13.03.2003

Seek and destroy

A round 500 anti-war demonstrators gathered in the tiny Fife town of Leuchars to coincide with International Women's Day. The march and rally was organised by Fife Coalition for Justice not War, the main anti-war organisation north of the border, in which the Scottish Socialist Party is the major force. Groups represented included the Green Party, Globalise Resistance, CND, a few anarchists and of course the SSP. The protestors noisily marched to the town's air base, where school students laid a wreath and hundreds of anti-war messages were delivered to the wing commander. A handful of base family members greeted the marchers with 'Support our troops' banners and a group of SSP 'weapons inspectors' was refused entry to seek out and destroy weapons of mass destruction. Further demonstrations are planned during the Labour Party conference in Dundee. The Fire Brigades Union will hold a demonstration on March 21, when Blair addresses the conference. The Dundee Stop the War Coalition has called another for the following day. Ronnie Mejka