EDITORIAL BOARD : Mandy Baker, Julia Brandreth, John Bulaitis, Andrew Burgin, Terry Conway, Sam Feeney, Phil Hearse, John Lister, Kathy Lowe, Pauline Roland, Liam McUaid, Piers Moystn, Karen O'Toole, Alan Thornett, James SPONSORED BY: International Socialist Group, Socialist Solidarity Network and individuals including Toby Abse, Julia Brandreth, Andrew Burgin, Brenda and Brian Bushell, Mathew Caygill, Duncan Chapple, Frances Curran, Norma Dowd, Andy Gibbons, Jamie Gough, Catriona Grant, Patrick Hall, Rick Hatcher, Wayne Holmes, Nick Lidgett, Nick Long, Frank McMahon, Lesley Mahmood, Margaret Manning, Liam McQuade, Alan McCoombes, Martin Milne, Piers Moystn, Karen O'Toole, Surykant Raithatha, Paul Shawcroft, Norman Traub, Rick Simon, Murray Smith, Sarah Andrew Burgin Britain. Blair govemment saw a huge
When The surge of opposition to American and British war raised a plans is not confined to
What has been developing over the last weeks and months has been an intemational movement against the war plans and actions of the Bush administration and the
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anti-war demonstration in Athens. In Italy and Spain mass demon- goverment and the war: strations have marched On under the banner "Against Capital - Against War!'.
Bush visited Germany thousands of protesters spontaneously came EDITORS: John Bulaitis, Terry Conway, John Lister White and Paul Wilcox. DESIGN: Pete McGreal and John Lister
Taversham, Bill Walton, Roger Welch, and James White. onto the streets and in the with the London march German Parliament deputies happening at the same time
banner Their march is our march. Bush/Schroeder Stop your In the Middle East slogans Wars!'. Schroeder sought in support of the Palestinians re-election on a directly anti- have included war programme. Germany slaughter-stop the oil!' Even would not support a British in the police state of Saudi and American invasion of Arabia there have been
groups of women demonOn September 14 in strating in support of the Rome more than 500,000 Palestinians. came onto the streets in They have been savagely protest against both the cor- beaten. There is no doubt ruption of the Berlusconi that a renewed attack on
.... September Rifondazione Comunista is organising an anti-war rally in Rome at which they expect
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Iraq would light a fuse in that region which would seriously undermine and threaten several client states of US imperialism. 'stop the In America itself the antiwar movement has grown. The April 20 demonstration in Washington drew tens of thousands of activists Peace activists disrupted the Congress, unfurling banners opposing US militarism and forcing Vice-President Cheney to withdraw from ... The things they say ... Lesley Stahl: 'We have heard that half a million children have died in Iraq. I mean, that's more children that died in Hiroshima. And you know, is the price [then US Secretary of State] Madeleine Albright: "I think this is a very hard choice, but the price? We think the price is worth it'. CBS Ne» the proceedings. Over 70% of Americans opposed a unilateral attack on Iraq.
What we see emerging is an international movement against this war
Let us give it strength and take this movement to the European Social Forum in Florence
What is now possible is an agreement between organised workers across Europe to block the movement of military supplies.
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.. the war and the Muslim community Piers Mostyn Many people felt uneasy about the minute's silence held on September 11. The death and suffering extended far beyond those directly effected by the attacks on New York and Washington. Yet there was no official expression of concern for the thousands killed and injured in Afghanistan.
People have suffered in this country as well. The last year has seen a wave of attacks on civil liberties, the full consequences of which are yet to be felt.
The Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act 2001 containing a raft of authoritarian measures was rushed through parlia ment. These measures included the introduction of internment without trial and a derogation from the European Convention on Human Rights on the grounds that there is a war or public emergency threatening the nation. This is an "emergency" that has yet to see a single threat of injury to any person or damage to any property.
Police powers have been increased. There is a new offence of failing to provide information about terrorism and the state has new powers to obtain confidential personal data from corporations and government departments.
The power of internment has been used to detain i 1 men - all of them Muslim and none alleged to be members of alQaida or involved in September 11. It was months before Sarah Parker
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of origin of largest numarrivals will be Kurds, not because it is much more difficult for people in south
Some of the recent arrivals have been granted residence status here but many have not. They are ported in order to get rid of current Kurdish entity