NPC&PC honours the life of Tony Benn and his passing
Posted on | March 14, 2014 | No Comments
Update
Tony Benn’s funeral March 27th at St Margaret’s Church Westminster
Tony Benn President of the Stop the War Coalition has died at home
A remarkable man who achieved wonderful things and was loved by many
the following is a statement from NSTWC
Tony Benn will be profoundly missed from the platform of Stop the War
Rallies and at the head of protest marches against misguided government
decisions, most notably the attacks on Afghanistan, the war on Iraq and
the sabre rattling towards Iran.
Benn was also an outspoken opponent of many of the government’s policies
(whether Conservative, Liberal or New Labour) on the privatisation of
public sector services affecting transport, health and education.
Perhaps the greatest tribute we can pay him is to continue his work as
campaigner for peace and social justice.
Tony Benn came to Norwich in March 2007 and spoke to a packed St Andrews
Hall. His main thrust was the build-up of anti Iranian sentiment and he
reminded the audience of the false claims of WMD that were used as a
pretext to attack Iraq, which led to the loss of hundreds of thousands of
lives and that 80 percent of Iraqi people wanted the troops out. He
concluded to rousing applause saying that the anti war movement would
succeed but that the struggle would be long and difficult. He will be
sorely missed.
Peter Offord
Vice chair on behalf of
Norwich Stop the War committee
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