Southend Stop the War Coalition

Open Meeting - 10 Years of the War On Terror

2011-09-12T14:41:00.000-07:00

Southend Stop The War Coalition open meeting:
7:30pm Thursday 15th September
at the meeting room next to Southend Mosque, West Road, Southend (entrance in Gainsborough Drive)

"Iraq, Afghanistan - the War on Terror 10 Years on"
Speaker: Chris Nineham, from the national Stop The War Coalition

It is 10 years since Tony Blair joined George W Bush's invasion of Afghanistan and subsequently the invasion of Iraq in the wake of 9/11.
Blair and Bush are no longer in power, but foreign troops remain in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan drags on with further British casulaties and an untold number of deaths amongst Afghan civilians.
We were told that we would bring democracy to the region, that we would be safer at home and the wars would soon be over. None of these promises were true.
The Stop The War Coalition was set up a few weeks after 9/11 and the Southend Coalition joined in right at the start with a vigil against the bombing of Afghanistan.
To mark 10 years of continued war there will an Occupation of Trafalgar Square in London on Saturday 8th October. This meeting is to discuss where we are after 10 years, what the Western powers are up to and how we can end the war in Afghanistan.

End NATO's War on Libya! 23rd June

2011-05-31T14:52:00.000-07:00

Southend Stop The War Coalition Open Meeting
The Arab uprisings, the ‘war on terror’ and the West - Why we say....
END NATO’S WAR ON LIBYA!

7:30 pm, Thursday 23rd June
Meeting Room, Southend Central Library, Victoria Avenue, Southend

Speaker: Steve Bell, of the Stop The War Coalition and the Communication Workers Union

Solidarity with the Arab People's Uprisings

2011-02-15T14:10:00.000-08:00

Southend Stop The War Coalition Open Meeting:
"Solidarity with the Arab People's Uprisings"

Thursday 17th March, 7:30pm
at the meeting room next to Southend Mosque, West Road, Southend (entrance in Gainsborough Drive)

Speakers: An eyewitness from Egypt and Chris Nineham from the national Stop The War Coalition.

Southend Stop The War On the March!

2010-11-23T12:56:00.000-08:00

Southend Stop The War supporters marched with thousands of others in London to say No to the war in Afghanistan on Saturday 20th November.
You can see us in this video - a couple of minutes in! There's a new photo on our Flickr pages too.

Open Meeting on Palestine 16th Sept

2010-09-13T12:31:00.000-07:00

Southend Stop The War Coalition Meeting in solidarity with Palestine
7:30pm, Thursday 16th September, at the meeting room next to Southend Mosque, West Road, Southend (entrance in Gainsborough drive)
Speakers: Alexandra Philips, who was on the aid flotilla attacked by Israeli forces, and Sameh Habeeb, a Palestinian journalist from Gaza.
All are welcome to this meeting to hear eyewitness accounts of the attempt by the aid flotilla to reach the people of Gaza before the armed assault on it by Israeli armed forces and of the current situation facing Palestinians under siege in Gaza itself.

We will be discussing coming aid convoys being organised to Palestine and what we can do to help the international campaign to boycott Irael and build support for the Palestinian cause.

Public Meeting Southend 22nd July

2010-07-09T15:08:00.000-07:00

'AFGHANISTAN - Stop the War Now! Cut Warfare not Welfare!'
7:30pm, Thursday 22nd July
Southend Central Library, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea
Speaker: Chris Nineham, national Stop The War Coalition

Stop the War Meeting 15th April

2010-04-11T13:19:00.000-07:00

Southend Stop the War Coalition April Meeting
7:30pm, Thursday April 15th at the meeting room next to Southend Mosque, West Road, Southend (entrance in Gainsborough Drive)
Speaker: Alistair Cartwright from the national Stop The War office on Afghanistan, the elections and the war on terror
All welcome!

Southend Stop the War Meeting 18th March

2010-03-03T13:06:00.000-08:00

Southend Stop the War Coalition Open Meeting
7:30pm, Thursday 18th March
at the meeting room next to Southend Mosque, West Road, Southend (entrance in Gainsborough Drive)
Speaker: Alexandra Lorty Philips from ‘Viva Palestina’

Alex was on the recent convoy which drove to Gaza to take relief supplies. She was team leader of part of the convoy and you can read the blog she wrote at: http://www.convoytogaza.blogspot.com/

We also plan to show a short film made by Medical Aid for Palestine
All Welcome!
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Southend Stop The War on the March!

2009-10-25T15:00:00.000-07:00

Southend Stop the War supporters joined the national demonstration in London on Saturday 24th October to demand 'Troops Out of Afghanistan'.

We were amongst thousands led by Lance Corporal Joe Glenton who currently faces a court martial for refusing to return to Afghanistan. These pictures are of our banner on the march and of the head of the demonstration, showing Joe and also Peter Brierley, whose son Shaun was killed in Iraq. Peter, who spoke in Leigh-on-Sea a few years ago, confronted Tony Blair at a recent Iraq war memorial service in London.

You can see more of our photos of the day on our Flickr pages here.

Help build the Demo!

2009-10-08T11:39:00.001-07:00

Your help is wanted:
Stop the War Street Stalls, in Southend High Street
12-2pm on Saturday 10th October and Saturday 17th October
(Meet under the railway bridge)
Please come along and help petitioning and leafleting to buld for the natiuonal demonstration on 24th October

Open meeting and video 1st October

2009-09-25T11:56:00.000-07:00

7:30pm, Thursday 1st October
at the meeting room next to Southend Mosque, West Road (entrance in Gainsborough Drive)

We will be showing a short film, 'Imperial Intervention and Resistance in Afghanistan' which is written and presented by John Rees of the Stop the War Coalition.
There will also be a speaker from the national Stop The War office to bring us up to date with the campaign for withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Saturday 22nd August Southend

2009-08-21T11:05:00.000-07:00

Join us for 'Naming the Dead', petitioning and leafleting aginst the war in Afghanistan.
12-2pm Saturday 22nd August, Southend High Street (Millennium Clock near W H Smiths)

Naming the Dead

2009-08-13T13:54:00.000-07:00

Southend Stop the War Coalition asks all supporters to join us for a 'Naming the Dead' ceremony on the Saturday after the dreadful total of 200 British troops killed in Afghanistan is reached.
We will be joining other groups across the country in remembering all those who have lost their lives since the occupation began in 2001.

Join us from 12 noon in Southend High Street, by the Millennium Clock (near W H Smiths).

We will be reading names of the dead but also continuing to gather signatures on the national petition calling on the government to bring all British troops home now

Next Southend High Street Stall

2009-07-20T14:39:00.000-07:00

Saturday 1st August
12-2pm, Southend High Street (under railway bridge)
Join us for leafleting and petitioning to call for the immediate withdrawal of British troops from Afghanistan.

Aghanistan Stall Saturday 18th July

2009-07-16T14:16:00.000-07:00

Southend Street Stall:
Saturday 18th July, 12pm - 2pm
Southend High Street (under railway bridge)
Join us to leaflet and collect signatures on a new petition to end the war in Afghanistan

Open Meeting 21st May

2009-05-18T12:36:00.000-07:00

Open Meeting, Thursday 21st May
'Afghanistan, Pakistan and the War on Terror'

Speakers: Andrew Murray, national Chair of the Stop the War Coalition and Zahur Niazi, editor of the London edition of the Pakistani Daily Jang newspaper.

7:30pm at the meeting room next to Southend Mosque, west Road, Southend (entrance in Gainsborough Drive)

Meet Tony Benn - 7th May

2009-04-19T11:24:00.000-07:00

Meet Tony Benn!

Thursday 7th May 5-6pm

Southend Central Library

Many of you will know that Tony is performing his 'Evening with Tony Benn' at the Cliffs Pavilion on 7th May.

Tony has kindly agreed to meet Southend Stop the War Coalition for an hour before his show. This meeting is open to everyone to come along and discuss Tony's views on the continuing 'War On Terror' and our movement against it.

Even if you're going in the evening - this will be a bit different! All welcome.

Open Meeting 19th March

2009-03-04T11:13:00.000-08:00

Open Meeting, Thursday 19th March
'Solidarity with Palestine - end the war on terror'
Speakers:
Bernard Regan (Trade Union officer, Palestine Solidarity Campaign)
and
Andrew Barlow, Essex University Student

7:30pm at the meeting room next to Southend Mosque, west Road, Southend (entrance in Gainsborough Drive)

Come and hear the latest news from Gaza and how we can take the campaign forward.
We will also hear from Essex students about their recent successful occupation in solidarity with Gaza.

Temporary Site

2009-03-04T11:11:00.000-08:00

Following some problems, this blog is temporarily replacing the old Southend Stop the War Coalition Website. Watch this space for a new site soon.