On 6 February, Elizabeth Windsor marks 70 years of ruling the UK as queen. The major celebrations of her ‘platinum jubilee’ will come in June, as will the peak of the ‘Not Another 70 Years’ campaign by the British anti-monarchy group, Republic.
The abolition of the monarchy is important for the peace movement. It’s important at a fundamental level – to do with what militarism is.
At a more surface level, the queen is officially the head of the armed forces and the royals are…