Lindsey German tweeted the following message yesterday:
She followed up with the following article, on the Stop The War Campaign’s website.
The shootings in south west France were, it appears, the work of a young Algerian Muslim, who had been trained in camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan and was one of the prisoners who escaped from Kandahar prison in a Taliban jailbreak.
No one can justify such attacks, which have seen the killing of Jewish schoolchildren and a rabbi, and of French soldiers of North African and Caribbean descent.
But …
You can guess what follows the “But”.
And so, this is the view of the Stop The War Campaign. And here are a few of its prominent officers and activists.
- Tony Benn
- George Galloway
- Tariq Ali
- Anas Al-Tikriti
- Louise Christian
- Tam Dalyell
- Caroline Lucas MEP
- Jeremy Corbyn MP
- Kate Hudson
- Andrew Murray
- Kevin Ovenden
- John Rees
- Chris Nineham
- Walter Wolfgang
- Salma Yaqoob
I’m looking for, but can’t find, a list of trade unions still affiliated to the STWC. Can you help?