A
Hundred Years Since the "War to End All Wars"
What Sort of Foreign Policy Does the UK Need Today?
Nick Megoran speaking at the meeting in Newcastle University
On Wednesday November
14th a
well attended joint public meeting was organised at Newcastle by
Newcastle Stop the War and Newcastle University's Power/Space/Politics
research group. Addressing the meeting was Alex Snowdon Newcastle Stop
the War and Nick Megoran, Newcastle University's Power/Space/Politics
research group. The Chair was Craig
Jones,
lecturer in human geography, Newcastle University. During
the meeting both speakers exposed the lies that the war was fought for
"democracy" and "self-determination" and emphasised the real causes of
the war as rivalry between the big powers to re-divide the world. They
also brought out the importance of the anti-war and peace movements
opposing the war. Both in the speeches and discussion afterwards the
meeting drew on the lessons for the need today for a new anti-war
policy and an anti-war government in the face of the present dangerous
situation in Britain's continued pro-war stand in the big power rivalry
for world domination. Recordings of the speeches follow. Craig Jones
intro - Chair Alex Snowdon -
NSW Nick Megoran
- PSP
Newcastle Protest Rally
Trump & May: No More Bombs on Syria
Jamie Driscoll speaking
at the
protest
On
Tuesday April 17 2018, over 200 people attended a Newcastle Stop the
War Coalition protest at the Monument, Newcastle to condemn
Trump,
May and Macron's bombing of Syria and call for no
more bombings. The
protest was chaired by Tony Dowling and
speakers were Conor McArdle - Unison, Ann Schofield - Newcastle
city councillor, Jamie Driscoll - Northern Regional Organiser,
Momentum, Mollie Brown - North East People’s Assembly Against
Austerity, Pam Wortley - Sunderland Stop the War and Roger Nettleship -
convener, Newcastle Stop the War. Finally Ron Brown - a singer
song writer sang for the protest., Newcastle Stand Up To Trump.
Speaking at the event
Newcastle Stop the War said that; "we say today to Trump, May and
Macron
as we said to Bush and Blair this is 'Not in our Name'. That’s
why we need to
build our Stop the War committees here in Newcastle and the north east
with the necessity to fight for an anti-war government in Britain."
Speakers:
Laura Pidcock MP, Dave Webb CND, Charlotte Austin YL, Declan Mulholland
YL and
Lindsey German speaking at the meeting
On
Saturday February 3, Newcastle Stop the War hosted a public Meeting in
Newcastle St Georges Social Centre as part of the "We Need an Anti-War
Government tour organised by Stop the War. Speakers Laura Pidcock MP
for North West Durham,
Dave Webb CND national chair, Charlotte Austin Young Labour, Declan
Mulholland Young
Labour and Lindsey German Stop the War convener addressed a packed
meeting of 60 people which was then followed by lively contributions
and questions from the people present. The meeting was chaired by
Newcastle Stop the War
convener Roger Nettleship. The meeting called on people to join stop
the war and build the anti-war movement to fight for an anti-war
government in Britain as our contribution to ending the crimes of the
Anglo-US powers abroad and defending the rights of all in
Britain. With permission of the speakers the recordings of
their contributions are below.
Newcastle demonstration
against the invasion of Afghanistan, October 2001
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