| Thursday March 20th 2014 was the date of this meeting in Newcastle University. 61 people from the Universities in Newcastle and Durham and people from the surrounding area took part. Dr Neil Faulkner and Dr Clive Barrett addressed the meeting opposing the disinformation on World War I and to affirm the lessons of the peace movement today. The speakers highlighted that between 1914 and 1918 military competition between opposing alliances of imperialist powers over colonial possessions and world domination erupted into a massive industrialised war. 15 million people were killed. Alex Snowden then gave a moving tribute to Tony Benn, who was President of the Stop the War Coalition and who died a week before the meeting. |