StWC:

5,000 protestors marched to the Labour Party Conference on Saturday demanding an end to the government’s slavish support for Bush’s wars. The march was organised by the Stop the War Coalition and CND and called for all troops to come out of Iraq and Afghanistan and for an end to a foreign policy that risks spreading war.

The demonstration brought together trade unionists, students, pensioners, muslim activists and peace campaigners of all sorts. It was led off by Rose Gentle and other members of Military Families Against the War. As it approached the conference centre the demonstration stopped to hand in a letter of protest to the Prime Minister.
There was then two minutes silence to respect the hundreds of thousands who have been killed as a result of this government’s foreign policy.Then protestors marched right up to the conference centre fence chanting ‘Troops Out’ and ‘No to Nato’ loud enough for every delegate in the conference to hear. Many came out to listen.

The march ended with a rally nearby addressed by Tony Benn, Jeremy Corbyn, Tony Woodley, Lindsey German, Rose Gentle, Seumas Milne, Karen Reissman, Andrew Murray, Nahela Ashraf, Kate Hudson, Sabah Jawad and others. They all spoke of the need to continue and expand this remarkable campaign.