http://www.stopthecoalition.com/
Stop the Stop the War Coalition!
Why the Anti-War Movement Needs Saving from Itself
I was an activist in the Stop the War Coalition. I marched with them. I went to their meetings. I canvassed on their behalf. But during my time with the StW Coalition I saw disturbing things about its aims and the way it was run. I saw the legitimate concerns of the British population about a war fought on dubious grounds being hijacked by a small clique of political extremists and religious fundamentalists.
This site explains just what's wrong with the Stop the War Coalition, and how to build alternatives.
The website is divided into a series of essays, which are intended to be read in sequence. Part One accounts my own involvement in the Stop the War Coalition, so as to place the issue in a personal context. Part Two describes how the anti-war concerns of the British people were hijacked by left-wing extremists and right-wing Islamic fundamentalists. Part Three discusses the Stop the War Coalition's involvement in the issue of Palestine. In Part Four, I offer a critique of the Coalition's "End the Occupation" campaign. Finally, in Part Five, I suggest alternatives to the approach of the Stop the War Coalition.
Links to Further Reading http://p2.hostingprod.com/@stopthecoalition.com/reading.html Anti-War Movement
Moving On Alan Johnson argues that the left needs to build a solidarity campaign with the Iraqi people not an ‘anti-war’ movement. From the Alliance for Workers Liberty.
Whatever Happened to the Anti-War Movement? by Brendan O'Neil
>From Spiked Online.
George Galloway
George Galloway's official website
George Cross: An Interview with George Galloway by Andrew Mueller. From the Independent on Sunday
George Galloway: A Factsheet
>From the Alliance for Workers Liberty
Iraqi Bloggers
Where is Raed? Salam Pax's diary. Fantastically witty and insightful.
Baghdad Burning Written by a woman in Baghdad
Healing Iraq By an Iraqi dentist. Unapologetically pro-war and pro-American
Iraqi Opinion Polls
A list of recent Iraqi Opinion Polls
>From the Coalition Provisional Authority
February 2004 National Survey of Iraq
Iraqi Resistance
The Iraqi Resistance, by Clive Bradley Details of the makeup of the Iraqi resistance. From the Alliance for Workers Liberty.
Rent-a-Resistance, by Brendan O'Neil Both the coalition and its critics read what they want into the actions of the faceless insurgents in Iraq. From Spiked Online.
Michael Pugliese