A Stop the War demonstration in Glasgow, November 24, 2024
MORE than a thousand people rallied in Glasgow on Saturday despite the wind and snow to demand an end to war and an end to the slaughter in Palestine.
The national demonstration, organised by Stop the War Scotland and backed by the STUC and Scottish CND, assembled by the McLennan Arch on Glasgow Green and marched through the city’s streets, growing as it went.
In a concession to the weather, speeches were moved inside and marchers packed the hall to capacity in the city’s Renfield Centre to hear from trade unionists and peace campaigners but not from independent socialist MP Jeremy Corbyn, whose train journey to Glasgow had been delayed by the snow.
It’s hard to understand how minor divisions can come to dominate the process of building a challenge to the rule of the rich when the desperate need for a vehicle to fight poverty and despair is so abundantly clear, writes MATT KERR
