For Peace!

Stop the War Coalition is an anti-war group set up in the weeks following 9/11, when George W. Bush announced the 'war on terror'. Since then STW has been dedicated to preventing and ending the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Ukraine and elsewhere. STW has organised over 40 large national demonstrations against UK's involvement in military conflicts. It aims to counter a militarist culture and arms spending, Islamophobia, racism and defends civil liberties. Other events which STW has organised are thousands of public meetings across the country, direct action in the run up to UK wars – including walkouts from schools, colleges and workplaces – two People’s Assemblies, international peace conferences, vigils, lobbies of Parliament and anti-war cultural events. The demonstration against the invasion of Iraq on 15 February 2003, which STW organised in association with CND and the Muslim Association of Britain, is claimed to be the largest public demonstration in British history.