by New Worker correspondent
Last
Saturday some marked “Armed Forces Day” with parades and displays glorifying
the armed wing of British imperialism. Others, like Veterans for Peace,
celebrated the day in their own way in London last weekend
. The veterans’
peace
movement held a
counter-recruitment presence outside Charing Cross station Saturday morning
before heading off to join other groups under the banner "No Pride in
War" to protest the presence of the Red Arrows and BAe Systems at this
year’s Pride in London parade.Veterans for Peace UK was
set up in 2011 by a former member of the Special Air Service who was discharged
after refusing to continuing serving in Iraq. The movement for veterans of the
armed forces is committed to opposing all wars through non-violent means.
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