SNP Defence spokesperson calls for a fresh vote in the House of Commons on new UK military action

ANTI-WAR CAMPAIGNERS have warned against “the escalation of war” in Syria, as Prime Minister Theresa May comes under pressure to commit the UK to new military strikes against the Assad government.

Protest against Saudi Crown Prince visit planned as poll finds only 6 per cent of UK support arms sales to Saudi Arabia

THE STOP THE WAR COALITION will hold a demonstration outside Downing Street on Wednesday (6 March) in protest against the arrival of Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.

Anti-racist and anti-fascist activists will assemble in Edinburgh on 7 December

A PROTEST spurred by President Donald Trump’s retweeting and apparent endorsement of the far-right Britain First organisation will be held by anti-fascist and anti-racist campaigners in Edinburgh on Thursday, 7 December.

Late month, Trump shared a series of Islamophobic tweets from Britain First, including a video originally shared by the group’s deputy leader Jayda Fransen, claiming to show “Muslim migrants beating up a Dutch boy on crutches.”

Speakers at Monday’s vigil condemned the far right and Donald Trump

EDINBURGH joined cities across the UK and the United States on Monday evening in a vigil for Heather Heyer, the 32-year-old activist killed on Saturday afternoon when a car plowed through an anti-fascist demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Scottish CND calls Trump “irresponsible” over North Korea while Nicola Sturgeon calls for diplomacy to “come to the fore”

SCOTTISH campaigners and politicians have warned of the serious dangers of combative rhetoric between the United State and North Korea, after increased tension between the two countries has raised the possibility of nuclear conflict.

Campaigners denounce government backing of repressive Saudi Arabian regime

A COALITION OF HUMAN RIGHTS organisations has sent a letter to Prime Minister Theresa May, calling for the imminent visit of the Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman to be cancelled.

Criticising the UK Government’s relationship to Saudi Arabia, including its licensing of £4.6 bn worth of arms to the regime since 2015, the letter highlights the country’s record of human rights abuses, including “torture, arbitrary detention, and other appalling abuses”.

US Presidents visit to the UK missing from Queen's Speech

SCOTTISH campaigners are celebrating the defeat of the Tory Government's plans to bring US President Donald Trump to the UK for a state visit.

Just days after Trump was innaugurated in January 2017, he and his then chief adviser Steve Bannon attempted to launch a ban on citizens of seven Muslim majority nations entering the US, an attempt that was defeated by the court system.

Journalist Yvonne Ridley explores how Stop The War has found itself in the middle of the fight for the future of the Labour party

IT IS incredible that an internationally famous movement like Stop the War which brought together the broadest coalition of peace activists drawn from all sections of multicultural Britain is now coming under fire from a loose gaggle of disgruntled career politicians.

David Cameron has announced his "firm conviction" that airstrikes against Syria are necessary and is seeking to hold a vote in the Commons before Christmas.

THE PRIME MINISTER has claimed that a second vote on military action in Syria is reasonable if "consensus is reached" and talked of attacking the "head of the snake" by bombing Isis headquarters in Raqqa.