‘Remembrance Sunday must be about bringing peace, not glorifying war’
ARMISTICE Day is a day to campaign to “end all wars,” peace campaigners said as the country marked Remembrance Sunday yesterday.
And the Peace Pledge Union called for the victims of colonial conflicts to be remembered too.
A rally in London’s Tavistock Square honoured all victims of war, with attendees vowing to work for a more peaceful world.
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