Starmer and Macron at Ukraine talks in France. Photo: Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Lindsey German speaks to Tina Daheley on the Jeremy Vine show about the Russia-Ukraine war, British foreign policy failures and why we must oppose the drive towards more militarism
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Lindsey German
As national convenor of the Stop the War Coalition, Lindsey was a key organiser of the largest demonstration, and one of the largest mass movements, in British history.
Her books include ‘Material Girls: Women, Men and Work’, ‘Sex, Class and Socialism’, ‘A People’s History of London’ (with John Rees) and ‘How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women’.
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