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George Bush and Tony Blair have launched the first world war of the 21st century and we are going to have to answer to our children for what we did about it. It's a brazen war of imperialist conquest, aimed at tightening a rich, gas-guzzling megapower's control over the oilfields of the middle east, and it won't stop with Iraq. This war is going to go on and on.

The vast majority of the world's people, many of whom have been at the sharp end of US and British foreign policy, understand this quite clearly. Arabs who have seen Israel develop nuclear weapons, invade neighbouring countries and breach countless UN resolutions are not going to be impressed with the pretexts being given for invading Iraq.

But this war is galvanising real opposition in Britain and the United States too, with anti-war movements developing imaginative and forceful forms of protest to expose the hypocrisy of the warmongers. Massive marches showing the level of popular opposition to the war are vital, but no protest movement ever beat a government with marches alone. If we restrict our protests to those allowed by the people we are protesting against we will lose - and we can't afford the warmongers to win.

Direct action is back on the agenda. 2003 kicked off with railworkers in Scotland refusing to move ammunition headed for Iraq, the first anti-war industrial action in decades. RAF Fairford, home to US stealth bombers on their way to murder Iraqi civilians, is becoming a major focus for actions. The night war is declared thousands of people will block city centres across the country in a massive show of popular opposition to the war. Government ministers can no longer expect to carry out their normal engagements without opposition. While the bombs are dropping there will be no business-as-usual for those responsible.

SchNEWS has set up this site to provide information about direct action against the war. The site has

• a link to our party and protest pages detailing anti-war events around the country
• a list of regular anti-war events
• details of anti-war resources and ideas from the net and the real world
• a link to an email group for people interested in direct action against the war
• information about Fairford, the RAF base in Gloucestershire where US stealth bombers are being stationed which is becoming a major focus for direct action
• links to anti-war groups and further information about anti-war activities
• some articles from SchNEWS and elsewhere that you might find interesting.
• A link to our DIY guide where you can get information about how to organise and participate in protests and other fun stuff

You can help us keep the information we provide up to date by updating us at stopwar@schnews.org.uk

In the past, people concerned at government policies have sometimes viewed illegal direct action as a bit extreme. Blair's support for this war is changing that. People who have never been involved in political action before are getting together with seasoned activists to take action to stop this war. the information on this site is there to help you join them.

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Help us keep this site up to date by emailing us information about groups, actions and other stuff at stopwar@schnews.org.uk

Email group
An email group has been set up for people interested in direct action against the war. You can join it by going to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/directactionagainstwar/

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