I tend to be a silent protester (rather than a fence sitter) and have wondered in the past at the value of protests. On the eve of the Iraq war however being promoted by Tony Blair and his ilk together with the obvious and blatant lies involved I decided to become physical and join...
I walked that day with my family including my three young children aged 2, 5 and 8 and with my parents aged 65 and 84. The fact that all these generations were represented demonstrated to me how widespread the opposition to the war was and how peace was important to our future on...
I was on holiday in sunny Wales when I first heard about the London Rally. I immediately phoned work to book the day off. A week before the date I was informed that I had been double booked and would have to come in to work. I apologised to my colleagues but explained...
Joined the Matlock Stop The War group in 2002, went on the coach organised by them to the march, we never got to Hyde Park the march was backed up right back to Gower st....
I marched with my father and friends. He was 67 years old at the time and walked with a cane. We had shared many discussions about our shared opposition to the war since the invasion of Afghanistan and we recognised the build up to the Iraq invasion as being part of that propaganda-driven...
I was in Berlin at the time from New Mexico where I was living. The march was one of the most powerful and memorable I have been on. 500 000 people, Germans mostly, but also a surprising number of Americans - among them "Texans against Bush" and "Democrats Abroad" etc. That was heartening!...
