Speakers
Diane Abbott MP, Tariq Ali author, Tony Benn president Stop the War,
Jeremy Corbyn MP, Lindsey German convenor Stop the War, Edward Horgan
Peace and Neutrality Alliance, Ireland, Kate Hudson General Secretary
CND, Joan Humphreys Military Families Against the War, Owen Jones
author, Mother Agnes Mariam nun based in Syria, Seumas Milne
journalist, Manik Mukherjee All India Anti-imperialist Forum, Andrew
Murray Unite the Union, Explo Nani-Kofi Kilombo, Ghana, Chris Nineham
vice-chair Stop the War, Mitra Qayoom Afghans for Peace, Sami
Ramadani Iraqi writer, John Rees author and activist, Rachel Shabi
author and journalist, Jeremy Scahill filmmaker, Dirty Wars, Jonathan
Steele author and journalist
Sessions
Imperialism, war and resistance, A very short history of British
imperialism, Merchants of death: drones and the arms trade, The new
scramble for Africa, Taking liberties: surveillance, the state and
Islamophobia, The Syrian war in context, Nato: expansion and war,
Building the international movement
Background
In a historic setback for the organisers of the War on Terror,
protest and public opinion helped stop a new war on Syria. But the
West continues its interventions, creating failed states in an arc
from Central Asia to West Africa.
The US is still focused on the middle east, but Obama is sending more
military to encircle China and the West is ramping up its
interventions in the African continent, creating ever more anger and
instability.
Next year the NATO conference is coming to Britain and the conference
will launch protests in response. It will also discuss the planned
withdrawal from Afghanistan which is likely to cause another crisis
for the western powers.
We need more effective anti war resistance internationally. This
conference is a chance to analyse, build links and lay plans.
Time and date, venue and cost
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