Looking Outwards
In this section, we show how those struggling for peace have often looked outwards, beyond borders, to work with oppressed peoples elsewhere. These campaigns have acted in solidarity with those fighting against colonialism and its legacies, which include the ongoing occupation of sea and land by British troops and military infrastructure. They have worked to expose and counter the crimes and complicity of the British State, and the profiteering of the British arms industry.
These groups enrich the peace movement with the organising perspectives and methods of Indigenous peoples, internationalist feminists, and liberation movements from Ireland to Palestine. Many of these struggles continue today.
We have chosen to highlight the ways in which these groups should be considered as part of a wider movement for peace and against war, even though they are not always recognised as such. Their politics and tactics vary widely, so we have attempted to weave together a narrative that highlights points of connection, contradiction and friction. Through this we tell a broader history of the movement that might equip us for the struggles today.