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ROGER McKENZIE recommends a book that charts the history of the peace movement in Britain
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The Peace Protesters — A History of Modern Day War Resistance
by Symon Hill
Pen & Sword £25.00
THE title of this book is a little misleading. It’s very much about war resistance in Britain and not elsewhere in the world.
That said the book does weave in key events taking place across the world such as the Black Lives Matter uprising following the murder of George Floyd in 2020 and Britain’s reaction — or overreaction to important world events.
Reading this otherwise excellent book made me realise that there is a book waiting to be written about the almost completely invisible peace movements across the African and Asian continents.
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