Pacifists are being elbowed out of British politics just when we need them most
Posted: 4th March 2022
Being anti-war doesn’t mean being pro-Putin. Yet the peace movement has been demonised in the wake of the Ukraine crisis
Ukrainians living in London and anti-war protesters demonstrate outside Downing Street against the Russian invasion, London, 26 February. Photograph: Thomas Krych/SOPA Images/Rex/Shutterstock
Thu 3 Mar 2022 14.23 GMT
It’s a strange time to be a pacifist in Britain. Everywhere there are calls for an end to the war in Ukraine: from politicians to Premier League footballers to hand-painted pleas for peace in people’s front windows. The illegitimacy and brutality of the Russian invasion make it very easy to condemn.
It’s a strange time to be a pacifist in Britain. Everywhere there are calls for an end to the war in Ukraine: from politicians to Premier League footballers to hand-painted pleas for peace in people’s front windows. The illegitimacy and brutality of the Russian invasion make it very easy to condemn.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/03/pacifists-british-politics-anti-war-putin-ukra…