Matt Barganier links to Helena Cobban’s criticism of the U.S. antiwar movement for being, in her view, disorganised under the umbrellas of ANSWER and United for Peace & Justice. Not only does she zero in on past and ongoing conflicts between the two groups but she feels that both are too obviously left to ever be effective. She then suggests an appeal to UK’s Stop the War “for permission to form a fraternal branch of their organization here.”
As much as I admire Stop the War and Helena Cobban’s thoughtfull take on the subject, last time I checked UK soldiers were still in Iraq and Tony Blair was still attached to Bush’s hip, so I’m not seeing how STW’s admirable efforts have been anymore effective than those of the antiwar movement here in the U.S..
Update via Information Clearing House:
Report From The International Peace Conference:
This excellent panel featured talks by Rose Gentle (Military Families Against the War), Ann Lawrence (Military Families Against the War), John Miller (Military Families Against the War), Ben Griffin (Military Families Against the War), Kelly Dougherty (Iraq Veterans Against the War), Chis Nineham (Stop the War Coalition), Medea Benjamin (Code Pink), Peter Brierley (Military Families Against the War), Judy Cuniglio (Dallas, Texas), Reg Keys (Military Families Against the War), Cindy Sheehan (Gold Star Families for Peace).