title: Stop the War Committee
text: The Stop the War Committee was an anti-war organisation that opposed the Second Boer War. It was formed by William Thomas Stead in 1899. Its president was John Clifford and prominent members included Lloyd George and Keir Hardie. The group was generally seen as pro-Boer.
  
  Against the background of political campaigning for the khaki election of 1900, Stop-The-War distributed millions of posters, cartoons and broadsheets, handing out leaflets to commuters on trains.
  
  Its resolutions were religiously-inspired and utopian in their approach. The Committee united various Nonconformists who held different views in relation to socialism. However, the high moral tone of its pronouncements failed to achieve support from the working class, and provoked stronger antagonism than the more rational approach of the South African Conciliation Committee.
  
  See also
  Anti-war
  Opposition to the Second Boer War
  List of anti-war organizations
  List of peace activists
  
  References
  
  Peace organisations based in the United Kingdom
  Second Boer War
  South Africa–United Kingdom relations
  Organizations established in 1899
  Anti-war movement