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PEACE activists held an Alternative Remembrance Sunday ceremony yesterday afternoon in Tavistock Square, a short walk from the official central London ceremony.
A wreath of white poppies was laid on the conscientious objectors’ memorial stone to remember all the people harmed or killed in war, including conscientious objectors and other civilians, as well as members of the armed forces.
A total of 100 people attended the Peace Pledge Union (PPU) event, including former members of the British armed forces.
Campaigns against nuclear weapons on the Clyde, financial backing for arms firms and rising militarism are converging with solidarity for Palestine, as Scotland’s peace movement builds momentum ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, says ARTHUR WEST
WILL DRY speaks to three former members of the armed forces about the political hypocrisy surrounding Armistice Day, how war is a function of class society, and the far right’s use of militarism and nationalism to divide working people
LYNNE WALSH reports from last weekend’s moving remembrance of the International Brigades in London’s Jubilee Gardens where anti-fascists gathered to hear how even in the darkest of times we can build a vision of a better tomorrow, as the Brigaders fought to do 89 years ago
