London

In April, several anti-war banners were hung around London, resulting in arrests. Right outside the Prime Minister's office on April 4, climbers strung a "No War Against Iraq" banner between a tree and lamppost. Nearby, facing Parliament Square, a vertical banner with the same message was hung from a lamppost. Supporters on the ground leafletted pedestrians on the bright spring day, and police arrested not the climbers, but two supporters who resisted police attempts to move them along.

On May Day, while accused war criminal Henry Kissinger was speaking at the Royal Albert Hall, a mock trial was held outside. A huge ego-sized effigy of the former U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor was in the dock. Police broke up the trial when the road was blocked, arresting two people, but not Kissinger.

More than 1,100 people in England and Scotland have signed a "Pledge of Resistance" to actively support or take part in nonviolent civil disobedience in the event of a major U.S./U.K. attack on Iraq or any other country in the course of the "war on terrorism." The list of pledgers was presented to the Prime Minister's residence at a July 4 "Independence from America" demonstration. Additional names will be submitted to the government on a monthly basis. For more information, contact David Polden at the Nonviolence Resistance Network, 162 Holloway Road, London N7 8DQ, lrcndnvrn@supanet.com.