As the warmongers gather at the Cenotaph today to mourn those who have died in past wars and those who have died in current ones, many of their comments ring hollow. The true voice of those trying to stop this war, such as Corporal Joe Glenton, currently being court martialed for refusing to serve in Afghanistan, and the families of those killed in the war, one of whom appeared on Newsnight this week
are being marginalised. Exactly the same happened, of course, in the First World War, when the war poets were marginalised and some of them declared 'insane'. It is clear that this war is useless and only leading to the deaths of Afghans and those sent to fight for NATO's war aims -which nobody understands. There is an excellent article in today's Observer by the Defence Correspondent, on why we need to get out now http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/08/observer-debate-afghanistan
I will be going to the meeting below on Tuesday, as the Green Party's delegate to Stop the War Coalition, together with our International Coordinator, Farid Bakht. While the Lib Dems continue to dissemble and opinion polls show mounting opposition to the war - we must keep up the pressure on the war machine to stop it. My bet is that the Lib Dems will come out against the war before the general election - but only if mounting casualties and opinion polls convince them that it is safe to do so. The Green Party and Stop the War Coalition, together with some brave left Labour MPs such as Jeremy Corbyn, have been against the war from the beginning. Now is the time to speak up and to end this madness. I will be going along to speak to those such as Lambeth Stop the War who have been the resistance to this mad and dangerously wrong war.
StWC London Activists' Meeting: Open to all
Tuesday 10 November 6 to 8pm, The Indian YMCA41 Fitzroy Square London W1T 6AQ (Nearest tube: Warren Street)
NATO's Afghan strategy is in tatters, the comically fraudulent election has been abandoned, with the fraudster declared the winner. The death toll on all sides is rising, as Obama gets ready to announce tens of thousands more troops to fight an unwinnable war.
Following Stop the War's excellent Bring the Troops Home demonstration on Saturday 24 October, we are calling a London Activists Meeting for Tuesday 10 November.
We'll be discussing how to bring about a national debate on Afghanistan, our strategy for ensuring that the Afghan War is a prominent issue in Britain's general election, likely to take place in Spring 2010, how to strengthen local Stop the War groups, the student anti-war movement, the Iraq Inquiry, the international anti-war strategy, future demonstrations, etc.
The meeting is open to all. Please bring any ideas you have for future Stop the War activities. In particular we would like to invite people who are new to Stop the War, who have just set up a Stop the War group or who have experiences to share of developing a local group.
If you require futher information please contact Stop the War's national office:Email
office@stopwar.org.uk
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Tel 020 7801 2768
We'll be discussing how to bring about a national debate on Afghanistan, our strategy for ensuring that the Afghan War is a prominent issue in Britain's general election, likely to take place in Spring 2010, how to strengthen local Stop the War groups, the student anti-war movement, the Iraq Inquiry, the international anti-war strategy, future demonstrations, etc.
The meeting is open to all. Please bring any ideas you have for future Stop the War activities. In particular we would like to invite people who are new to Stop the War, who have just set up a Stop the War group or who have experiences to share of developing a local group.
If you require futher information please contact Stop the War's national office:Email
office@stopwar.org.uk
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Tel 020 7801 2768
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