Interview with soldier Joe Glenton after his release from military jail in Colchester where he’d been imprisoned for refusing to fight in Afghanistan.
Interview: Feyzi Ismail | Edit: Ady Cousins | More info on Joe Glenton and opposing the war at http://www.stopwar.org.uk
Rally Monday 26 July 7pm: Afghanistan – Time To Go
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL
Speakers include: Lance Corporal Joe Glenton, just released from prison following his court martial for refusing to fight in Afghanistan, ex-soldier Ross Williams, jailed in 2008 for refusing to fight in Iraq, Caroline Lucas MP and other MPs. More speakers TBA.
The war in Afghanistan is in crisis. The strategy for the US-led occupation is crumbling. Violence is increasing, with deaths of Afghan civilians and Nato troops at higher levels than at any time since 2001. But the ConLib coalition government continues to send troops to kill and die in a war that has no purpose and is being lost, ignoring the two thirds majority of people in Britain who want them brought home now.