Submitted by martin on 28 September, 2007 - 9:38
Police have banned a demonstration on Iraq scheduled by the Stop The War Coalition for 8 October.
The STWC reports: "The police have said all protests within one mile of Parliament are now prohibited". Several demonstrations have taken place in recent years in Parliament Square, including large ones on Iraq, without incident. The United Campaign for the Repeal of Anti Trade Union Laws has a demonstration scheduled outside Parliament for 18 October (4pm to 5.30pm), and it remains to be seen whether the police will ban that, too.
All socialists and trade unionists, including those of us who disagree with much of what the Stop The War Coalition says, should support the basic right to demonstrate.
