Stop the War Coalition: Timeline of Events 2001 - 2011

2001
21 September 2001	Conference	Founding meeting of Stop the War Coalition, Friends Meeting House
22 September 2001	Vigil	Shoulder to Shoulder with the people of Afghanistan at Downing Street
10 October 2001	Meeting	Inaugural meeting of the Guildford Stop the War Coalition at the Friends Meeting House in Guildford (later changed to "Surrey")
13 October 2001	Demo	CND “Stop the war” march to Trafalgar Square against the war in Afghanistan
October 2001	Conference	Stop the war first conference in Islington
3 November 2001	Demo	2000 people marched in Manchester in protest at the bombing of Afghanistan by the US and the UK
18 November 2001	Demo	National demonstration against the bombing of Afghanistan
14 December 2001	Demo	Stop The War Coalition joins D14 Demonstration for a different Europe and a different world Brussels. EU Summit Laeken.
November 2001	Cultural event	At the Royal Court Theatre Excerpt from Caryl Churchill’s Far and Away Monologue Homebody/Kabul by Tony Kushner performed by Kika Markham
2002
24 January 2002	Protest	Protest against detention of Al-qaeda Taliban terrorist suspects at the Camp Delta at the US Guantanamo Bay Naval Base on Cuba . Organised by Stop the War Coalition, US American Embassy, London.
26 January 2002	Demo	“Stop Israel’s war on Palestine” protest at the Israel’s Embassy, London
2 March 2002	Demo	Stop the War Coalition march to Trafalgar Square.
26 March 2002	Demo	Stop the War Coalition Don't Attack Iraq rally
28 March 2002	Conference	The Beirut Summit to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Lebanon
30 March 2002	Demo	National CND demonstration “Don’t Start Wars”
April 2002	Demo	Demonstration organised by the Muslim Association of Britain
May 2002	Demo	March organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign
5 September 2002	Concert	Live music and Rally “Performers for Peace”, The Camden Centre, London
24 September 2002		Stop the War Coalition picket on the day of the publication of the Dodgy dossier published by the British government
28 September 2002	Demo	Stop the war on Iraq and freedom for Palestine first large demonstration organised by the Stop the War Coalition and the Muslim Association of Britain coinciding with the Labour Party conference
September 2002	Demo	March + Delegation of writers and actors to Downing Street led by Kika Markham, Jemma Redgrave and Susanna Harker to deliver an open letter against the war signed by over 100 prominent people
September 2002	Concert	First concert for peace with Frankie Armstrong, Leon Rosselson and Robb Johnson
26 -27 October 2002	Conference	Student conference
31 October 2002	Direct actions	Halloween Day of action, Whitehall Sit-down protest, Westminster Die-in against the war, Camberwell Art College
9 November 2002	Demo	Demonstration against war organized by the European Social Forum in Florence, Italy
2 December 2002	Action	Whitehall die-in with Mark Thomas & Rob Newman
17-19 December 2002	Conference	First Cairo Conference held in the Conrad Hotel on the banks of the Nile with former President of Algeria, Ahmed Ben Bella, former United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq Dr Hans Von Sponeck.
2003
January 2003	Meeting	First Stop the War AGM in Camden Town Hall
18 January 2003	Protest	Stop the War on Iraq Candlelight Vigil, Trafalgar Square
February 2003	Demo	Leading figures from the National Theatre (Ralph Fiennes, Corin,..) with Trevor Nunn, Zoe Wanamaker and Joan Bakewell protested outside the National Theatre in London
14 February 2003	Cultural Event	Ken Livingstone hosted a peace reception for Jesse Jackson at City Hall Alex Cox showed his latest film Revengers Tragedy Ken Loach and Stephen Frears introduced 11.09.01 and Dirty Pretty Things Poets Against the War put on a reading at the Bloomsbery Theatre with Mike Rosen, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Sarah Maguire, Jean “Binta” Breeze, Tony Harrison,…
15 February 2003	Demo	Largest demonstration organised by the Coalition against the imminent invasion of Iraq
26 February 2003	Demo	Stop the War demonstration against, Parliament, Westminster, London
1 March 2003	Demo	Birmingham Stop the War demonstration against attack on Iraq
3 March 2003	Cultural Event	The international theatre community performed over 700 readings of Aristophanes’ anti-war play Lysitrata. In London in Parliament Square with readings by Alan Rickman, Lindsay Duncan and Maggie Steed
5 March 2003	Demo	First student walkout
8 March 2003	Demo	March in Manchester (Manchester Town Hall)
12 March 2003	Conference	Stop the War Coalition People’s Assembly against war in Iraq, Westminster Central Hall
15 March 2003	Demo	Tower Hamlets Stop the War demonstration against attack on Iraq, East London
15 March 2003	Concert	“One Big No” Concert at Shepherd’s Bush Empire
18 March 2003	Protest	Stop the War Coalition lobby of parliament against war in Iraq
19 March 2003	Demo	School strikes against war with Irak
20 March 2003	Spontaneous protests	Invasion of Iraq Day X Stop the War Coalition school, college and university students strike and day of action on the first day of the war against Iraq. Protest at Parliament Square
22 March 2003	Demo	National demonstration after the Invasion of Iraq
27 March 2003	Protest	Marking the start of the second week of the invasion of Iraq people continue to take to the streets in protest
29 March 2003	Demo	Demonstration against the war in Iraq
March 2003	Concert	Concert for peace at the Theatre Royal organised by Janie Dee
March 2003 every Friday	Cultural events	At the National “Collateral Damage” free events
March 2003	Concert	“Peace Not War” concert at the Hackney Ocean Fran Healy played on the 22 March demonstration Nigel Kennedy played in Trafalgar Square on the first anniversary of the war Billy Childish and Celia Stothard sang a capella at the Bush demonstration GM Baby and Peter Doherty played at the ESF rally
5 April 2003	Demo	Stop the War demonstration against attack on Iraq
6 April 2003	Demo	March through the countryside on the way to RAF Fairford American bomber base
12 April 2003	Demo	National demonstration
30 May - 3 June 2003	Demo	G8 Counter Conference in Geneva
28 August 2003		Anti war protester at the Hutton Enquiry
27 September 2003	Demo	Stop the War Coalition demonstration against the Occupation of Iraq
18 November 2003	Demo	Stop the War Coalition Rally at Friends Meeting House, Euston Road
19 November 2003	Demo	Alternative state procession. Cavalcade with cyclists, taxi drivers, scooter clubs etc. following open carriage.
19 November 2003	Protest	Anti Bush protest outside Buckingham Palace
19 November 2003	Play	Tell me lies... An Evening of Poetry and Music with Adrian Mitchell at Camden Centre, London
20 November 2003	Demo	Stop the War Coalition demonstration against the State visit of US President George Bush to the UK Tearing down of a statue of George Bush at Trafalgar Square
2004
2004	Cultural event	“Words of Mass Resistance” evening at St James’ Church organised by Liz Heavenstone
28 January 2004	Action	Anti War protesters on the day of the publication of the Hutton Enquiry report
31 January 2004	Protest	Protest at Downing Street against the Hutton Report whitewash
20 March 2004	Demo	Anniversary of the invasion of Iraq
March and April 2004	Cultural event	Art Exhibition at the Aquarium Gallery “Pax Britannica- A Hellish Peace Anti-war film and poetry evenings organised by Bruce Kent
4 April 2004	Protest	Protest outside Belmash high security prison
17 April 2004	Demo	Stop the War demonstration calling for an end to the occupation of Iraq
18 May 2004	Protest	The Stop the War coalition protest outside the hotel of an election fundraising dinner
22 May 2004	Demo	Stop the War Coalition demonstration calling for troops out of Iraq
19 August 2004	Protest	Open letter to Tony Blair in calling for troops home, Downing Street Military families??
20 August 2004	Demo	Stop the War demonstration calling for an end to the occupation of Iraq and against the attack on Najaf
17 October 2004	Demo	Anti-war demonstration at the end of the European Social Forum
3 November 2004	Action	Naming the dead in Trafalgar Square
10 November 2004	Protest	Military families against the war at Downing Street
27 November 2004	Demo	Stop the War demonstration calling for an end to the occupation of Iraq
November 2004	Cultural event	Moscow Piano Trio Concert at Hackney Empire Poets for Peace evening
December 2004	Concert	Christmas benefit concert organised by Liz Heavenstone
2005
21 January 2005	Action	STWC hold a counter inauguration for George Bush Outside the US Embassy
28 January 2005	Demo	Stop the War in Iraq demonstration through the World Social Forum, Porto Alegre Brazil
15 February 2005	Demo	Stop the War demonstration calling for an end to the occupation of Iraq
15 March 2005	Protest	Anti-war protesters convicted of aggravated trespass at various military bases were denied justice at their trials, two High Court judges heard.
16-18 March 2005	Protest	Camp in Trafalgar Square
19 March 2005	Demo	Demonstration in Westminster
2 July 2005	Demo	Make poverty history independent demonstration
3 July 2005	Action	Stop the War Naming of the Dead Ceremony on Calton Hill in Edinburgh
6 July 2005	Demo	Gleneagles G8 demonstration
9 July 2005	Vigil	Vigil for the Victims
17 July 2005	Vigil	Stop the War vigil in Russell Square
28 July 2005	Protest	Stop the War lobby of Downing Street
1 August 2005	Demo	Stop the War Coalition demonstration on Parliament Square against the exclusion zone around Parliament
4 August 2005	Protest	Stop the War rally
24 September 2005	Demo	Stop the War Peace and Liberty march
19 October 2005	Protest	Military families Whitehall protest camp & letter handing in.
11 November 2005	Protest	Stop the War protest on Armistice day
27 November 2005	Concert	Rachid Taha Astoria Concert Stop the War Benefit Concert With Brian Eno, Imogen Heap, Nitin Sawhney
10 December 2005	Conference	International Peace Conference, London
2006
31 January 2006	Vigil	100th British soldier killed in Iraq 'Naming the Dead' Vigil at Parliament Square, London
18 March 2006	Demo	International demonstration
23-26 March 2006	Conference	Fourth Cairo Conference
10 June 2006	Conference	Fifth Annual Stop The War Conference, Friends Meeting House, London
28 June 2006	Concert	Concert at St James’s Church A Night of Conscience for Flight Lieutenant Malcolm Kendall-Smith
19 July 2006	Vigil	Candle vigil for Lebanon Parliament square
22 July 2006	Demo	“End Israel’s barbarism now” Demo against Israeli bombing of Lebanon
28 July 2006	Demo	“Lebanon: Ceasefire Now” Demo, Downing St, Westminster, London
5 August 2006	Demo	“Ceasefire Now” National Demo
11 August 2006	Demo	“Unconditional Ceasefire Now” Demo, Downing St, Westminster, London
23 September 2006	Demo	Demonstration in Manchester (Labour Party Conference)
11 November 2006		Families of Servicemen Killed in Iraq Cenotaph, Whitehall
18 November 2006	Conference	People’s Assembly against Islamophobia, London
13 December 2006	Meeting	Peace reception at City Hall, London
2007
15 January- 27 August 2007	Exhibition	“State Britain”, installation by Mark Wallinger, recreating peace campaigner Brian Haw's Parliament Square peace camp at the Tate Britain
24 January 2007	Demo	Stop the War Coalition demonstration (first full debate on Iraq at Parliament) Westminster, London
10 February 2007	Action	Members of Hackney Stop the War Coalition stage a death march through Hackney against the war in Iraq. East London
21 February 2007	Action	CND projection into the Houses of Parliament - No Trident Replacement. Westminster, London
24 February 2007	Demo	No to Trident, Troops out of Iraq demonstration called by Stop the War, CND and BMI. London
15 March 2007	Protest	STWC & CND hold a no Trident rally in Parliament square
20 March 2007	Conference	People’s Assembly, Central Hall Westminster
29 March- 1 April 2007	Conference	Fifth Cairo Conference
4 June 2007	Concert	The Nightwatchman at Scala King’s Cross With Tom Morello, lead guitarist with anti-war band Rage against the Machine, Ed Harcourt, Frank Turner, Mc Mark Steel
24 June 2007	Protest	Anti-war protest outside Labour Leadership Conference, Manchester
28 June 2007	Protest	Blair’s last day in office STWC & MFAW protest inside and outside of Downing street
2 August 2007	Demo	School Students Against the War picket Kids Connections an agency employed by the Ministry of Defence to write 40 lesson plans for use in UK schools this September entitled the Defence Dynamics Project. Camden, London
8 October 2007	Demo	Stop the War demonstration on the opening day of Parliament, London.
30 November 2007	Concert	St James Concert Rhythms for Peace
1 December 2007	Conference	World against War International Peace Conference, London
2008
26 January 2008	Protest	Stop the War Coalition calls for support for End the Siege of Gaza. London
15 February 2008	Demo	5-year anniversary of the 2003 March
15 March 2008	Demo	5-year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq demonstration
27-30 March 2008	Conference	Sixth Cairo Conference looked to build upon the 2000 people who attended the fifth conference and to build international cooperation on opposition to the US lead rhetoric against Iran as well the UK’s continued support for US hegemony after the departure of Tony Blair.
3 April 2008	Demo	The Kingblues vs Tony Blair at Westminster Cathedral
24 April 2008	Concert	St James Concert Illuminations: Concert for Peace
28 May 2008	Action	Attempt of a citizen’s arrest of John Bolton the former US ambassador by activist George Monbiot at Hay festival
16 June 2008	Demo	Demonstration against George Bush’s visit to London
20 September 2008	Demo	Stop the War Coalition and CND protest march outside Labour Party Conference in Manchester
15 November 2008	Conference	Media Workers against the War Conference in London
December 2008	Camp	Camp on the roof of Raytheon's office, North Bristol, 2008
28 December 2008	Protest	Protest over the bombing of Gaza by Israeli war planes.
30 December 2008	Demo	Demonstration outside the Israeli Embassy in South Kensington, London, called by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition, British Muslim Initiative and other organisations, to protest at the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza strip
2009
January 2009	Protest	Student occupations over the bombing of Gaza
3 January 2009	Demo	National Demonstration Stop the Bombing: Free Palestine
10 January 2009	Demo	National Palestine Demonstration, Stop Gaza Massacre. Hyde Park. London
17 January 2009	Demo	London rally against the bombing of Gaza in Trafalgar Square organised by the Stop the War Coalition, the British Muslim Initiative and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign
17 January 2009	Protest	Event in solidarity with the people in Gaza, held in response to the Israeli outrage, Aberdeen
26 January 2009	Protest	BBC Protest
31 January 2009	Protest	Protest over visit by IDF Colonel Geva Rapp
14 February 2009		Valentines Day Aid Convoy
21 February 2009	Conference	Stop the War Coalition Scotland Conference. Walter Wolfgang, Lindsey German and Kate Hudson amongst others speak about the current situation in the movement.
3 March 2009	Demonstration	Stop the War demonstration. G20 protests, Excel
26-29 March 2009	Conference	The seventh annual Cairo conference dealt with issues surrounding the election of Barack Obama and the continued US foreign policy.
1-2 April 2009	Demo	Stop the War demonstration. G20 protests at the Excel centre. London
3-4 April 2009	Protest	Anti Nato Protests Strasbourg
16 May 2009	Demo	Remember Gaza Demonstration, march to Trafalgar Square. Called by Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition, British Muslim Initiative, Palestinian Forum in Britain and CND. London
21 May 2009	Cultural event	Two Plays For Gaza at Hackney Empire
11June 2009	Concert	Beats Beat Bullets Stop the War, Start the Music at Vibe Bar, London
24 June 2009	Protest	Stop the War Coalition protests outside Parliament calling for an open public enquiry into the war in Iraq. London
13 July 2009	Protest	Anti-war campaigners were refused access to Downing Street to deliver a letter calling for troops to be pulled out of Afghanistan.
23 July 2009	Demo	Rally at Conway hall (with Afghan MP Malalai Joya, Jane Shallis and British Soldier lance corporal Joe Glenton)
30 July 2009	Letter	The Stop the War Coalition’ s letter to the Iraq Inquiry launched to “identify lessons that can be learned from the Iraq conflict”
19 August 2009	Concert	Beats Beat Bullets Stop the War, Start the Music at Vibe Bar, London
17-23 August 2009	Demo	Naming the dead events held across the country
10 September 2009	Concert	Beats Beat Bullets Stop the War, Start the Music at Vibe Bar, London
19 September 2009	Conference	National Stop the War Students Conference
20 October 2009	Concert	Beats Beat Bullets Stop the War, Start the Music at The Cube, Sussex University Campus, Brighton
23 October 2009	Concert	Beats Beat Bullets Stop the War, Start the Music at Vibe Bar, London
24 October 2009	Demo	A protest and rally called to demand the withdrawal of British troops from Afghanistan
12 November 2009	Protest	Protest against the arrest and imprisonment of L/Cpl Joe Glenton for speaking against the war in Afghanistan. Outside the Ministry Of Defence, Whitehall, London.
24 November 2009	Protest	Stop the War protest
6 December 2009		Viva Palestina Aid convoy leaves to deliver aid to Palestine at the end of December
8 December 2009	Concert	Beats Beat Bullets Stop the War, Start the Music at London School of Economics
22 December 2009	Concert	Beats Beat Bullets Stop the War, Start the Music at Vibe Bar, London
2010
3 January 2010	Demo	Public demonstrations against Israel’s attack on Gaza, which left 1400 people dead. 65 protesters were subsequently arrested for and charged with violent disorder
10 January 2010	Demo	A further demonstration against Israeli attacks on Gaza and the way protesters have been treated
28 January 2010		The Anti War movement Blockade of Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Afghanistan Conference
29 January 2010	Demo	Stop the War demonstrations as Tony Blair arrives to give testimony to the Chilcot enquiry. Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre. London An attempt to make a citizen’s arrest of former Prime Minister Tony Blair.
5 March 2010	Speech	Joe Glenton is sentenced to nine months in jail after going AWOL for two years , and speaking out against the war in Afghanistan.
20 March 2010	Demo	Demonstration against the English Defence League, Bolton
29 March 2010	Protest	Protesters disrupt a Live BBC performance by the Jerusalem Quartet
21 April 2010	Protest	Protest at the Royal Courts of Justice, London for the appeal against Joe Glenton’s sentence
15 May 2010	Action	National Day of Action Nakba Commemoration 2010, Free Palestine
31 May 2010	Protest	Protest over attack on Gaza freedom flotilla
5 June 2010	Conference	National Conference Stop Islamophobia: defend the Muslim community, Camden, London
5 June 2010	Demo	Gaza Flotilla Demonstration, Central London
22 June 2010	Protest	Budget day Protests, Parliament Square, London
28 June 2010	Meeting	Cut the War, Scrap Trident, Bring the Troops Home meeting in Parliament
12 July 2010	Demo	Gathering outside the Military Corrective Training Centre in Colchester to welcome Joe Glenton just released from prison following his court martial for refusing to fight in Afghanistan
26 July 2010	Demo	Rally Afghanistan Time to go with Joe Glenton, Conway Hall, London
27 July 2010		Hans Blix appears before the Iraq Inquiry to give evidence
4 September 2010	Meeting	Yorkshire wide activists meeting, York
6 September 2010		After the 'move blair's book' campaign, Tony Blair cancelled his book signing at the Piccadilly branch of Waterstone's, Central London
16 November 2010	Meeting	“Stop the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan” public meeting
20 November 2010	Demo	March through London calling for an end to the war in Afghanistan. Called by Stop the War Coalition, CND and the British Muslim Initiative.
10 December 2010	Play	Yes- The Adrian Mitchell Show at St Giles in the Fields
2011
21 January 2011	Protest	Protest against Tony Blair at the Chilcot Enquiry where he faces questioning around the invasion of Iraq, London

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