The Stop the War Coalition (StWC) (informally just Stop the War) is a UK anti-war group set up on 21 September 2001. Image File history File links Logo of StWC (UK) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Anti war protest in Melbourne, Australia, 2003 Anti_war is a name that is widely adopted by any social movement or person that seeks to end or oppose a future or current war. ... September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The "war" in the Coalition's title refers to the various wars that are claimed to be part of the war on terrorism. The Coalition has been the most prominent group in Britain campaigning against the war in Afghanistan which deposed the Taliban government, and the invasion of Iraq which deposed Saddam Hussein. The demonstration against the latter on 15 February 2003, which it organised in association with CND and the Muslim Association of Britain, is claimed by Stop the War as the largest public demonstration in British history, although objective assesment of the numbers involved is difficult. This article is about U.S. actions after September 11, 2001. ... Combatants Taliban al-Qaeda IMU Hezbi Islami Afghanistan Northern Alliance United Nations: United States ISAF NATO, including: Canada United Kingdom Netherlands France Commanders Osama bin Laden Mohammed Omar Obaidullah Akhund Mullah Dadullah Bismillah Khan Tommy Franks Dan McNeill David Fraser Strength Unknown Afghan Army: 70,000 U.S.: 27,000... Public execution of a woman by Taliban at Ghazi Sports Stadium, 1999. ... Combatants Coalition Forces: United States United Kingdom South Korea Australia Poland Romania others. ... Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: [1]; April 28, 1937[2] – December 30, 2006[3]), was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979, until April 9, 2003. ... February 15, 2003 was a global day of protests against the imminent invasion of Iraq. ... Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament logo In British politics, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has been at the forefront of the peace movement in the United Kingdom and claims to be Europes largest single-issue peace campaign. ... MAB logo The Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) is an Islamist group in the United Kingdom established in 1997. ...

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Formation

The impetus to form the Stop the War Coalition came following the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks in the USA. The Coalition was launched at a public meeting of over 2,000 people in the Friend's Meeting House in London ^[1] , which was chaired by Lindsey German, then editor of the Socialist Workers Party's magazine Socialist Review. German argued that the action in Afghanistan, then under contemplation unless the Taliban government gave up Usama bin Laden, would lead to that country's "destruction", and "possibly a wider conflagration in the Indian subcontinent, Iran and the Middle East." Other speakers at the meeting included Jeremy Corbyn (Labour MP for Islington North), Bruce Kent (of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament), and John Rees (of the Socialist Workers Party). The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Lindsey German Lindsey German is a British Trotskyist politician and member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party. ... The Socialist Review is the monthly magazine of the Socialist Workers Party (UK). ... Osama bin Laden Usāmah bin Muhammad bin `Awad bin Lādin (born March 10, 1957 or July 30, 1957) (Arabic: أسامة بن محمد بن عود بن لادن), commonly known as Osama bin... Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (born 26 May 1949, Wiltshire) is a British Member of Parliament for Islington North. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Islington North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Bruce Kent (born 22 June 1929) is a British political activist. ... Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament logo In British politics, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has been at the forefront of the peace movement in the United Kingdom and claims to be Europes largest single-issue peace campaign. ... John Rees John Rees is a British Trotskyist politician and a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party. ...

Lindsey German became Convenor of the Coalition and a meeting on October 28 settled the Coalition's official aims. This meeting also elected a Steering Committee which consisted of a spectrum of left-wingers including representatives of Labour Left Briefing and the Communist Party of Britain. The Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee) and Alliance for Workers' Liberty^[2] failed to get elected, although both became members of the Coalition and participated in its activities. In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition... Labour Left Briefing is a monthly political magazine produced by members of the British Labour Party. ... The Communist Party of Britain, which claims to have around 900 members, is the largest Communist party in the United Kingdom. ... The Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee), which commonly calls itself the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), is a British Leninist political grouping, which publishes the Weekly Worker newspaper. ... [[Category:]] The Alliance for Workers Liberty (AWL), also known as Workers Liberty is a small Marxist group based in the United Kingdom. ...

Key messages

Banners on the march

The Coalition's title 'Stop The War' identifies it as part of the peace movement and has led to its supporters being nicknamed 'Stoppers' by those who disagree with its aims ^[3] . Once plans for the invasion of Iraq were underway, the slogan 'Not in my name' was widely used. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (600 × 800 pixel, file size: 174 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) (Uploaded using CommonsHelper or PushForCommons) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (600 × 800 pixel, file size: 174 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) (Uploaded using CommonsHelper or PushForCommons) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are... A peace movement is a social movement that seeks to achieve ideals such as the ending of a particular war (or all wars), minimize inter-human violence in a particular place or type of situation, often linked to the goal of achieving world peace. ... Not-in-my-name banners at a Stop the War Coalition march Not in my name is a simple powerful statement that says the person making the statement is not going to be complicit in something by non-action and is going to do somthing to prove it. ...

At their initial meeting the Coalition also adopted the slogan 'Against the racist backlash', asserting that a war against Afghanistan would be perceived as an attack on Islam and that Muslims, or those perceived as Muslim, would face racist attacks in Britain if the government joined the war. The Coalition worked closely with the Muslim Association of Britain in organising its demonstrations. 1. ... Islam (Arabic:  ) is a monotheistic religion based upon the teachings of Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. ... MAB logo The Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) is an Islamist group in the United Kingdom established in 1997. ...

It also has the slogan 'Defend civil liberties' and has campaigned against the restrictions, such as detention without trial, which has been brought in by the present New Labour government. Civil liberties is the name given to freedoms that protect the individual from government. ... New Labour is an alternative name of the British political Labour Party. ...

Demonstrations

The largest demonstration organised by the Coalition was against the imminent invasion of Iraq on 15 February, 2003. This was claimed to be the largest demonstration ever seen in Britain with estimates of attendance ranging between 750,000 and 2,000,000 people.[1] Speakers included Tony Benn, Jesse Jackson, Charles Kennedy, Ken Livingstone, and Harold Pinter. February 15, 2003 was a global day of protests against the imminent invasion of Iraq. ... Tony Benn about to join March 2005 anti-war demo in London Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn (born April 3, 1925), known as Tony Benn, formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, is a British politician on the left of the Labour Party. ... Jesse Louis Jackson (born October 8, 1941) is an American politician, civil rights activist, racist, and falseBaptist ministerwith no divinity degree. ... Rt. ... Kenneth Robert Livingstone (born June 17, 1945) is an English politician who became Mayor of London on the creation of the post in 2000. ... Harold Pinter, CH, CBE (born 10 October 1930) is a British playwright, screenwriter, poet, actor, director, author, and political activist, best known for his plays The Birthday Party (1957), The Caretaker (1959), The Homecoming (1964), and Betrayal (1978), and for his screenplay adaptations of novels by others, such as The...

The Stop the War Coalition's 'Day X' demonstration as seen from the roof of the House of Commons.

Following a call made by Tony Benn in March 2003, StWC urged its local groups and supporters to organise actions on the day the invasion of Iraq became. As this date was - for obvious reasons - unknown in advance, it was dubbed "Day X". This would eventually fall on 20 March, 2003. Despite having very little time to put plans into action, events took place up and down the country: In London there was a large protest in Parliament Square; in Nottingham traffic outside an army recruitment centre was blocked for a while; and thousands of school students walked out of lessons. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1152x852, 309 KB) Image:Parlsquareprotests. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1152x852, 309 KB) Image:Parlsquareprotests. ... On March 20, 2003, the day after the invasion of Iraq had begun, thousands of protests and demonstrations were held around the world in opposition to the war in Iraq. ...

Following the beginning of the war and the events of Day X, the Coalition organised another national demonstration on the next Saturday, 22 March. While the turnout for this march did not match the demonstration of 15 February - between 500,000 and 1,000,000 people turned up - it was noted that this was the largest anti-war demonstration held during wartime and had been organised with but a week's notice. Combatants Coalition Forces: United States United Kingdom South Korea Australia Poland Romania others. ...

Action after the war

StWC Placard

The Coalition held a series of protests during November 2003 climaxing in a march on the 20th protesting against what it claims is the aggressive foreign policy of U.S. President George W. Bush, and against the continued U.S. detention of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, which protesters claim is an illegal infringement of human rights and the Geneva conventions. A march past parliament was organised climaxing in a rally in Trafalgar Square. A papier-mâché statue of Bush was toppled in an action reminiscent of the much televised pulling down of a statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad by American soldiers. Speakers included maverick MP George Galloway(then member of Labour Party now expelled and joined Respect), SNP leader Alex Salmond and Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic. Not-in-my-name banner, close. ... Not-in-my-name banner, close. ... The Bush Doctrine is name given to a set of foreign policy guidelines first unveiled by President George W. Bush in his commencement speech to the graduating class of West Point given on June 1, 2002. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... Detainees upon arrival at Camp X-Ray, January 2002 Guantánamo Bay detainment camp serves as a joint military prison and interrogation center under the leadership of Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO), has occupied a portion of the United States Navys base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba since 2002. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... Development of the Geneva Conventions from 1864 to 1949. ... Trafalgar Square viewed from the northeast corner. ... Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: [1]; April 28, 1937[2] – December 30, 2006[3]), was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979, until April 9, 2003. ... Baghdad (Arabic: ‎ ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... George Galloway (born 16 August 1954) is a Scottish politician noted for his far left and socialist views, confrontational style, and rhetorical skill. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in Britain (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... RESPECT The Unity Coalition is a left wing British political party founded on January 25, 2004 in London. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond, known as Alex Salmond (born on Hogmanay, December 31, 1954), is the leader (National Convenor) of the Scottish National Party (SNP). ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... Ronald L. Kovic (born July 4, 1946) is an anti-war activist who was paralyzed in the Vietnam War. ...

The coalition estimates that 300,000 people were present at the demonstration, but this figure is disputed by the police estimate which put it as low as 100,000 people.

On 19 March, 2005, StWC organised a large demonstration in Westminster with supporters marching from Hyde Park to Parliament Square via the US embassy. The supporters were calling for the invading troops to move out of Iraq, for the US to not attack Iran and Syria, for the UK government to halt reductions in the civil liberties of UK citizens including the right to protest and a free trial (which they allege would result from the recent Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 and Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005), and for a reduction in racism in the UK. Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London. ... The Serpentine, viewed from the eastern end Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in central London and one of the Royal Parks of London. ... Anti-war protesters gather at Parliament Square on the afternoon of March 20, 2003. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... The United Kingdom is a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy. ... The Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 is a British Act of Parliament intended to deal with the Law Lords ruling of 16 December 2004, that the detention without trial of nine foreigners at HM Prison Belmarsh under Part IV of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 was unlawful... The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament aimed primarily at creating the Serious Organised Crime Agency. ... Manifestations Slavery · Racial profiling · Lynching Hate speech · Hate crime · Hate groups Genocide · Holocaust · Pogrom Ethnocide · Ethnic cleansing · Race war Religious persecution · Gay bashing Pedophobia · Ephebiphobia Movements Discriminatory Aryanism · Neo-Nazism · Supremacism Kahanism Anti-discriminatory Abolitionism · Civil rights · Gay rights Womens/Universal suffrage · Mens rights Childrens rights · Youth...

The date was chosen as the it was the international day of anti-war demonstrations, as called by the Assembly of the Social Movements at the 2004 European Social Forum. Estimates of the number of marchers vary from 45,000 by the police to over 100,000 by StWC to 200,000 by some observers. The protest was significant as it was the first time that a march had passed the US embassy in London since the protests over the Vietnam war. The European Social Forum (ESF) is an annual conference held by members of the alter-globalization movement (also known as the Global Justice Movement). ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000...

Later in 2005 StWC sought to join the Make Poverty History coalition of groups campaigning around the 31st G8 summit, held in July of that year, for an end to poverty, but was prevented from doing so, by the MPH Coordinating Team, on the grounds that the issues of economic justice and development are separate from that of war. Nevertheless they independently organised for the MPH demo in Edinburgh on 2 July and in some areas campaigners from MPH and StWC worked together on a local level. They also managed to negotiate a stage in the park at the end of the march. It has been speculated that they were prevented from joining the MPH coalition because organisers wanted to avoid radical criticism of the Labour government[2]. Intriguingly fellow anti-war group and StWC member organisation CND were allowed to join. // The Make Poverty History campaign (which is written as MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY) was a British and Irish coalition of charities, religious groups, trade unions, campaigning groups and celebrities who mobilized around the UKs prominence in world politics in 2005 to increase awareness and pressure governments into taking actions towards relieving absolute... Official G8 2005 Portrait. ... A boy from an East Cipinang trash dump slum in Jakarta, Indonesia shows what he found. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. ... CND logo In British politics, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has been at the forefront of the peace movement in the United Kingdom and claims to be Europes largest single-issue peace campaign. ...

Following the 7 July 2005 London bombings, StWC in association with Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the Muslim Association of Britain held a Vigil for the Victims ^[4] at the Peace Garden in Euston, London on Saturday, 9 July, 2005 and a further solidarity gathering at Russell Square, close to one of the Underground stations targeted, on Sunday, 17 July, 2005. At the latter StWC national convenor Lindsey German condemned the bombings but added that “The only way to end the bombings is to withdraw from Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine. When we have justice around the world we will have peace as well.” ^[5] . The StWC also supported vigils across the country. The 7 July 2005 London bombings were a series of coordinated terrorist bomb blasts that hit Londons public transport system during the morning rush hour. ... Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament logo In British politics, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has been at the forefront of the peace movement in the United Kingdom and claims to be Europes largest single-issue peace campaign. ... MAB logo The Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) is an Islamist group in the United Kingdom established in 1997. ... Lindsey German Lindsey German is a British Trotskyist politician and member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party. ...

In Autumn 2005 the StWC organised a demonstration on the 24th of September with the slogans Stop the Bombings, Stop the War, Bring the Troops Home, Defend Civil Liberties and Defend the Muslim Community. The protest was timed so as to coincide with the protests in Washington and to occur just before the start of the Labour Party Conference. September 24, 2005 saw protests against the invasion and occupation of Iraq take place across the world. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: Country United States Federal District District of Columbia Government  - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D)  - City Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D...

On 10 December, 2005 the StWC held an 'International Peace Conference' attended by around 1,500 people. Speakers from across the world included Cindy Sheehan, the American mother whose son died in Iraq; and Hassan Juma, president of the Iraqi Southern Oil Workers Union. At this conference a call was launched for an international demonstration on 18 March, 2006. The International Peace Conference was an anti-war conference held on December 10, 2005. ... Cindy Sheehan gives the peace sign in front of the White House in 2006. ...

The March 18, 2006 anti-war protest in London took place with coaches coming from across the country.

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On 23 September, 2006 a demonstration was held outside the venue for the Labour Party Conference in Manchester which George Galloway, on his TalkSport radio show predicted would have a million protesters. Estimates of attendance varied from "around 20,000" by the police, "up to 50,000" from [3], to "more than 50,000" by the Socialist Workers Party[4] . This article is becoming very long. ... George Galloway (born 16 August 1954) is a Scottish politician noted for his far left and socialist views, confrontational style, and rhetorical skill. ... talkSPORT is the only dedicated national commercial sports and talk radio station, based in London, broadcasting to the United Kingdom providing sports talk, live commentaries, phone-in discussion and talk shows. ...

After the 2007 march, speeches in Trafalgar Sq.

The 2007 demo took place on February 24th 2007 in London, jointly organised with the CND. The themes of this march were No Trident and Troops Out of Iraq. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 471 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) ClemRutter. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 471 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) ClemRutter. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... CND logo In British politics, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has been at the forefront of the peace movement in the United Kingdom and claims to be Europes largest single-issue peace campaign. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Criticisms

Critics of the Coalition have declared that the Socialist Workers Party has too much control over the organisation.^[6][7] The Coalition has been criticised for its lack of condemnation of Saddam Hussein's regime, and the inclusion of George Galloway^[8][9][10] and Tony Benn^[11] in its ranks. It has also been criticised for its refusal to condemn terrorist attacks within Iraq, and refusal to condemn foreign insurgent fighters who have entered parts of the country.^[12][13] The commentator Nick Cohen has also criticised the relationship of the StWC with Islamist organisations such as the Muslim Association of Britain. He accuses the coalition of involving itself with "Islamofascist" organisations and ignoring the requests of secular trade unions in Iraq. He also claims that there is a contradiction between the StWC's call for respect for human rights and its close links with organisations that he claims call for the death penalty for homosexuality and apostasy.^[14][15][16] The Socialist Workers Party (SWP) is a political party of the far left in England. ... Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: [1]; April 28, 1937[2] – December 30, 2006[3]), was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979, until April 9, 2003. ... Nick Cohen is a British journalist, author, and political commentator. ... Islamism is a political ideology derived from the conservative religious views of Muslim fundamentalism. ... The study of Neofascism and religion is a controversial area which examines the parallels and intersections between various forms of neofascism and contemporary religions and religious movements. ... This article concerns secularity, that is, being secular, in various senses. ... A Trade Union (Labour union) ... is a continuous association of wage-earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences. ... Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction and / or romantic attraction between individuals of the same sex. ... Apostasy (from Greek αποστασία, meaning a defection or revolt , from απο, apo, away, apart, στασις, stasis, standing) is a term generally employed to describe the formal renunciation of ones religion, especially if the motive is deemed unworthy. ...

Notable Members

• Tony Benn, StWC President, left-wing Labour party member
• George Galloway, StWC Vice-President, Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow.
• Tariq Ali, StWC Vice-President, anti-imperialist writer
• Andrew Murray, StWC chair, full-time ASLEF official, leading Communist Party of Britain member
• Lindsey German, StWC convenor, SWP Central Committee member, Respect candidate in the elections for London Mayor
• Chris Nineham, StWC officer, SWP Central Committee member
• John Rees, StWC officer, SWP Central Committee member, Respect National Secretary
• Jeremy Corbyn, StWC officer, Labour Party MP for Islington North
• Salma Yaqoob, Birmingham City Councilor, Respect founding member
• Walter Wolfgang, StWC member, Vice-chair Labour CND, Vice-president CND

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References

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External links

• Stopwar.org.uk
• BBC News: February 2003 Protests
• BBC News: Protests at the outbreak of war
• BBC News: Anti-Bush protests
• Indymedia UK: February 2003 Protests
• AndrewBurgin.co.uk