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Anti-war greeting for Tweedle Brown

27-06-2007 12:12

End Brown's Wars

Gordon Brown is facing an anti-war welcome during his first week in power, with little sign that he will break with Blair's disastrous foreign policy. A War Is Still the Issue camp was set up in Parliament Square from Saturday 23rd [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Video ] (the fact that it was allowed may be a sign that SOCPA will be repealed? ... well, in fact probably not!). There was a demonstration outside Brown's Labour leadership coronation in Manchester on Saturday [ 1 | 2 | 3 ] and a Military Families Against War demonstration took place on his first day as Prime Minister on Wednesday [ Pics ] Later in the evening, a small group of activists braved the rain outside Blair's new Connaught Square home and made neighbours aware of their new resident [ Pics ].

Links: War is Still the issue | Voices in the Wilderness | Justice Not Vengeance | Stop the War Coalition | Military Families Against the War

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Peace Camp Set to Defy Ban

19-09-2006 20:19

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"We think it's because it's the Labour conference and they don't want us going and voicing our opinions" Rose Gentle, Military Families Against the War

"They have got every right to protest, and I think we will find they will protest. Whoever is responsible for this are idiots." Walter Wolfgang

A protest group is planning to defy a ban on setting up a peace camp in Albert Square imposed on them by Manchester City Council. Military Families Against the War - an organization of relatives to members of the Armed Services opposed to the war in Iraq - will be pitching camp outside the town hall in the run up to the Labour Party Conference. Come Saturday the camp will be joined by thousands of people protesting against the continuing military occupation of Iraq and British foreign policy in the Middle East.

The Council claim the ban is in place for 'logistical' and 'health and safety' reasons, a claim that is strongly disputed by MFAW, who say the council is merely doing the bidding of the Labour Party. A further claim that there were 'security issues' with the camp have been denied by GM Police.

The conference is set to meet a high level of dissent this September. Aside from the peace camp a march and rally has been called by the Stop the War Coalition on Saturday 23rd which will include an anarchist block. Also on the menu, welfare rights group, Coalition Against the Welfare Reform Bill, are planning a demonstration and lobby on Monday 25th in reaction to the punitive approach towards disabled welfare claimants outlined in the bill.

Military Families to Defy Ban [ 1 | 2 ] Demonstrate Against Welfare Reform Bill [ 1 | 2 | 3 ] | Military Families Against the War | Stop the War Coalition | Time To Go? | Anarchist Block

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Freedom from Nightmare in Iraq

01-01-2004 20:39

Anjool Malde, 28.12.2003

Manchester University student Urslaan Khan made the headlines earlier this month, arrested in Iraq on suspicion of trying to join a group fighting coalition troops. An inquisitive individual with a philosophical outlook on life, he finally returned safely to the United Kingdom for the Christmas vacation, able to give his side of the story.

On a break from studies at Egypt’s University of Alexandria, he had initially travelled to Jordan at the start of a planned pilgrimage to find the Saudi embassy closed. “So I considered Iraq as an alternative and took a £7 coach down there. I was there for tourism”, he calmly says. “I wanted to see how the people of Iraq were coping with the new situation.”

An interview with Urslaan Khan

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Image Stop the deportation of 26 year old Raba Hamad to Iraq
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01-12-2009 21:46

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16-11-2009 19:16

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28-10-2009 23:27

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19-10-2009 16:50 | 1 comment

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17-10-2009 15:43

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16-10-2009 09:14 | 4 comments

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07-10-2009 11:23

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05-10-2009 08:26 | 3 comments

Text Hands Off the People of Iran Meeting in Leeds
17-09-2009 11:58

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06-09-2009 05:19 | 1 comment

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25-08-2009 15:28 | 4 comments

Image Target Brimar National Demonstration
19-08-2009 19:06

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14-08-2009 14:35 | 4 comments

Text Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers screening in Leeds
07-08-2009 21:58 | 1 comment

Text Anti Arms Co Demo, 17th October
04-08-2009 17:59

Text Fundraiser to Combat War Trauma
17-03-2009 10:56

Text The Hidden Wounds of War!
23-02-2009 11:06

Text Anti-War Teach-In At MMU 11th of Feb
09-02-2009 03:06 | 1 addition

Text Police repression of activist film
17-04-2008 18:49 | 2 comments

Image Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group at World Against War
17-03-2008 08:37

Text Public Meeting: Iran, Imperialism and Solidarity
12-02-2008 22:45 | 1 comment

Text Manchester Meeting: Hands Off The People Of Iran!
19-11-2007 23:04

Image ICBUW Launches Global Disinvestment Campaign
06-11-2007 10:28

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15-10-2007 20:56

Image Anti-war Play on Iraq
10-10-2007 10:50

Text The Price of Freedom.
18-09-2007 14:54 | 1 comment

Text Iraq Trauma: "children grow up, people grow old"
17-08-2007 09:19

Text West Urged to Abandon Maliki
15-08-2007 12:05

Text For a Middle East Free of All Weapons of Mass Destruction
06-08-2007 00:22

Text “When will you teach this lad English?”
12-07-2007 18:31

Text People of Britain: It's "Liberation Day!"
28-06-2007 15:05 | 1 comment

Text 24th June, Manchester: Gordon Brown Demo report
25-06-2007 19:23 | 1 addition | 3 comments

Image Photos: Stop the War Demo Manchester 24th June
24-06-2007 18:49 | 3 additions | 20 comments

Text Baquba: ' A kill sack'
24-06-2007 17:31

Text march against war: 24th June
19-06-2007 18:39 | 1 addition | 4 comments

Text Demonstrate: Troops out of Iraq 24th June, Manchester
11-06-2007 12:23

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07-06-2007 11:38

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05-06-2007 07:40

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21-05-2007 23:49 | 6 comments

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15-05-2007 19:26 | 2 comments

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25-04-2007 21:08

Text The lullaby of Corporal Donald Payne
15-03-2007 12:40

Text Troops Out of Iraq! 17 March.
13-03-2007 23:19 | 2 comments

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28-02-2007 16:06 | 1 comment

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