OPEN LETTER TO GORDON BROWN

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SIGN OPEN LETTER TO GORDON BROWN
The top item in Gordon Brown’s in-tray when he becomes prime minister must be to end immediately the disastrous participation in the war which has made Iraq one of the most devastated countries on earth, with latest figures showing that one in seven Iraqis -- four million people -- have now been displaced in the past four years.

A number of public figures and representatives from the world of the arts have signed an open letter from Stop the War to Gordon Brown (see below), including: Dianne Abbott MP, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Walter Wolfgang (Labour NEC), Bob Wareing MP, Harold Pinter, David Edgar, Iain Banks, John Pilger, Andy De Le Tour, Arthur Smith, Ken Loach, David Gentleman, Yvonne Ridley, Mike Rosen, Mark Thomas, Rose Gentle, Moazzam Begg, Ken Coates and many more. The letter, which will be delivered to Gordon Brown when he becomes prime minister, states:

Dear Gordon Brown,

There is no issue more important, and no question on which the British people are more anxious to see a change of policy by the next prime minister, than the Iraq war. We urge you on behalf of millions of British voters to:
1) Withdraw British troops from Iraq no later than October 2007.
2) Declare that this country will not participate in any attack against Iran.
3) Pursue a foreign policy independent of the US administration.

Yours,
Tony Benn (President StWC)
Lindsey German (National Convenor)
Andrew Murray (National Chair)

TO ADD YOUR NAME TO THE OPEN LETTER, SEND AN EMAIL TO office@stopwar.org.uk WITH “GORDON BROWN” IN THE SUBJECT HEADING AND YOUR NAME IN THE MESSAGE.

I hope our activists will sign this just as ordinary supporters of Stop the War. It lets them know that we are an integral part of the peace movement who will not just melt away because they ignore us. One leading Stop the War activist recently said to Belinda: "We wish you would just shut up and go away. You're pinching our members."

Remember we have no membership and all our supporters are perfectly free to be members of Stop the War.

We support their aims. Isn't it about time they took seriously what we have to say?

Noel

[Stefan]

Done.

Yes I was with Belinda leafleting at a recent STW rally, and while we did find one senior member happy to stop and talk with us, another hissed at Belinda "You lot are dangerous, it's a really terrible thing you're doing!" and then wandered off when she was asked "how exactly?"...