“The need for a strong and committed international anti-war movement has never been greater.”
Some 3,000 delegates from across the world are set to pack Central Hall, Westminster for the biggest and most significant anti-war conference in a generation, hosted by the Stop the War Coalition.
British, French, Spanish and Swedish MPs, Italian dockworkers, student anti-conscription campaigners, trade unionists from Europe and the UK and many more will be coming together to start to build an international movement to challenge the clamour for militarism and rearmament being ratcheted up globally.
Just here in Britain, one per cent from all government departments will be cut to pay for the defence investment plan, building the military and spending on arms at the expense of the services we all rely on. Even greater percentage cuts will likely be made to net-zero and transport, as though the climate emergency poses no threat to our security.
The conference will also see a unique audio visual collaboration between musician Brian Eno and Peter Kennard, Britain’s foremost political artist.
From Palestine to Paris, Belgium to Britain, Germany to Greece, the US to Ukraine, with other speakers from Italy, Russia, Spain and Sweden, this will be a truly world-wide solidarity conference.
Speakers include (all in person):
Mustafa Barghouti, General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative (PNI); Medea Benjamin, American political activist Code Pink; Mothin Ali, Green Party deputy leader; Lorena Delgado Varas, Swedish MP; Diane Abbott MP; Richard Burgon MP; Jeremy Corbyn MP; Zarah Sultana MP; Jon Trickett MP; Jérôme Lagavre, French Assembly member; Eddie Dempsey, RMT general secretary; Fran Heathcote, PCS general secretary; José Nivoi, Genoa docker; Tariq Ali, author and activist; Felix Kreklow Rojas, German anti-conscription student campaigner; Andrew Feinstein, former ANC MP; And many more.
The Stop the War Coalition is one of the main organisers of the conference. Its national convenor Lindsey German said:
“The impact of the war in the Middle East, the increased levels of instability, the ongoing war in Europe, the re-introduction of conscription by our neighbours and increased military spending here at the expense of the services we all rely on show how war and conflict abroad come home to bite. The need for a strong and committed international anti-war movement has never been greater.”
- You can find out more about the Stop the War International Anti-War Conference taking place Friday 19 and Saturday 20 June here and register here.
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