MANCHESTER MOBILISES for
Time To Go demo: Watch YouTube video clip
CLICK HERE

50,000 march for peace and say loud and clear: It's TIME TO GO!
What a day! CLICK HERE and HERE to re-live the protest that wrote a new chapter in Manchester's history.

23/09/2006: Albert Square at it's best - for more more images CLICK HERE



On the march (pic: Richard Searle)


' Die in' shows the cost of Blair's wars (pic: Richard Searle)

Listen to the speeches again on YouTube
(Thanks to Ady Cousins and Chris Edwards)
George Galloway MP CLICK HERE
Tommy Sheridan (Solidarity MSP) CLICK HERE
Rose Gentle (MFAW) CLICK HERE
Richard Horton (editor, The Lancet) CLICK HERE
Watch Galloway on BBC News 24 CLICK HERE
Eamonn McCann (Raytheon 9) CLICK HERE
Nahella Ashraf (Greater Manchester Stop the War) CLICK HERE
Craig Murray (former UK Ambassador) CLICK HERE
John Rees (Respect) CLICK HERE
Lindsey German (Stop the War Coalition) CLICK HERE
Soumaya Ghannoushi (British Muslim Initiative) CLICK HERE
Tony Benn CLICK HERE
Flight-Lieutenant Malcolm Kendal-Smith CLICK HERE
Kamel Mazen (Iraqi Democrats Against Occupation) (CLICK HERE
Brian Eno CLICK HERE
Salma Yacoob and Paul Macknie (UCU) CLICK HERE
Jacqui Burke (Greater Manchester CND) CLICK HERE
Peggy Seeger sings CLICK HERE

The aim of the anti-war movement is to ensure that the peace message keeps the highest possible profile, which is why our demonstrations, pickets of army recruitment centres, vigils, meetings and street stalls are as important as ever, particularly with Bush threatening an attack on Iran.

This is why Stop the War Coalition has called its second national demonstration this year. This is planned for 23 September in Manchester, at the beginning of the Labour Party conference, and the theme of the demonstration will be Time to Go. It was Tony Blair who took this country into an illegal war. It was Labour MPs who supported that decision. The dire election performance of Labour in all elections since then (the 2005 general election was the worst ever suffered by a government party) shows that the majority of people in this country want the warmongers held to account and for all British troops to be brought home now. This is the message that we will take onto the streets of Manchester, with transport bringing protestors from across the country.

NATIONAL TIME TO GO DEMONSTRATION
SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER
Assemble 1pm Albert Square, Manchester City Centre
Organised by Stop the War Coalition, CND and BMI, and supported by MAB, Islam Channel, Friends of Al Aqsa, CWU, PCS, NUJ, TGWU, UCU

03/09/2006
On 17th June 2006, Stop the War activists gathered at Manchester University to plan building the Time to Go demonstration in Manchester on 23rd September. Activists discuss the importance of the demo and what they are doing to build it. Watch this video clip on YouTube CLICK HERE

If you've got an hour to spare, why not watch 'A Tapestry of Truth' - a video history of the anti-war movement in Manchester filmed by our video journalist Chris Edwards. CLICK HERE to stream or download the video.

For transport from across the country CLICK HERE

MILITARY FAMILIES PEACE CAMP Thursday 21st - Saturday 23rd September Military Families Against the War will host a Peace Camp to coincide with September's TIME TO GO demonstration at the Labour conference in Manchester. • The camp will begin in Albert Square at 3pm on Thursday 21st September. • Open to all who want to show their support for our campaign to get the troops home. • Please publicise the Peace Camp, tell your family and friends, post the details on web forums or groups. • If you would like to take part in the peace camp contact us at peacecamp@mfaw.org.uk • Please donate to our Peace Camp fund.