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May 19th Protest
Hands off Syria and Iran!
Troops Out of Afghanistan!
No Intervention in the Middle East!
Britain Out of NATO!
Newcastle Stop the War Coalition held a protest at the
Monument on Saturday May 19th, 2012 to mark the international day of action
with demonstrations in London and Chicago against the NATO conference in
Chicago. The protests were to oppose the continued occupation of Afghanistan
and the growing threats against Syria and Iran in recent weeks that have been
backed up with increased sanctions. As we know from Iraq, these threats are a
prelude to war, not an alternative to it. There are signs of covert
intervention already in Iran, as there are in Syria. The protest opposed all
covert and overt military intervention from the western powers in the region,
for which there is absolutely no justification.
Newcastle Stop the War Coalition
Addresses May Day Rally
 On Saturday, May 5th 2012, Newcastle
Stop the War Coalition took part in the May Day March as several hundred
workers and their families marched through Newcastle and held a Rally in
Exhibition Park afterwards. Many people attended the Newcastle Stop the War
Coalition stall at the front of the Marquee and NSWC convener Roger Nettleship
gave a short intervention to the rally on the work of the anti-war movement.
May Day Rally Intervention
Saturday Vigil - Hands Off Syria and Iran!
Naming of the Dead in Afghanistan!
Introduction, reading of the names and tolling of the
bell.
Newcastle ‘Naming the Dead’ vigil took place at
Newcastle Monument on March 24th 2012, as more than 400 hundred British
soldiers and 100,000s of Afghans have died as a result of the occupation of
Afghanistan by NATO powers over 10 years. This action is part of Stop the War
Coalition’s national day of action - and to mark the anniversary of the
invasion of Iraq. The action read aloud the names of 40 soldiers and 40 Afghans
and how they were killed in Afghanistan as representative of this destruction
of human life by the occupation. After each name a bell was tolled. This event
also warned against further wars and bloodshed in the Middle East and to demand
that the British government be brought to account for its crimes against peace
and war crimes against the people of so many countries. These wars are
“Not In Our Name!" one of the activists declared.
The protest demanded ‘Hands off Syria and Iran!’,
opposing the sanctions and intervention which are not an alternative to war as
they claim but are preparations for more illegal wars as with Iraq. Introducing
the rally the chair spoke about the nearly one thousand British soldiers and
over one million people killed by these wars in Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan. He
said the anti-war movement is aimed at bringing the Coalition government to
account for its pro-war stance towards Syria, Iran and other countries. Our
contribution, he said, is to fight here for an anti-war government so that
Britain stands for peace and stability in the world instead of war.
Don't Attack Iran! - Newcastle Monument
National Stop the War Day of Action
On Saturday, February 25th, the Tyneside Stop the War
Coalition organised an action at the Monument as part of the national Stop the
War Coalition day of action to oppose the British government's criminal
warmongering stance towards Iran and to demand hands off Syria and Iran.
Hundreds signed the petitions and people joined the protest to make it very
clear that they area opposed to an attack on Iran by the USA, Britain and
Israel, or any other power.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Photos: Newcastle Stop the War Coalition
(RSN)
Don't Attack Iran - Stop the War public meeting in Newcastle
A public meeting took place in Northumbria University on
Thursday, 16 February 2012 to oppose the British government's criminal
warmongering stance towards Iran. Nader Naderi a stop the war activist of
Iranian origin, John Snowdon convenor of the Tyneside PSC and John Rees
National Officer from Stop the War Coalition addressed the meeting and answered
questions. Hazera Begum a post graduate chaired the meeting.
SPEAKERS:
Nader Naderi- Nader Naderi -
audio
John SnowdonJohn Snowdon - audio
John Rees John Rees -
audio
UNISON Northern Region Council Passes Motion -The Alternative
to War
On January 18th 2012, Unison Northern Region Council
comprising Unison delegates from the public sector workers across the northern
region passed a motion calling for co-operation with other trade unions, the
TUC and with the Stop the War movement to promote and fight for the alternative
to these wars.
Moving the motion Roger Nettleship delegate of Unison South
Tyneside Health Branch pointed out to the delegates: "I like many unison
members have been involved with the Tyneside stop the war coalition and like
Unison is affiliated to the Stop the War Coalition our branch is affiliated to
the local stop the war group. However, there is now increasing concern from
members that their families are being more and more involved in these wars. And
not only in Afghanistan that is one of the longest wars of occupation since the
second world war where nearly 400 British soldiers, and tens of thousands of
Afghan people killed." He continued that "it is prescient that trade
union movement can and should bring better organisation and get involved to,
not only support the anti-war movement end the current wars, but also to oppose
further ones, with the threat to Syria and Iran and the danger that this brings
us closer to a new world war. The British people and our members have been sold
the lie that justifies these wars and the murdering of tens of thousands of
people when every time there is an alternative to these wars." he said.
The motion will further enable the union in the region to
further the discussion and recommendations in line with its policy that
represent the interests of its members in promoting and fighting for the
alternative to these wars.
Unison Northern Regional Council
Motion
Please make collecting signatures for the petition and
encouraging all your supporters to sign it online, an urgent focus for your
group in the next two weeks. BRING THE TROOPS HOME PETITION:
Sign online:http://www.petitiononline.com/mfaw09/petition.html
Download to print and collect signatures:
Petition
Fake Political Theatre
and Not Election - Mohammad N Asif
Download
petition demanding the Troops out of Afghanistan
See Also: The
misery in Iraq after six years of occupation BISMILLAH AL RAHMAN AL
RAHEEM Petition to
Support British soldier refusing to fight in Afghanistan
Article By Afghan Jounalist
-Mohammad Asif who spoke at June AGM of Tyneside Stop the War
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