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A tireless voice for peace
To mark Jeremy Corbyn’s 40 years as an MP, LINDSEY GERMAN of Stop the War looks at his remarkable history of anti-war activism – and warns we need more such voices today
A VOICE TO BE RECKONED WITH: Jeremy Corbyn speaks to protesters outside the Houses of Parliament as the Bill on minimum service levels during strikes reaches its second reading, January 16 2023

WHEN the attacks on the Twin Towers on September 11 happened we were told it was impossible to build an anti-war movement. 

The horror at those events in 2001 meant that war was inevitable and that those speaking out against it would be totally marginal. 

But when some of us involved in campaigning against war and globalisation decided to organise a meeting regardless, Jeremy Corbyn was one of the first people we phoned. 

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