Cat Rylance gave this speech to the 2012 conference of Stop the War Coalition, on behalf of Communist Students There are lots of motions here today on Iran and Syria, but ours is different. It spells out some issues that other motions don’t. Namely: the government of Iran is not our friend and is not the ...
After the brutal massacre carried out by Israeli special forces killing over 10 aid workers there has been a demonstration called by Manchester Stop the War and the Manchester Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Sunday 13th June Assemble: 2.00pm All Saints Park, Oxford Road, Manchester March and rally with speakers including: *Babu Adam Zanghar (Freedom Flotilla, Bolton) *Paveen Yaqub (Freedom Flotilla, Huddersfield) *Rae Street ...
To effectively oppose imperialist wars we must avoid the trap of legalism, argues Ben Lewis "How many more smoking guns do we need before Tony Blair is behindbars?” asks the Stop the War Coalition website. The visceral hatred for Blair and what he represents could not be more apparent. This is perfectly understandable. Many activists in the ...
Cat Rylance attended the latest Stop the War demo On Saturday October 24 around 5,000 protestors marched through central London on the Stop the War Coalition-organised demonstration against the war in Afghanistan. Attendance was rather disappointing, especially in view of the fact it seemed virtually to have been promoted by the BBC. The ...
Speakers: Ilan Pappe Israeli anti-zionist historian Shamiul Joarder Friends of Al Aqsa Lindsey German Convenor Stop the War Coalition Lowkey Musician and MC Sabah Jawad Iraqi Democrats Against Occupation Guy Smallman Photo-journalist recently returned from Afghanistan The National Student Conference on 19 September will bring together students and young people from across the country. There will be discussions on strategy and tactics, ...
James Turley salutes a courageous act of rebellion Lance corporal Joe Glenton has made a kind of history, by becoming the first enlisted soldier in the British army to openly rebel against the war in Afghanistan. He now faces a court martial, having had his first preliminary hearing on August 3. His next is in a month, ...
Israel's far-right Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, came to the British Foreign Office on Whitehall today to meet his counterpart, the British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband and the Shadow Foreign Secretary, William Hague, as part of his bid to strengthen ties between Europe and Israel. Members of Communist Students joined the Stop the War Coalition protest ...
James Turley calls for a serious treatment of the national question by the left Apart from the debate around Hopi which closed the Stop the War Coalition conference on April 25, proceedings were mostly dull to the point of being soporific. One of the few other exceptions was the emergency motion dealing with the crisis in ...
Nicholas Jones reports on the February 7 meeting of student activists called by the Stop the War Coalition The STWC meeting took place in the context of a wave of occupations in educational institutions across the UK, triggered by opposition to the Israeli state’s attacks on the people of Gaza. The first occupation started at the ...
Wednesday February 11, 14.00 to 20.30 : Teach-in, Manchester Metropolitan University, Geoffrey Manton Building, Oxford Road, Manchester. Speakers include: Nahella Ahsraf (STWC), Rae Street (CND), Moshé Machover (Hopi). Organised by MMU UCU branch: www.ucu.org.uk http://www.new.facebook.com/events.php#/event.php?eid=48708296305
Thursday April 2, London : peace and social justice demo at the G20 meeting. Called by Stop the War and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
On Saturday December 13 some 70 members and supporters of Hands Off the People of Iran met in London for the campaign’s second annual conference. Chris Strafford reports Our activists come together to critically assess both shortcomings and achievements and to plan for the coming year in light of political and economic developments. Mark Fischer (chair) ...
Saturday 4th April 2009 - Sunday 5th April 2009 A protest is being organised outside the NATO conference in Strasbourg, France marking the 60th anniversary of NATO. Anti-war groups from across the world will meet to oppose any further expansion of NATO and demand an end to the occupation of Afghanistan. The organisers have just announced that Noam ...