Stop the War!
The London anti-war protest of 2002
Coverage of the 2002 anti-war protest in London - a weekend saw which one of the biggest ever anti-war protests descend on London.
The Stop the War Coalition, together with the Muslim Association of Britain, led a march which drew a broad cross-section of British society, from Palestinian women in burqas to high-ranking politicians. Interviews with Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, and former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter show just how deeply entrenched anti-war feeling is.
Original rushes available in addition to the 5 minute edit: Undercurrents News of Stop the War demonstration in London 28 september 2002
Betacam SP Begin Wide and close up of March down Whitehall with Westminster in background 10.02.30 March snakes through London with Muslim men and Police in forground 10.03.00 Palestinian women in Black burkhas chanting against war 10.03.45 Maya Knight, English Muslim Woman interview
Oh i dont think we are going to change the Americans mind but i do think that Tony Blair is enough of a wet blanket to have to listen to what people have to say today.He's going to see and hear the amount of people here and think twice about backing America and Bush in the UN. I dont really see what else we can do at the minute apart from wait until another gerneral election and get rid of Blair but any big demonstration like this i will be there to make my point 10.04.30 Bradford women singers against war singing 'You are not dong
it in my name' 10.05.05 Movie director, Ken Loach interview
There is no reason to kill 100,00 Iraqis again like we did last time. The
problems start with the Palestinian injustice and that the country who is
ignoring UN resolutions and that is armed to the teeth is Israel and bush and
blair have a bad record on human rights. The US changed a democracy in chile
to a murderous dictatorship so we shouldn't listen to them, we should listen
to the people for justice in palestine 10.006.08 John Pilger, journalist interview
The message to Blair is that if he goes ahead with this attack what he will
acheive is the death of many innocent people, he will contribute to the
instability of the world, he will give a speices legitimity of one nation to
attack another which is what the UN charter was set up to prevent and he may
end his own political career 10.06.50 Ken Livingstone Mayor of London Speech
This as ten years ago is a war about oil, it is not a war about human rights,
its not a war about weapons of mass destruction because there is only one
regime in the middle east that has nuclear weapons and that is israel who has
had nuclear weapons for 30 years and there is no one trying nto take those
nuclear weapons away from Sharon. So it is once again hypocrisy and double
standards as the US retains its imperial strangle hold on the oil producing
regions of the world 10.08.00 Pan of Hyde park huge crowd listening to speeches 10.08.55 Scott Ritter, former UN weapns inspector
why am i here? the answer is simple. I am an Amercian and i stand for what
america stands for. america has laws which are set forth in the constituion
which founded my great country and i reject the policies which Bush is pushing
whoelheartedly. i would like to send 2 messages. First to PM Blaiir about his
dossier on weapons of mass destruction. Mr Blair, i too share your concerns
about weapons of mass destruction beacuse i know more about what iraq has than
you, and i know what has been acheived in the field of disarnament
i know that while we did not account for every weapon in iraq and there are
still things to be done in terms of disanment but i know that weapons
inspections do work will work and can work if allowed to go back into iraq and
if allowed to go back in without the manipulation of Britain and the United
States. 10.10.30 muslims with banners marching 10.11.00 Two Muslims men interview with March in Background
Man on right- We are asking our MPs in parliment to stop this war becasue if
we start this war, we will be klilling innocent people everywhere and the
people of britain dont want to kill so who does Tony Blair represent? does he
represent George Bush or does he represent the people of Britain? man of left-I dont know who is saying these marches are ineffectrive. They are
brining the nation and communities together which show the solidarity that
people are agains the war. Perhaps what we can do is raise these issues with
our local MPs in parliment 10.12.25 John Pilger Interview
All dissent has to go through a process and i think this is getting to a point
of direct action and civil disobedience on a number of issues on war and peace
in this country. This demonstration represents the majority, there is no doubt
that the opinon polls show that the majority are against attacking iraq. The
350,000 who are here represent them 10.12.56. Scott Ritter interview
This demonstration sends a clear message to the Blair and Washington DC about
the power of democracy so i think there is a role for demonstrations like
this. If the government ignore it then i think it is time for more radical
forms of civil disobedience but i would prefer to see peaceful demonstrations
before you head down the path of civil disobedience JOIN THE DISCUSSION
FULL SYNOPSIS
Original rushes available in addition to the 5 minute edit: Undercurrents News of Stop the War demonstration in London 28 september 2002
Betacam SP Begin Wide and close up of March down Whitehall with Westminster in background 10.02.30 March snakes through London with Muslim men and Police in forground 10.03.00 Palestinian women in Black burkhas chanting against war 10.03.45 Maya Knight, English Muslim Woman interview
Oh i dont think we are going to change the Americans mind but i do think that Tony Blair is enough of a wet blanket to have to listen to what people have to say today.He's going to see and hear the amount of people here and think twice about backing America and Bush in the UN. I dont really see what else we can do at the minute apart from wait until another gerneral election and get rid of Blair but any big demonstration like this i will be there to make my point 10.04.30 Bradford women singers against war singing 'You are not dong
it in my name' 10.05.05 Movie director, Ken Loach interview
There is no reason to kill 100,00 Iraqis again like we did last time. The
problems start with the Palestinian injustice and that the country who is
ignoring UN resolutions and that is armed to the teeth is Israel and bush and
blair have a bad record on human rights. The US changed a democracy in chile
to a murderous dictatorship so we shouldn't listen to them, we should listen
to the people for justice in palestine 10.006.08 John Pilger, journalist interview
The message to Blair is that if he goes ahead with this attack what he will
acheive is the death of many innocent people, he will contribute to the
instability of the world, he will give a speices legitimity of one nation to
attack another which is what the UN charter was set up to prevent and he may
end his own political career 10.06.50 Ken Livingstone Mayor of London Speech
This as ten years ago is a war about oil, it is not a war about human rights,
its not a war about weapons of mass destruction because there is only one
regime in the middle east that has nuclear weapons and that is israel who has
had nuclear weapons for 30 years and there is no one trying nto take those
nuclear weapons away from Sharon. So it is once again hypocrisy and double
standards as the US retains its imperial strangle hold on the oil producing
regions of the world 10.08.00 Pan of Hyde park huge crowd listening to speeches 10.08.55 Scott Ritter, former UN weapns inspector
why am i here? the answer is simple. I am an Amercian and i stand for what
america stands for. america has laws which are set forth in the constituion
which founded my great country and i reject the policies which Bush is pushing
whoelheartedly. i would like to send 2 messages. First to PM Blaiir about his
dossier on weapons of mass destruction. Mr Blair, i too share your concerns
about weapons of mass destruction beacuse i know more about what iraq has than
you, and i know what has been acheived in the field of disarnament
i know that while we did not account for every weapon in iraq and there are
still things to be done in terms of disanment but i know that weapons
inspections do work will work and can work if allowed to go back into iraq and
if allowed to go back in without the manipulation of Britain and the United
States. 10.10.30 muslims with banners marching 10.11.00 Two Muslims men interview with March in Background
Man on right- We are asking our MPs in parliment to stop this war becasue if
we start this war, we will be klilling innocent people everywhere and the
people of britain dont want to kill so who does Tony Blair represent? does he
represent George Bush or does he represent the people of Britain? man of left-I dont know who is saying these marches are ineffectrive. They are
brining the nation and communities together which show the solidarity that
people are agains the war. Perhaps what we can do is raise these issues with
our local MPs in parliment 10.12.25 John Pilger Interview
All dissent has to go through a process and i think this is getting to a point
of direct action and civil disobedience on a number of issues on war and peace
in this country. This demonstration represents the majority, there is no doubt
that the opinon polls show that the majority are against attacking iraq. The
350,000 who are here represent them 10.12.56. Scott Ritter interview
This demonstration sends a clear message to the Blair and Washington DC about
the power of democracy so i think there is a role for demonstrations like
this. If the government ignore it then i think it is time for more radical
forms of civil disobedience but i would prefer to see peaceful demonstrations
before you head down the path of civil disobedience JOIN THE DISCUSSION