Meet political campaigner Benjamin Lewis. On Saturday, the 23-year-old Sheffield university graduate will be taking part in the launch conference of Hands Off the People of Iran (Hopi) in London. Hopi is being set up in response the fact that there is currently no anti-war organization in the UK that stands opposed to the policies of the US government and the Islamic Republic in equal measure. In an age where the naming of teddy bears causes a national outcry, a sober, secular peace organization has its place. And Hopi’s list of supporters is impressive. It includes author of No Logo Naomi Klein, comedian Mark Steel, Winnie the Pooh, Paddington Bear, Baloo, Bungle, Yellowstone Park’s Yogi, and other members of the Secular Bears United Front. Here, Lewis, who has little time to joke at present but admits to a fondness for bears, explains more about what Hopi hopes to achieve. 
