It was an incredible day. The numbers of people and the diversity was tremendous. I could not believe how many people came and I was excited and moved.There were thousands of parents with their children. There were thousands young people dressed in their favourite colours with colours in their hair and clothes. I...
CRY HAVOC By Peter Biddulph December 13, 2006 Morton's Neuroma. That's what the surgeon said. If you walk for a long time on a hard surface, the nerve in your third knuckle on your left foot will fire off, and you'll be in trouble. And so I was, shuffling through the stinking horse manure of London's...
Aalborg Fredsaktion (Peace Action) was formed in October 2001 in response to the then threat of war in Afghanistan. Sadly it didn't stay a threat for long. The people of Aalborg were initially slightly bemused at our vigils and other activities, although not altogether unsupportive, but nobody wanted a war with Iraq and...
I was working in London at the time. I was following really closely everything that was going on in Iraq, and was appalled by the series of lies Tony Blair was inventing to justify this crime. The day of the march was a magnificent day. Together with thousands of people we marched joyfully,...
With two small children and a dog, in the big city for the day, being a country boy, I'd never seen so many people. And they still went ahead...
Travelled up by train to the London demonstration with my two sons aged 11and 7, most amazing site to see the sheer mass of people on the streets ( who were a vast cross section of society) together in opposition to the war...
This was the first demonstration I had ever been involved in. Feeling so angry that my country was launching a war against Iraq that I knew was wrong I felt compelled to attend the march. It was an incredible feeling to be part of something so big, and to be with so many people who...
Abingdon Peace Group took a coach full of people down, which dropped us on the South Bank. We crossed Waterloo Bridge and joined a massive diversion round Aldwych to join the tail end of the march, and ended up actually bringing up the rear, with volunteers sweeping up litter behind us. By the...
I felt then, and still do, that war is never the answer. I went to the march with my daughter and it was a tremendous feeling being with so many like minded people. I am also proud that we can protest in relative safety which is not the case for many people round...
First I marched against the invasion of Afghanistan, before the UK went in. By the time Blair was planning Iraq too I was livid. It was obviously all going to backfire. My brother and his daughters came up from Bristol, we met on the Embankment and hooked up with other friends along the...
