War and peace

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• Debate SWP won’t have March 22 2007
  The March 20 ‘people’s assembly’, billed by the Stop the War Coalition as “the debate parliament won’t have”, was, of course, nothing of the sort. Phil Kent reports
• Heads in the sand February 15 2007
  Yassamine Mather reports on the Stop the War Coalition's Scottish conference - which missed the opportunity to seriously discuss the question of Iran
• SWP ‘no platform’ fiasco November 23 2006
  Last weekend’s grandly named People’s Assembly saw the Socialist Workers Party adopt a highly contradictory position on the crucial question of defence of democratic rights, including the right to free speech. Peter Manson reports
• Iraq exit strategy October 26 2006
  Iraq shows the limits of US power and underlines the fact that it is in relative decline, says Jack Conrad
• Obscene apologia June 15 2006
  Anybody expecting a debate at the annual conference of the Stop the War Coalition was to be disappointed, writes Anne Mc Shane. The last thing the leadership wants is a challenge to their ‘Don’t criticise Iran’
  • Against war, for democracy
    Comrade Jamshid from the Committee to Defend the Iranian People’s Rights spoke to Anne Mc Shane about his organisation and the role of the anti-war movement
  • Don’t mention the regime
    The June 12 ‘open organising meeting’ of Action Iran quickly focused on one question - should it take up a position on the nature of the Iranian regime or simply remain a ‘single-issue campaign’? Tina Becker reports
    
• We are better than them! December 15 2005
  Peter Manson reports from last Saturday's 'international peace confernce' in London, which was more of a rally - and gave no answers as to what the anti-war movement should be doing next
• Secrets and lies May 5 2005
  Mike Macnair looks at Lord Goldsmith's legal advice and the role the working class should play in challenging the British constitutional monarchy
• Useful anti-war record April 21 2005
  Ted North reviews Andrew Murray and Lindsey German's Stop the war: the story of Britain’s biggest ever mass movement Bookmarks publications, 2005, pp276, £15.99
• Networks of resistance March 31 2005
  Peace activist Sarah Young, author of the pamphlet Thinking allowed, replies to Mike Macnair on how we could have stopped the war
• Which way forward? March 17 2005
  Two years after two million people marched on London, a demonstration converges on the capital once again. But what is the future of the anti-war movement, and which way should it turn, asks Mike Mcnair
• Hot air and lots of spin
  So, how many people did attend the anti-war demonstration on March 19 - 45,000 as the police claimed or 200,000, as stated by Chris Nineham? Alan Steven was there
  • Neither numbers nor politics
    Ted North gives his impression of the demo

• Stop the war coalition conference 2005, February 17 2005
  • Papering over the cracks
    Anne Mcshane reports on the February 12 Stop the War Coalition annual conference
  • Under wraps
    Paul Ingram is the Green Party representative on the STWC steering committee. He put an amendment to the leadership motion on the general elections that called for support only for anti-war/anti-occupation candidates. Afterwards he spoke to Mark Fischer about the controversy this spark
• Exploit every legal opportunity February 3 2005
  Was it right to boycott the Iraqi elections?Eddie Ford doubts it.
• US decline and the drive to war December 9 2004
  Nick Rogers examines a number of theoretical questions arising from the Iraq war. In the first part of his article he looks at the role of inter-imperialist rivalries and the securing of oil in US neo-conservative strategic thinking
  • Neoliberalism and decline January 6 2005
    Nick Rogers concludes his examination of theoretical questions arising from the Iraq war
• The war and the law September 25 2003
  Should the anti-war movement campaign for the US and UK to adhere to 'international law'? Mike Macnair sees danger in such demands
• Beyond the politics of stopping the next war September 25 2003
  Manny Neira believes socialists have a duty to offer united, open, political leadership to the Stop the War Coalition
• Speak out and be damned June 24 2003
  Anne Mc Shane calls again for democracy in the anti-war movement
• Movement needs openness May 15 2003
  The CPGB has been banned from observing meetings of the national Stop the War Coalition despite being an affiliate organisation. Anne Mc Shane raises some very basic demands
• Organise people's assemblies March 20 2003
  Jack Conrad calls for a democratic counterpoint to Blair's parliament of war
• Our democracy against their war March 6 2003
  Only the working class can consistently champion the anti-war movement, argues Jack Conrad
• No trust in UN February 13 2003
  Imperialist divisions over Iraq offer workers opportunities to challenge the system of capital, believes Ian Donovan
• For a democratic anti-war movement October 3 2002
  Stop The War Coalition must face up to the demands of imperialism's permanent war, urges Marcus Strom
• Oil, democracy and war September 19 2002
  Mehdi Kia of the Organisation of Revolutionary Workers of Iran discusses the sordid relationship between oil and the US war drive in the Middle East