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A phenomenal anti-war movement?
As per the Daily Mail, “Blair dismissed London anti-war march as ‘millions of liberal-minded people taking to the streets to defend the most illiberal regime on earth’”. One million people expressed their voice and were cavalierly ignored. Continue reading
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Media Lens: The New McCarthyism – Keep The War Versus Stop The War
Media treatment of the term ‘blowback’, the concept that foreign policy has consequences that rebound on its perpetrators, illustrates a fundamental hypocrisy in ‘the mainstream’. It is fine for approved journalists and commentators to use the word when discussing terrorist attacks, actual or feared, here in the West. But abuse and vitriol will be heaped… Continue reading
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Owen Jones & Mother Agnes. A lesson on conciliatory “leftists” By Phil Greaves
Following the news that Mother Agnes Miriam, a nun who heads the Musalaha (reconciliation) initiative in Syria, was due to speak at the Stop The War conference in London, two journalists also due to speak at the event, Jeremy Scahill and Owen Jones, decided to withdraw participation unless Mother Agnes was removed from the speaking… Continue reading
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The “Progressive Left Anti-War” Movement: Bowing before the Inquisitors on Syria By Jonathan Cook
One of the problems for the left is the desperate need of too many of its best and brightest to maintain legitimacy “in the mainstream”. In practice, those who could be advancing radical new agendas or ways of thinking to deal with the catastrophic problems we face end up spending too much time watching their… Continue reading
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What If Britain Drops Out of All US Wars? By David Swanson
Before long public pressure might just lead Britain to drop out of participation in US wars, a move that would seriously damage future pretenses of acting as an international coalition. Continue reading
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STOP THE WAR COALITION NEWSLETTER No. 1150, 19 April 2010
1) AFGHANISTAN WAR PLANS ARE IN CRISIS 2) PROTEST AT THE PARTY LEADERS’ TELEVISION DEBATE 3) YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN 1-2 MINUTES 4) PUBLIC MEETINGS AND DEBATES AROUND THE COUNTRY 5) STOP ISLAMOPHOBIA CONFERENCE 6) PROTEST AT JOE GLENTON’S APPEAL THIS WEDNESDAY 7) HAVE YOU FILM OF 15 FEBUARY 2003 DEMONSTRATION? 8) VOLUNTEERS… Continue reading
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DEFEND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST ON BLAIR INQUIRY DAY
The police are aiming to keep protesters out of sight this Friday when Tony Blair appears at the Iraq Inquiry. This contradicts a statement by Scotland Yard yesterday that they aim to “facilitate the protest as best we can”. Continue reading
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UK: Action stations over Afghanistan
The war effort in Afghanistan is starting to fall apart at the seams. We will shortly reach the hundredth British soldier’s death this year, and there is talk in military circles of withdrawing British troops from the frontline. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 