

Blair Watch and Bloggerheads also have mentions of the Liverpool and Blackburn protests.

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