The Irish Anti-War Movement (IAWM) announced today that the Irish Neutrality League (INL) was formally launched, coinciding with the United Nations International Day of Peace, Wednesday 21st September.

The Irish Anti-War Movement said today that the slaughter that is now taking place in Eastern Ghouta, as a result of the bombing of the civilian population by the Russian-backed Assad regime is utterly horrific and should stop immediately. While accurate casualty figures are difficult to ascertain it is clear that hundreds of lives, among them large numbers of children, have being lost.

In condemning the continued bombardment of Aleppo, and other Syrian centres of resistance, by Russian and Syrian army forces, the Irish Anti-War Movement (IAWM) is repeating its call to the Irish Government to cease the use of Shannon Airport by the US Military, an act alone which the IAWM says would send a powerful message to western powers that we are sick of their perpetual warfare.

By The Irish Anti-War Movement
The Irish Anti-War Movement has welcomed the publication of the long awaited Chilcot Inquiry and the fact that it is a serious indictment of Tony Blair’s role in Britain’s involvement in the invasion and occupation of Iraq and the subsequent sectarian blood letting.

In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, the Irish Anti-War Movement has released the following statement.

By Edward Horgan
Remembering – lest we forget – the destruction and stupidity of war
On Tuesday 10 November Veterans for Peace (VfP) Ireland lay a wreath of white poppies as a symbol of peace at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin’s Parnell Square.

The Irish Anti-War Movement is to hold a public meeting about why attacking ISIS will only make the situation worse.

- sympathy with the victims and survivors of this horrific act
- massacre needs to be seen in wider context of us culture of violence including foreign policy
- Obama should stop slaughtering innocents abroad as a first step in stemming violence
The Irish Anti-war Movement (IAWM) issued a statement today expressing sincere sympathy with the victims, survivors and families affected by the horrific killings at Sandy Hook School in Connecticut earlier this week but noted that the massacre must be seen in a wider context of a culture of violence perpetuated by successive US Governments.

In a statement issued today the Irish Anti-war Movement (IAWM) calls for an immediate end to the bombing of Gaza, for an end to the six-year old punishing blockade and called on the Irish Government to stop "pussyfooting" and to condemn Israel for its latest attacks and the continued siege of the territory.

The Irish Anti-War Movement (IAWM) today issued a statement condemning both the response of the US Government through its military airstrikes and the ethnic cleansing of Christians and other religious groups by the Islamic State forces.

· NO TEARS FOR GADAFFI, NO CHEERS FOR NATO
· REGIME CHANGE CLOAKED AS ‘HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION’
· WESTERN INTERVENTION NOT IN BEST INTERESTS OF LIBYAN PEOPLE
· CYNICAL ATTEMPT BY WEST TO DAMPEN THE ARAB REVOLUTION
The Irish Anti-war Movement in a statement today welcomed the impending demise of the corrupt and despotic Gadaffi regime but cautioned against celebrating the sinister intervention by NATO and questioned the alleged democratic credentials of the National Transitional Council (NTC).