13.03.2003

Anti-war quotes

Bob Crow I'm pleased to report that the entire RMT national executive is here as delegates "¦ Yes, we are in favour of sacking Tony Blair, but, to be frank, I don't know the difference between Blair and the rest of his cabinet. In the coming local elections we should ask every candidate, especially Labour Party councillors, if they support the war on Iraq. If they do, then we should back anti-war candidates who stand against them. Unfortunately I cannot say that we should call a strike for the day the war breaks out, but there are various things we can do. We should extend our lunch breaks, we should sit on the motorways, we should occupy the factories, we should walk out of the schools. George Galloway Dear MPP's - Members of the People's Parliament You are speaking for Britain today - the other parliament speaks for Bush. This war is clearly illegal. And it is a war crime to obey illegal orders. Therefore all British forces should disobey the illegal orders of this government. The government can take me to court for this if they want to. The last thing we're going to do is march two million people up the hill, just to lead them down again. We will change the regime in this country. Alan Simpson MP The US is posing a lethal danger to the United Nations framework. The time has come to campaign for a refoundation of the United Nations. Tony Benn We have been liberated by Tony Blair. Our moral malaise is over. He has been elected by the people, but now he is acting so obviously against their will, that the people in turn will now start to act for themselves. Don't think this People's Assembly will just disappear when the war is launched - this is the moment when we get started. The UN is not perfect, but it was an opportunity for the peoples of the world to meet. We must strengthen the UN, so it can exercise control over international business and the big financiers. Alice Mahon MP I am against this war, whether there is a second resolution or not. This war is just the beginning - it is part of a new Bush doctrine to police the whole world. This has led to a real crisis in my party, the Labour Party. Don't believe what Tony Blair is doing is just 'reckless' - it is downright wicked. Paul Mackney, general secretary of Natfhe We all should 'honour' the call of the European Trade Union Congress, which calls for work stoppages on Friday at lunchtime. Students and teachers should plan for some extra-curricular activities on the day the war starts - for example, by organising teach-ins. Mick Blackburn, assistant general secretary of Aslef My union is calling for mass civil disobedience and industrial action against the war. If that means we are breaking the law, then we have to break the law. Billy Hayes, general secretary of CWU When the war breaks out I want to see as many CWU member on the streets as possible. I believe the TUC should call for a one-day strike against the war. It is about time the TUC reached out to those 'missing millions' who are not members of any union - such a strike could achieve this.