IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0372 STWC
Held at: Bishopsgate Institute
Title: Stop the War Coalition
Date(s): 2001-2007
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 7 Boxes
Name of creator(s): Stop the War Coalition
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Stop the War Coalition (StWC) (informally just Stop the War) is an anti-war group set up on 21 September 2001. The coalition has opposed the various wars that are claimed to be part of the ongoing war on terrorism. It has been the most prominent group in Britain campaigning against the war in Afghanistan and the Iraq War. The demonstration against the latter on 15 February 2003, which it organised in association with Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and the Muslim Association of Britain, is claimed to be the largest public demonstration in British history. The Coalition continues to campaign actively through demonstrations and other means at continuing military involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the foreign policy of the US and the UK.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of the Stop the War Coalition, 2001-2007, including: posters, ephemera, flyers, newsletters and material produced by the Stop the War Coalition for its demonstrations and campaigns, 2001-2007; papers of Paul Mackney relating to his involvement with Stop the War Coalition and the anti-war campaign, including emails, newsletters, correspondence and ephemera, 2001-2005.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
No further arrangement at present.
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
Documents cannot be photocopied at present. Digital photography (without flash) is permitted for research purposes on completion of the Library's Copyright Declaration form and with respect to current UK copyright law.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Collection Level Description.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Further accruals expected.
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited at the Bishopsgate Institute by the Stop the War Coalition on 19 March 2008.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Stefan Dickers.
Date(s) of descriptions: 21 March 2008.