Ant-fascist activists protested in the centre of Birmingham, Britain’s second largest city, on Saturday 11 January, calling for the British government to end weapons supplies to the puppet government in Ukraine, an end to British Missile strikes on Russian territory, and warning of the danger of an all-out nucelar NATO-Russia war. The protest also carried placards pointing out the financial costs to millions of British citizens of the billions of pounds sent to Ukraine, higher energy charges, and the extreme levels of corruption in Ukraine itself.

Theo Russell, secretary of International Ukraine Anti Fascist Solidarity (IUAFS), spoke about Britain’s aggressive role in Ukraine: “A top secret British military and intelligence group, Project Alchemy, has been set up with the aim of prolonging the war in Ukraine war at all costs. The Grayzone website has revealed the Britain’s true goal in Ukraine is to cause a “palace coup” – read “regime change” – in Moscow, plans for an underground army to conduct terrorism in Ukraine and Russia, and to “dismantle” independent media outlets reporting the truth about Ukraine.

Many people joined discussions with the protestors in Birmingham and it was clear that they are aware of the higher prices they are paying for everything, the danger of a world war, and the contrast between Western countries condemning Russian military actions in Ukraine while sending more and more bombs and missiles to Israel to kill civilians in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen and Syria.

This protest held by IUAFS outside London, received a very positive response from the public. IUAFS is planning future protests in other major English cities.

British workers are tired of paying for bombs, they want peace!