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Socialist Resistance pilot issue October 2002  |  page 3

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Communication Workers Union delegates at this year's TUC Congress in Blackpool show their disagreement as Blair gets up to speak

Because of Tony Blair's obsequious relationship sibility in building the anti-war moverent. Over the last year, the Stop the War Coalition has built one of the largest campaigns in Europe.

Ten days after the horrific attacks in New York on I1 September 2001, over 2000 people came together to express their wish for peace and their opposition to military retaliation. The Coalition was born out of that meeting Demonstrations

It has proved a durable instrument of the anti-war movement. Together with CND, the Muslim Association of Britain and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign it has organised six national demonstratione on the questions of Iraq, Palestine and Afghanistan.

Operating as a broad based coalition, representing many millions of people, is first cask must be to break the Bush/Blur axis. For the US to go it alone against Irag would not be as straighdorward as Bush and the hawks think, Recent opinion polls in the US find over 70% opposed to unfateral L5 military acdon.

Within the anti-war moverent, socialists should

ook to clarity the role of the United Nations in this war. The great danger i that the movement will be de-railed

sope thee the LIN offers some kind of a solution. Bush is looking to make the UN the vehide for

Back by proposing a Security Councl resok.con that will be impossible for Irag to comply with. New era

September Il opened a new era of US foreigi policy. Asjohm Negropore, chief US eney to the United Nadions, put it we {the L5] may find that our self-defence requires further military action with respect to other organisations and other states. rag with the sacond largest off reserves on the planet is just second port of cal."

Pre-emptive action and the development of battlefield nuclear weapons for use against non-nuclear countries are now on the 15 agenda. The British Defence Secretary, Geoff Hoon, said in the House of Commons that he would not shrink from using such weapons in fraq. Beginning

So the massive demonstration on 28 September must be the beginning of our campaign. As George Galloway has said 'On September 28 the STWC will mount what 1 belleve to be the most sgnificant demonstration in modern poliocal history

On the eve of the Labour Party's conference, the march and rally can shake the Labour leadership to the core. A mammoth demonstration will be heard across the Atlantic and around the world.'

The destruction of Iraq is not yet set in stone. The time for resistance is now!

• Break the Blair-Bush axis

• End the Sanctions

NOT IN OUR NAME IN OUR N.

NOT IN OUR NAME

DC