The following is a reading list of books for anti-war activists:

(other site users--please add other books to this list).

1. The books of British writer Mark Curtis: Unpeople (2004), Web of Deceit (2003), The Great Deception (1998). Curtis is one of very few British writers and academics to have examined declassified British government records relating to British involvement in predatory conflicts and wars--according to Curtis, British academia has largely failed to even examine them. And if you think that British human rights abuses in the current wars are a one-off you better think again. Curtis shows that they are the norm and that "the culture of lying to, and misleading, the electorate is deeply embedded in British policy-making."

2. The books of Tariq Ali : Bush in Babylon (2003), The Clash of Fundamentalisms (2002).

3. The books of Norman G. Finkelstein: The Holocaust Industry (2000), Beyond Chutzpah (2005)

4. David Edwards and David Cromwell of Media Lens: Guardians of Power: The Myth of the Liberal Media (2006).

5. Lenni Brenner: Zionism in the Age of the Dictators (1983).

6. Alan Hart: Zionism: the Real Enemy of the Jews, Vols 1 and 2 (2005)

7. Ilan Pappé: The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. (2006).The suppressed history of al nakba (catastrophe)--the ethnic cleanisng of Palestinians by the Zionists in 1948 to clear the land for Israel. Written by Israel's greatest historian.

8. Noam Chomsky: The Fateful Triangle.

9. Moazzam Begg: Enemy Combatant (2006).

10. Stop the War Coalition: Five Years On: Why we are still marching. Written by Chris Nineham and Andrew Burgin with an introduction by Tony Benn. Available from the Stop the War office. Pamphlet costs £1. Discount for bulk order. If you order more than 10, every extra copy for half price, i.e. 10 copies for £10+p&p, twenty copies for £15+p&p. Call 020 7278 6694 for bulk discount.

11. War with No End.  Joe Sacco, Arundhati Roy, John Berger, Haifa Zangana, Hanif
Kureishi, Phyllis Bennis, Ahdaf Soueif, Tram Nguyen, September 11th. Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, Naomi Klein with introduction by Lindsey German and Judith le Blanc. On October 7th 2001, US-led forces invaded Afghanistan, marking the start of George Bush and Tony Blair's "War On Terror". Exactly six years on, and in collaboration with Stop the War Coalition, Verso has published War With No End which brings together some of the finest contemporary writers to explore the impact of the "long war" throughout the world. Buy the book at the special rate of only £7 with free p&p. RRP £7.99

12. Not one more Death. Prominent musicians, playwrights, scientists and writers look at how public opinion is wilfully ignored, and ‘democracy’ used as a figleaf for US imperial ambitions in the Middle East.
Brian Eno, John Le Carre, Haifa Zangana, Richard Dawkins, Harold Pinter and Micheal Faber.
Available from Verso. £5.

13. Stop the War Coalition: Stop The War - The Story of Britain's Biggest Mass Movement. The story of the Stop the War Coalition with photographs. Written by Andrew Murray & Lindsey German. Foreword by Tony Benn. Available from Stop the War Coalition. £11.95

 14. Tariq Mehmood: Courageous Ali and the Heartless King. The hunt is on for the camels of mass destruction.
Anti War Children’s Book. Ideal for Ages: 8 to 80+.  Available from Stop the War Coalition. £6.99