Anti-war remembrance
This year it looks as if remembrance day on
November 9 will be
more of a gala to celebrate militarism than a serious attempt to
honour the dead and take stock of the damage done by WW1.
As
Lindsey German outlines, the red poppy has become
appropriated by an establishment keen to create the atmosphere in
which it can pursue current wars more freely.
On Saturday Stop the War co-hosted with
No Glory an excellent One
Hundred Years of War conference which aimed to be a counterblast
to attempts to rehabilitate WW1 as a necessary war. Videos of key
sessions will be on the website soon.
In the meantime we are asking all our supporters to do everything
possible to promote the anti-war message in the run up to
Remembrance Day.
Please send reports of
all activity and
event
listings to the website.
Coming up:
Gentle Men - For No Glory
Thursday 27 November 7.30pm
St Giles-in-the-Fields • London WC2H 8LG
Songwriter Robb Johnson performs his acclaimed song cycle Gentle
Men, telling the stories of Robb's grandfathers Ernest Johnson and
Harry Jenner - who survived the First World War but were forever
in its shadow.
Book
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