People of UK Say No to Attacking Syria

Stop the War bulletin | June 2013 no.5 | stopwar.org.uk

1) Protest: Stop Western Intervention in Syria
2) Together Against War

1) Protest: Stop Western Intervention in Syria
 

A poll in the Observer on Sunday showed that majority opinion in Britain is against any kind of military intervention in Syria. Only 24% of the UK public is in favour of sending arms to Syria. It also showed that 72% believe after the disasters in Iraq and Afghanistan, Britain should give up its addiction to  foreign military intervention.

The poll shows ordinary people displaying a level of good sense sorely lacking in Western government circles.

The British and French governments are pushing to increase the arming of the Syrian opposition by ending the arms embargo. The White House has said in the past few days that its top priority in Syria is to impose regime change. All this is likely to harden the opposition against negotiations, and to prolong and spread a war which is already destabilising Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq.

The West's concern is not democracy but control of the wider region. They are risking a conflagration. Stop the War has called a protest at the US embassy in London as the G8 leaders gather in Northern Ireland.

Jeremy Corbyn MP and Stop the War officers delivering the Syria statement to Number 10.

Take action

• Join our protest at the US Embassy on 15th June. We are the majority but they will only listen to us if we mobilise!
• Share the event with your Facebook contacts.

Read more on Syria:

• Lindsey German: Lifting the Syria arms embargo is another step towards full scale war
• Patrick Cockburn: Britain and France are playing a mischievous role in ensuring the slaughter in Syria continues
  
  

2) Together Against War



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