Drop all charges against Joe Glenton!

Libcom.org Jan 15 2010

Today, 15 of January, over against the embassy of Great Britain in Moscow
there was a picket in support of lance corporal Joe Glenton, that was
organised by anarchists involving members of "Autonomous action".

Activists showed their solidarity to Glenton's decision, unwraped the
banner "It's better to be deserter, than to be killer" and passing out
antiwar leaflets. It's better to be deserter, than to be killer. Killers -
those, who trespass on bounds of another country, bringing devastation and death,
they should be called so. Terror - that's the name for actions of USA and
their NATO's co-belligerents in Afghanistan. Anarchists almoust all the time
were under the gun of police, that registered disapproval with another
banner, brought by members of picket: "army is slavery!", declared it
antiauthority and inappropriate to the subject of picket.
During the action there were no serious conflicts. Nobody was arrested.

Joe Glenton, who has been a soldier for five years and went on his first
tour to Afghanistan in 2006, deserted and was arrested after his public
speech on anti-war demonstration in october 24th in London. Earlie on he
wrote to premier-minister Gordon Brown, he implored him to stop military
action in Afghanistan and bring troops home.
"I just couldn't see what we had given to the country. I felt ashamed" -
that 's the words of Joe Glenton about the war in Afghanistan.
The Stop the War Coalition has called Glenton's move a "very significant
moment" in the campaign against the Afghanistan conflict. He is the first
serving soldier to speak out against the government's policy.