Pictures from the London CND/Stop the War Protest
Posted: 25th February 2023
- Saturday, 25th February
- Assembled 12 noon, Portland Place (outside the BBC), London
- Marched with rally at Trafalgar Square, details here
Speakers at the rally included: Tariq Ali, writer & activist; Brian Eno, Stop the War President & musician; Claudia Webbe MP; Andrej Hunko, German MP (Die Linke); Emma Dent Coad, Labour group leader for Kensington & Chelsea Council; Lowkey, Stop the War Patron & musician; Lindsey German, Stop the War Convenor; Tom Unterrainer, CND Chair; Lord John Hendy KC; Andrew Murray, Stop the War Deputy President; Martin Kavanagh, PCS Deputy President; Carlos Barros, RMT NEC member; and Mohammad Asif, Afghan Human Rights Foundation. Rally chaired by Kate Hudson, CND, and Shelly Asquith, Stop the War.
if you haven’t already done so:
- Write to your MP. Urge your MP to do all they can to avert nuclear war by signing our template letter.
- Write to Rishi Sunak. Write to the Prime Minister urging him to work to get all parties to the negotiating table. Template letter here.
Some of the Press coverage:
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/02/25/698892/London-Paris-protest-Ukraine
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/london-march-says-stop-the-war-in-ukraine/
Video of the march in London
Don’t be put off by footage of a small counterdemonstration at the start of this video! There is good coverage of the march itself, starting at 9.02 on the timeline, and the speeches in Trafalgar Square begin at 1hour 2 minutes on the timeline.
Video from Europe
Click below to see pictures from Salisbury CND’s involvement with the protest in London.
Pictures by Salisbury CND
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