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NEWPORT, United Kingdom – Around a thousand pacifist and anti-nuclear demonstrators marched through Newport on Saturday, August 30, ahead of the NATO summit in the British city next week.
Various left-wing organizations took part in the protest, including the Stop The War Coalition group and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).
Among the reasons protesters said they were demonstrating were NATO expansion, the Gaza conflict, nuclear weapons, “imperialist wars,” Ukraine, arms sales to Israel, and capitalism.
Protesters carried placards and dozens of Palestinian flags.
Around 150 heads of state and ministers from around 60 countries are expected to attend the summit on Thursday and Friday, September 4 to 5, at the Celtic Manor golf resort outside Newport in southeast Wales.
Some demonstrators have set up tents at a “peace camp” in a park on the edge of the city, while a “counter-summit” gathering is planned for Sunday, August 31.
“NATO’s continued expansion has brought about the current problems with Russia,” said CND veteran Bruce Kent.
“We need to think about peaceful ways of resolving problems, not ramping matters up further with the sabre-rattling that NATO (has) been doing.” – Rappler.com
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