As the war in Ukraine enters its second week a day of global action for peace has been called for Sunday 6th March.
Protests and meetings have been arranged or are in the process of being arranged in towns and cities around the UK.
The Stop the War Coalition has announced protest in London, Manchester, Durham, and other cities, and online meetings in cities including Birmingham, Bristol, and Glasgow.
Ukraine Solidarity North Staffordshire have announced they will be holding an event by the Blue Clock outside the Potteries Centre in Hanley between midday and 2pm on Sunday 6th March.
Local groups campaigning for a peaceful end to the conflict and for the government to make it easier for refugees to seek asylum in the UK including North Staffs Green Party, NORSCARF, and South Cheshire and North Staffs CND will be taking part.
A spokesperson for national CND said that ‘with the escalating threat of nuclear war, we are doing everything we can to raise awareness of the catastrophe that nuclear weapons use would unleash’.
Going on to say ‘We are at a life-or-death moment for humanity and we urge you to everything you can to oppose this war and to oppose the use of nuclear weapons’.
The Green Party has called for the UK government to follow the lead taken by countries across the EU to aid the growing number of refugees.
Green spokesperson on Migration and Refugee Support Benali Hamdache called on the government to ‘open safe routes for people to come to the UK and join the EU wide plan for resettling refugees’.