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Scottish activists come together to fight for peace

ACTIVISTS from the Scottish labour and trade union movement came together today at a conference in Glasgow to fight for peace in Palestine and beyond.

Organised by Stop the War Scotland, the World at War event brought dozens of campaigners from diverse groups together to analyse the imperialist basis for present conflicts in the Middle East and beyond, and how the march to war can be countered. 

Stop the War Coalition founding member Lindsey German told the conference: “This idea that Israel is defending itself against terrorism is one of the biggest falsehoods of our age.

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