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Stop the War and its Critics
by Andrew Murray
(Manifesto Press, £4.95)
CHILCOT has spoken and the standpoints voiced for 14 years by the Stop the War Coalition (StWC) are vindicated. But where are the StWC representatives in the mass media?
Apart from its erstwhile president Jeremy Corbyn — and he could scarcely be ignored — the organisation that mobilised Britain’s biggest ever political demonstration and has focused a critical eye on British imperialism’s overseas wars has been ignored by TV, radio and printed media.
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