Britain has been breaking national and international law by selling arms to the Saudis. It sold £2.8 billion worth of arms to this hideous dictatorship since it began its savage bombing campaign in Yemen last year. The UK government is also providing direct military assistance to Saudi Arabia in this campaign. There are UN reports of Saudi war crimes committed against the civilian population of … Continue reading The hidden war in Yemen – lobby your MP
The Scrap Trident Coalition was invited to run a workshop at the RIC conference held in Edinburgh on 20 February 2016. The workshop began with a brief introduction from representatives of Scottish CND, Edinburgh CND, Scottish Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Trident Ploughshares and the Stop the War Coalition who work together in the Coalition. The 80 or so people attending then split … Continue reading Report from a campaigning workshop
Next Meeting – Monday 21st Monday is the regular meeting for Edinburgh Stop the War. We’ll be at the Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace from 7.30 – 9pm on 21st March. We’ll have a report back from the Scottish Stop the War meeting, discussion and planning on antiwar campaigning. Because of a clash of dates we meet at the same time as the SACC … Continue reading Next meeting
Stop the War encourages all our supporters to join the ‘Stand Up to Racism: refugees are welcome here’ demonstration in Glasgow on March 19th. Assemble George Square 11am. We’ll have this banner with us – come and march behind it. Continue reading Refugees are welcome
STW and Scotland Against Criminalising Communities welcome the support that members of the Scottish Government have given to the anti-war movement. However, we note that the Scottish Government is now proceeding rapidly with the implementation of Prevent. We also note that despite the importance of Prevent and its potential impact on Scottish Society it has not been on the agenda for this weekend’s SNP conference. … Continue reading Statement on Prevent
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