Reports
2011
Afghanistan and the War on Terror - Ten Years On
On Wednesday October 5th Tyneside Stop the
War held a
successful public Meeting in the University of Newcastle -upon Tyne.
Over 60
people, veterans from the 10 years of the stop the war coalition and
youth and
students from the community and from the Universities. The meeting
marked 10
years of stop the war movement in Britain. We have posted the audio
file of the
two speakers and the concluding remarks of the chair Roger Nettleship.
Click on
the link to listen to the speakers. The meeting concluded with the
showing of a
new documentary on the stop the war movement, part 1 and part 2 with
more to
follow in the future. Meeting was Organised by Tyneside Stop the War
and
Newcastle University's Place/Space/Politics research cluster.
SPEAKERS:
Lindsey German - National Convenor of Stop the War
Coalition since
2001 Lindsay addresses
the
meeting - audio
Professor Stuart Elden - Durham University, author of
award-winning
book 'Terror and Territory: The Spatial Extent of Sovereignty'
Stuart addresses
the meeting -
audio
PDF version of Paper of
Professor
Stuart Elden
Chair's
concluding
remarks
Monument Protest: Stop Bombing Libya!
On Monday evening, June 28th, 2011, Tyneside
Stop the War
Coalition organised a protest at the Monument demanding an end to the
bombing
of Libya. NATO's military effort, clearly and illegally designed to
secure
regime change, is not going well and killing many people and destroying
Libya's
infrasturcture. Its initial 90-day mandate ran out, and they are
extending this
illegal war against Libya by another three months.
Leaflet Stop the Bombing
of Libya
Brian Haw, Peace Campaigner, Born 1949 - Died 18 June 2011
Brian Haw, world renowned peace activist,
has died. His
peace camp outside the British parliament throughout the ten years of
the
"war on terror" was a beacon for anti-war campaigners across the
world.
Wikipedia
Stop the bombing!
No military intervention in Libya!
A Public Meeting was held on May 9 2011
in
Newcastle
The attack on Libya was condemend by the
meeting and the
mantra of the Western powers and NATO in bombing Libya in the name of
“humanitarian support” opposed a big a lie
Although the UN resolution speaks of saving
lives and
bringing about a ceasefire the Anglo-French and US powers only speak
about
regime change, rubbishing the attempts of the African Union to broker a
peaceful settlement and fanning the flames of the civil war whatever
the cost
in lives and the destruction of Libya.
The meeting demanded that the
Anglo-French-US bombardment
stops. A ceasefire and mediation are the only alternatives to their aim
of
regime change which will plunge Libya into chaos and further bloodshed.
Stop the bombing!
No military intervention in Libya!
Roger Nettleship speaking on behalf of the
Tyneside Stop the
War Coalition at the May Day Rally in Exhibition Park on Saturday April
30th in
which he gave Stop the War's condemnation of the British, French and US
bombing
and military intervention in Libya.
Speech in full
Emergency Protest End Britain's Involvement in Military
Aggression Against Libya!
 
Roger Nettleship, Alex Snowden and Tony
Dowling Speaking
at the Protest
Around 30 people attended an emergency
protest which was
organised by Tyneside Stop the War Coalition on Monday, March 21st at
5pm at
the Monument to protest against the military intervention of Britain
and big
powers in Libya.
Roger Nettleship chairing and opening the
protest said on
March 19th, the international gangsters France, Britain and the US
committed an
act of war against Libya by launching over 100 missiles at Libya and
seizing
the assets of the Bank of Libya abroad. He explained that, as with Iraq
and
Afghanistan the war could not be legitimised under the UN charter even
if being
"legalised" by a minority vote in the UN when the majority of nations
expressed their concerns at the action. He went on to say that Cameron
was the
new Blair and this shows even more the need to fight for an anti-war
government
in Britain that such a programme of the anti-war movement stood for
peaceful
resolution of conflicts between nations and within nations and nothing
could
justify the present attack on Libya and the pro-war consensus at
Westminster.
Alex Snowden also speaking from Tyneside
Stop the War
Coalition said military intervention was not the way to bring
democracy. Not
through cruise missiles and B52s. What was crucial for the people of
Libya is
their self determination and that they control their own destiny and
not having
it taken away by the big western powers. It was hypocritical for
Cameron, Obama
and Clinton and so on to claim that they support popular uprisings as
they also
arm countries that suppress uprisings. He said look at history look at
the
so-called humanitarian interventions in Iraq and in Afghanistan they
have been
disastrous and the attack on Libya is not different if the big powers
don't get
what they want through airstrikes we could well see a ground invasion.
Tony Dowling of Tyneside Stop the War
Coalition spoke saying
that we have to be quite clear that our governments, the west, the
United
Nations have never gone to intervene in a country to actually help the
people.
They go in only for their own political and economic interests. He said
that
are saying we have to cut millions from public services but they are
sending
Cruise Missiles at a million pounds a time into Libya.
The chair then concluded by saying the aim
of the anti-war
movement isn't just to oppose each war as they launch it but also to
create the
conditions in Britain for an anti-war government that resolves
international
conflicts and conflicts within countries in a peaceful way. Everyone
was called
upon to oppose the military intervention in Libya and the Middle East.
Meeting Bring the Troops Home 'Say YES' End the war in
Afghanistan
A meeting of the Stop the War Coaltion on
Tuesday March
15th was held to support the calls by Stop the War & Military
Families
Against the War to 'Bring the Troops Home' and 'Help end the war in
Afghanistan'
Joan Humphreys, Military
Families Against
the War and Craig Hindson, ex-Royal Marine
Author,
"12 Steps Back From the Abyss - a war veteran's journey from depression
to
joy"spoke. They both gave moving and passionate accounts from their own
experience. The meeting was chaired by Tony Dowling.
Listen to the
speeches
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