Peace campaigners join protest at NATO summit

Jenny Clegg, Kate Hudson and Rae Street

Littleborough’s Rae Street and Pat Sanchez joined hundreds of other peace campaigners for two days of protests and a counter-summit in South Wales on Saturday 30 August and Sunday 31 August.

Their message for Barack Obama, David Cameron and other heads of government, who will be meeting in Newport, was very clear: “No New Wars. No to NATO.”

On Saturday, Pat and Rae marched alongside the General Secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), Kate Hudson, friends from Greater Manchester and District CND, and CND Cymru.

On Sunday they participated in workshops at the counter summit, which included sessions on how to combat the spread of military drones, how to stop the increasing militarisation of the European Union and how to achieve the closure of all military bases.

Pat Sanchez said: “We were joined in Wales by people throughout Britain and from other NATO member states. We all agreed that far from being a guarantor of stability, NATO and its aggressive policies present a major threat to peace in the world.”