Anti-War Links
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UK Anti-War Organisations and Campaigns
This is a mixed bag of campaign groups, from those that arose to fight some specific element of the War on Terror, to long-running pacifist organisations. This list also includes broader political organisations and parties that have consistently opposed war.
| Faslane 365 | A campaign to blockade Faslane submarine base for one year to deter the renewal of Trident missiles. |
| Stop the War Coalition | A leading national group opposing the War on Terror. This site also contains an extensive database of national and local anti-war groups. |
| Trident Ploughshares | Campaign to disarm Trident nuclear weapons. |
| Campaign for the Accountability of American Air Bases | Begun in opposition to NSA Menwith Hill in Yorkshire, the group opposes all US forces located in the UK. |
| Justice Not Vengeance | A group that offers analysis of the war on terror and campaign materials of general utility. |
| Iraq Occupation Focus | News from Iraq since the 2003 invasion. |
| Quaker's Peace Exchange | Christian denomination explicitly and actively opposed to all violence. |
| Bare Witness | Naked peace protesters. |
| Everyone Counts | Lobbying campaign against invasion of Iraq. |
| Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament | Long running group dedicated to nuclear disarmament in the UK and abroad. |
| Disarm DSEi | Campaign against the Defence Services and Equipment International exposition taking place in London's Docklands every two years. |
| Campaign Against the Arms Trade | Working against the arms trade specifically and militarism in general. |
| Gloucestershire Weapons Inspectors | High profile action group focused on Fairford air base. |
| Network for Peace | Umbrella group of peace and anti-war organisations in the UK. |
| Peace Pledge Union | Pacifist organisation in the UK since 1934. |
| Reclaim the Bases | Promoting action against US air bases located in the UK. |
| Women in Black UK | UK section of loose international network of women peace activists. |
| Act Together: Women's Action in Iraq | Iraqi and non-Iraqi women campaigning against the occupation of Iraq, and supporting grassroots women's initiatives. |
| The Green Party | The party opposes war and supports a variety of forms of peace activism. |
| Respect | The Respect Coalition was born in the UK anti-war movement, from a coalition of the far left and politicised Muslims. |
International Peace and Anti-War Organisations and Campaigns
| Amnesty International | Long running defenders of the victims of torture and detention without trial. |
| Iraq Body Count | Rigourous estimates of civilian and military deaths resulting from the invasion of Iraq. |
| Women's International League for Peace and Freedom | Long running UN connected organisation of women promoting peace. |
| Women in Black | Loose knit network of women campaigning against war, and the particular oppressions faced by women in the context of violence. |
Peace Movement News and Analysis
| Z Net | Analysis from the likes of Noam Chomsky, Michael Albert and many others. |
| UK Watch | Collection of resources and original articles. |
| Schnews | Long running weekly direct action newsletter. |
| The Guardian | Special report on the anti-war movement. |
| Socialist Worker | Weekly paper of the Socialist Workers' Party. |
| CPGB online | Communist Party of Great Britain. |
Scholarly Social Movement Analysis
| Edge Hill Social Movements Research Group | Based at Edge Hill University. |
| Centre for Study of Social and Political Movements | Based at University of Kent School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research. |
| SOSIG: Social Movements | Resource links from Social Science Information Gateway. |
| Tools for Change | Archive of social movement research, including masters dissertations and PhD theses. |
| International Conference on Social Movements and Alternative Futures | Manchester Metropolitan Sociology Department's annual conference. |
| Knowledge Lab | Knowledge Lab began at the University of Lancaster. |
| Civil Society and Social Movements | UN Research Institute for Social Development. |
| HumanITy | Civil Society research projects. |
| Centre for Civil Society | Based at LSE, responsible for the Global Civil Society Yearbook. |
| Civil Society and Governance Programme | Research programme at the Institute for Development Studies. |
