London, the Euro-Atlantic capital of war and imperialism, at least in part became 1 of the centers of the movement for peace, disarmament and the multipolar planet based on respecting the right of nations to self-determination and their separate civilization.
All thanks to a series of events, co-organised by a broad coalition of No2NATO movements – halt the War – Not Our War, supported by activists and independent authorities specified as the ex-candidate for Mayor of London Piers Corbyn and erstwhile Ambassador Peter Ford, and besides by guests from abroad, headed by the Irish Euro MP Clare Daly and associate of the Bundestag for Die Linke, Sevim Dağdelen.
Left and Right Against War
The events and information actions on the streets, conferences, as well as musical performances and cultural events promoting the UK's non-attachment to the war in Ukraine are becoming increasingly engrossed in the scenery of the British capital. Despite expanding censorship and administrative difficulties, the penultimate week of April abounded in anti-imperialist and anti-systemic environments. On Thursday, April 20, the global Ukraine Anti Fastist Solidarity Committee organized a picket in front of the Prime Minister's seat on Downing Street, protesting against sending British missiles with impoverished uranium to Ukraine. – More and more people in the UK are aware of what is truly happening in Ukraine and how tragic its people are with the increasing military engagement by NATO countries, unfortunately headed by the UK. Britain spends billions on military support for Kiev, supporting its illegal government since the 2014 coup, while UK residents face increasingly hard surviving conditions, costly and inflation said Theo Russel with IUAFS during an action actively supported by the No2NATO movement. Another mass manifestations took place, on Friday 21 and Saturday, on 22 April, organized consecutively under the London US embassy and under the building of the British Ministry of Defence on Whitehall. “We are standing under the United States embassy to bear witness to our knowing of the provocation in which we are drawn. They're trying to get us into a war with Russia! Ukraine is only another of a long list of countries treated like the American field like Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, Laos, Lebanon, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Cambodia, Grenada, Libya, Panama, Iraq, Somalia, Bosnia, Haiti, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria. But this American domination, built on military strength and dollar position, is approaching the inevitable end. Unfortunately, people don't remember much about history, are lied to by the media and politicians, and yet all historical American interventions, attacks, sponsored by Washington state coups were based on propaganda lies. And precisely the same happened in 2014 and again in 2022 in Kiev – called David Clews from Not Our War, a well-known pro-BREXIT, unionist and right-wing movement activist.
The UKrain occupation?
The London authorities attempted to push the demonstrators out of Trafalgar Square, in which supposedly anti-system climate organizations, specified as Extinction Rebellion, were instrumentally helping to registry their own competitive manifestations. In turn, in front of respective 100 demonstrations under the Ministry of Defence, she set her point of jamming the group with speakers and Ukrainian and Belarusian pro-Western opposition flags. Despite police protection, however, participants in the counter-picket were incapable to penetrate the spontaneous cry of support for the liberation of Donbas. Meanwhile, on the anti-war stage, Peter Ford, erstwhile British Ambassador to Syria and Bahrain resembled "five large lies behind Western engagement in Ukraine". – They tell us that Ukraine "fights for freedom" and "against authoritarianism" and this is repeated by the same politicians who, here, in our country, deny us freedom of speech, do not agree to freedom of assembly, who have long since replaced the principles of democracy and the regulation of law, including in global relations, with brutal tyranny! – said amb. Ford, a well-known politician of his erstwhile colleagues from abroad Office. – Ukraine is 1 of the most corrupt and authoritarian regimes in the world, taking people's linguistic, cultural and even spiritual rights. Authorities in Kiev have banned opposition political parties, trade unions and late even Orthodox Church, and we are told that supporting these people is in the interests of freedom and democracy?! Ford was outraged. Even more strongly, the legendary leader of the anti-system expressed his opposition to the pro-Kiya policy of the British government, Piers Corbyn: – Look at these flags on government buildings! – he pointed out. – On 3 blue-yellow only one, embarrassingly, side with Union Jack. We're under Ukrainian occupation! Under business of lies and deceptions to hide that it is not only the Western War against Russia, but besides the Western War with its own citizens, besides here in the UK! – explained Corbyn, stating that he did not full agree with his brother's position, JeremyCorbyna (former Labour organization leader). – We cannot support the view that peace in Ukraine should be a condition for the withdrawal of Russian troops, on the contrary: If the Russians go back, then Zelenski and his corrupt Nazi government will win, i.e. truly will win the supporters of Kiev imperialists. And then genocide will happen, the Kiev government will have no opposition to murdering Russian-speaking civilians, as it has already proved once said Corbyn. – It is simply a complete misunderstanding to present the war in Ukraine as defending the Ukrainian right to self-determination. due to the fact that by recognizing the Ukrainians' right to own an independent state, how could the inhabitants of Donbas be denied the same possibility? The UK governments have a policy of hypocrisy, since they recognise, for example, the right of the Scots to at least express their views on independence, why would they reject in advance the Minsk Agreements and the subjectivity of the People's Republics in Donetsk and Lugansk? – indicated Stuart Richardson on the initiative of halt the War.
Take Britain out of NATO
The full rally was held in an atmosphere far beyond divisions, which is served by the unifying initiative of No2NATO. – We come from different sides of the UK political scene. We may disagree in our views, for example, on the function of trade unions or immigration policy, but we have a common opposition to the threat of continuing NATO membership for all of us. That is why we have formed a broad coalition of No2NATO-No2War and why our joint initiative is simply a citizen's parliamentary initiative, a petition under which we collect signatures from the United Kingdom from the North Atlantic Pact present and at all akin rallies across the country. – summarized the celebrated blogger Laureen, Activist No2NATO and Workers organization of Britain. The Citizens' Group represented by the b. MP and presently 1 of the leaders of the Socialists Labour Party, Chris Williamson calls on Article 13 of the Pact to let its countries to retreat from the organisation. – Britain was a NATO founding member, formed as a consequence to the threat felt by the russian Union. However, the USSR dissolved in 1991, and so the first origin of the Pact disappeared. In the meantime, alternatively than ending its operations, NATO has almost doubled the number of associate States over the last 3 decades. Moreover, since 1991 NATO has inactive been presented as a "defensive military alliance", it has been straight active in various offensive military operations. With all this in mind, we are convinced that NATO membership is now a direct threat to UK citizens – explained the motives of the action. According to the regulations meeting at the petition of 100,000 signatures will force a debate on it in the home of Commons, with a public proceeding of the position of the initiative group.
A blood pact on your hands
By the last minute, it was unclear whether the final day for peace would be the halt the War conference, coordinated with the Europe for Peace initiative. In the end, however, thanks to the resilience to pressure, the conference proved to be a crucial success, despite, or possibly due to the considerable diversity of participants and their views on global relations, including the current conflict. The starting point of the gathering was a consistent criticism of the increasing arms race and tame Western societies with the inevitability of confrontation. – Jumping increases in the military budget are clearly at the expense of the remainder of the economy, especially the social sphere. Uranium missiles, which so deadlyly reaped in the erstwhile Yugoslavia, with the effects felt by the present generation, are now to sow demolition in Ukraine. And if the war in Ukraine was not sufficiently destabilising, the UK already declares support for the American war with China. NATO by the Secretary's mouth JensaStoltenberg Not only does it express its joy at the escalation to which Finland's reception leads, but it is already an open text that announces a organization leading to this unnecessary, tragic war of Ukraine. The North Atlantic Pact, a blood pact on our hands, which should be replaced as shortly as possible by a fresh consensus collective safety organisation over block divisions, is simply a disaster for all of us. – groved Kate Hudson from run for atomic Disarment, 1 of the oldest and most deserved British anti-war organizations. – This is simply a war serving to sustain the profits of the war-industrial complex and Western corporations taking over Ukraine, which is why fighting is being sustained at Western command. – he spoke Lowkey, leading British musician, performer, blogger, 1 of the founders of No2NATO. – Ukraine itself remains at this laboratory to test fresh weapons, while Ukrainians themselves, sent to the front frequently after a fewer hours of training, do not have the preparation to usage specified technologies safely for themselves, let alone the Ukrainian civilian population. We will not hear anything of this from the media or from mainstream politicians, not accidentally financed by arms corporations, specified as sir Keir Staimer, opposition leader. Not by accident, either. Boris JohnsonWho implicated the UK in this conflict present is 1 of the candidates for the next NATO chief. These people are paid by circles curious in continuing the war indefinitely, which is not only highly dangerous, but besides dangerous to the economy of Western countries, a period in a period spending $3 billion to keep a bankrupt government in Kiev. Yet these decisions are made by the same people, the same circles that erstwhile made solemn promises of NATO's indivisibility to the East! present alternatively British Army provided and trained the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of underwater terrorism, just before the terrorist attack on NordStream occurred– he reminded Lowkey, noting that it is besides impossible to talk full of British sovereignty in a situation of steadily expanding American military presence in the Islands. In the discussion, the artist besides referred to the engagement of many people of art and culture in supporting the Kiev regime. According to Lowkey, from ignorance and the desire to delight mainstream media, it is essential to separate between crossing a clear line of standing on the side of Nazism and genocide, as many bands from Ukraine do in particular, frequently accepted loudly in the West as alleged "freedom singers". This was the case with the fresh London performance of the openly band Okean Elzy, attempting to run a public fundraiser to acquisition arms for Nazibatalion. Representatives of the British independent phase protested against the organisation of the event.
783 1000 Germans behind the room
A voice from Germany was especially expected in the discussion. Not by accident, under the Manifesto for Peace, initiated by Alice Schwarzer and Sahra Wagenknecht More than 783 1000 people have signed there. The motives for specified crucial engagement of German voters were explained by the MP Sevim Dağdelen. – This is simply a fundamental issue of democratic sovereignty in Europe, its limitation and violation by the United States. We have witnessed an American attack on German infrastructure, which is NordStream and Chancellor Scholz alternatively of demanding an global investigation under the aegis of the United Nations, he is inactive helping to cover up this act of aggression! Meanwhile, we have a 5% drop in real wages per year in Germany, the largest since 1945, and we know very well that the war on Russia and the economical war against our own citizens are 2 sides of the same coin. As Lowkey rightly said, on the side of the West it is only a war of the rich for privileges, not a "defence of freedom and democracy." On the contrary! Turkey has been active in attacks on Iraq and Syria, occupying Cyprus and persecuting its own citizens and is accepted in NATO. In the UK, you remember this best, as Iraq was attacked under a false pretext of having prohibited weapons, and now London itself sends banned global ammunition to Kiev! For revealing the fact about the lies leading to war and global corruption Julian Assange He's inactive in prison, and meanwhile, the hunted and convicted should be absolutely Western instigators! – she attacked Dağdelen. – Western countries and Poland with their arms and equipment supply only sustain this conflict, while the only solution remains the ceasefire and peace as shortly as possible without preconditions on the Russian side and immediate cessation of supplies another than truly humanitarian. Unfortunately, for specified a program there is inactive no support among economical and political elites, including the Greens, who have already yet taken the positions of the fresh neoconservative right – he attacked Deputy Die Linke. At the same time, however, in her opinion there is inactive hope, due to the fact that reaching to the classics, the USA, like the Goethe Mephisto, seems to be “a part of this force that is eternally evil in desire of good”, this is by expanding their force on peripheral countries, the Americans besides make conditions for their emancipation, the end of neocolonialism and imperialism in connection with the fall of the dollar and the exhaustion of Washington's military potential.
Voice of a silent majority
A little optimistic assessment was presented by the Irish Euro MP Clare Daly (Independents 4 Change, No2NATO): – It is simply a fact that the current lies match those of Iraq, Libya and Syria, but they are besides present at fresh levels of propaganda and persuasion. Another is the situation of the anti-war movement. At the time, even in the mainstream, discussions and disagreements, and even protests, of a mass nature, were allowed. Now no of these average manifestations of democracy and freedom of speech can be mentioned. Unanimity strictly required. alternatively of differing views, then, we have censorship in the media and deficiency of access to real news. It was expected to be a war for democracy and against authoritarianism, but authoritarianism has revealed itself to us in full in our own countries! – struck Daly. Not everything, but according to her, is lost: – Very often, I, all of us here, hear voices of support, assurances about the community of views, which, however, cannot be openly proclaimed “because you realize that we cannot...”. Even the Euro MPs of another groups say this to me immediately after the war or sanctions votes: “It is good that you say what you say, what you say, we think the same way, but our leaders / media in our country... you realize ...”. Of course, we hear even more words of support from people at meetings like this. For let's face it: we talk for the majority! but it's mostly muffled, quiet, scared. But besides most of the ruling ones fear the most, knowing our strength! That is why we request to increase the force on the governments of our countries on the issue of peace, although I know that this is difficult, due to the fact that jingoism and imperialism sale better. However, we have strong arguments. First of all, historical, due to the fact that no 1 will deny that the current phase of the conflict is unfortunately straight due to this ongoing since 2014, from these thousands of civilians killed on Donbas by the Kiev offensives, from the persecution of the Russian-speaking population. Secondly, there is simply a simple logic behind us, due to the fact that since in fact the Russians were provoked by the reinforcement of Ukraine by the West and sanctions, how would it halt them... sending more weapons and further sanctions? In the European Parliament, I hear a lot about the request to realize Ukrainian military needs, “because they are fighting abroad occupation.” The Irish besides fought the occupation, but someway I don't remember being persuaded to send weapons to the IRA. The Palestinians are no uncertainty fighting the occupation, but the shipments of weapons from all over the planet do not flow to them. So don't say it's about "the fight for freedom", due to the fact that it's just not true. War can be defeated by peace, not even greater war! Ukraine was and is the most corrupt country in Europe, deprived of simple civilian liberties. As a consequence of the conflict provoked and sustained by the West, it became even more corrupt, even more repressive, and in addition it lost even more territory and population and is economically exploited by the West. Thus, in no way is the current policy any aid to the Ukrainians! global support is so needed for peace initiatives specified as Chinese and civilian coalition building for real peace and reconstruction She concluded that the next step of global destabilisation might not be to attack China utilizing Taiwanese issues analogous to Ukrainian ones.
Going out on the streets across Europe
– Yes, this is the most dangerous time I've always had in my beautiful long life – summarized the discussion Lindsey German, since the 1970s, 1 of the leading British anti-war activists. – This reminds us of the situation at the threshold of planet War I, these series of regional conflicts, the expanding destabilisation of global governance, the formation of opposing pacts and alliances, yet escalation and global disaster. In the past of the leaders who led to the disaster, it is sometimes called “the lunatics”, but not all of them were, due to the fact that any were consciously striving for destruction, and to an even greater degree we are dealing with it today, possibly at the threshold of planet War III. This is due to the fact that NATO's proxy against Russia in Ukraine is ongoing. Accelerates the armor race. And in our countries, we experience the revival of circumstantial Makkartism and hunting for opponents and wars and armaments. The economical crisis, the interior political crises of Western countries cannot be separated from the global crisis. It's not just that If we do not believe national politicians erstwhile they talk about finance, wellness or education, why should we presume that erstwhile they talk about abroad policy they tell us the truth? In the UK, it's the shame of the Labour Party, it's the shame of the Greens, who have turned to proNATOW, but it's a wider problem. Why do we have MPs here, but no 1 in the home of Commons? What happened to the British and Western European anti-war movement? Our large task is to rebuild it. With 1 simple message: “We will not pay for your war and your crisis.” We must make an global coalition against war and the deterioration of surviving conditions. In July 2023, at the NATO summit in Vilnius, we will see instigators in full swing, reaching the adoption of Ukraine and continuing the current strategy. Then we must go out on the street across Europe, or we will have a triumph of barbarism! – called German.
The peacekeeping efforts were besides organised by Bristol and Brighton, and will shortly be joined by another centres from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The European peace movement, active in Germany, France, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Austria and Italy, is becoming a reality.
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