Stop the War coalition Newsletter 30/9/22

Newsletter – 30/09/22

Making the Case for Peace in Ukraine

This week’s Stop the War fringe meetings at the Labour conference are proof that the anti-war movement refuses to be suppressed both inside and out of the party. Despite a Labour member being suspended for speaking out for peace inside the conference the turnout and reception that we received during our time in Liverpool show that the public’s appetite for peace in Ukraine and elsewhere is fervent. 

Jeremy Corbyn, who spoke at our main fringe on Sunday, said: 

“Our work must be to help to bring about a peace process. If it’s possible for Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations to come to an agreement with Russia to allow grain to be exported, then they are obviously all talking to each other, so it must be possible to come to at least a ceasefire and then to look at ways of going forward for the future. The alternative is pretty grim for everyone.”

StWC convener Lindsey German said: 

“We were determined to intervene at Labour conference precisely because of what Keir Starmer did in March by basically saying you couldn’t be part of Stop the War if you were a Labour member. Britain is one of the chief supporters of this war, and that tells you something about a country that is prepared to see its own citizens going hungry and going cold but is prepared to send endless weapons to Ukraine.”

Our second event at The World Transformed, We Need to Talk About NATO, was a much needed and insightful analysis of the aggressive role of the world’s largest military alliance featuring contributions from Andrew Murray, Lindsey German, Declassified’s Matt Kennard and Mohammad Asif from the Afghan Human Rights Foundation.

All in all the message coming from Liverpool was that we must keep pushing for peace by pressuring the government and its faithful opposition to do exactly that!

Next Saturday - Surround Parliament! Free Assange! 

We need your help to be part of this huge protest in support of Julian Assange and a free press. Please do sign up to pledge that you’ll be at Parliament to be part of the chain of support that will go from the front of parliament over Westminster bridge, along the south bank of the Thames and back over Lambeth bridge. Will you be part of the human chain to free Assange? Please be a link in the solidarity chain.

Ukraine: The Cost of War – In Conversation w/ Paul Rogers

On Monday (3rd Oct) Prof Paul Rogers will be joining us to discuss the effects of the devastating war in Ukraine on the country itself, the geopolitical landscape and the world economy.

John Pilger ‘The Coming War on China’ Q&A

Crash the Tory Conference – This Sunday!

Truss is prepared to hand over crazy sums to arms dealers while driving the poorest in our society even deeper into poverty. We’re not going to allow it. That’s why we’ll be protesting alongside The People’s Assembly at the Tory Conference this Sunday. See you on the streets of Birmingham!

2022 Appeal – Stop the Race to War!

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