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World Against War Conference report December 2007

A delegation from Nottingham Green Party attended the 'Stop The War Coalition's' international 'World Against War' Conference in London on December 1st 2007 - the World Against War Conference. The event was very well attended, very well run and extraordinarily rewarding occasion. Jean Lambert joined Tony Benn and many high profile speakers on the platform.

This page is a copy taken from the Stop the War main website. I doubt they will mind.

World Against War Conference: Videos of all speakers

Click on speaker name for video
Welcome/Plenary

Tony Benn, President Stop the War Coalition,
Jean Lambert MEP
Hassan Jumaa , President Iraqi Federation of Oil Workers Unions
Lindsey German Stop the War Convenor
Ibrahim Mousawi the editor of Al Intiqad, Hezbollah's newspaper
George Galloway MP
Hans Von Sponeck , former humanitarian co-ordinator in Iraq

Parallel sessions

Iran

Mohammad Omidvar , Iranian Tudeh Party
Elaleh Rostami Povey , Campaign Iran
Abbas Edelat , CASMII
Mrs. Marzieh Mortazi Langroudi , Mothers against War, Iran

Iraq

Sabah Jawad , Iraqi Democrats against Occupation
Sami Ramadani
Muna Cootbee , ANSWER (US)
Hadi Al Khalassi - Iraqi Foundation Congress

Parallel sessions

Europe : The Movement

Ivona Novomestská, Czech No Bases Campaign
Jan Neoral, Czech League of Mayors
Richard Boyd Barrett, Stop the War Coalition Ireland
Brigitte Ostmeyer , from new German Left party
Paola Manduca, Italian anti-war activist
Yannis Sifikakis, Greek Stop the War Coalition

Afghanistan

Karamat Ali, Pakistan Institute of Labour Education in Karachi
Sid Lacombe, Canadian Peace Alliance

Global Reports

Hwan Young Kim, Koreans Against Intervention in Iraq
Kate Hudson, CND
Nancy Romer, US Labor Against the War
Khaled Hadadah, Gen Sec Lebanese Communist Party
John Rees, Stop the War Coalition and Cairo Conference
Daoud Abdullah, Muslim Council of Britain
Dennis Halliday, former humanitarian co-ordinator in Iraq

Final Plenary

Javier Couso
Mrs. Marzieh Mortazi Langroudi, Mothers Against War, Iran
George Martin, UFPJ
Ali Maleh, Canadian Peace Alliance
Hamdeen Sabahy, Eqyptian MP
Jeremy Corbyn MP

The news that our party can now have a leader was very well recieved by delagates to the conference. They all wish us well in our efforts as we do them in their's.

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