The Bethnal Green and Bow MP George Galloway, who electrified America with his Senate appearance in May, is returning to the United States next month for a whistle-stop speaking tour. He will be joined on several of the engagements by the Hollywood superstar, and anti-war activist, Jane Fonda.

The Galloway tour - entitled Stand Up And be Counted - lasts 11 days. It opens in Boston on September 13 and terminates with the massive anti-war demo in Washington on September 24. Galloway will also be promoting his new US book, Mr Galloway Goes To Washington, published by the New Press to tie in with the tour. The full tour itinerary can be found on the website www.mrgallowaygoestowashington.com.

"I'm really pleased and excited to be going back to America to campaign against this illegal war and occupation," Galloway said. "And to have Jane Fonda join me is fantastic. I'll be able to get that autograph at last."

The anti-war sentiment in the US has swollen considerably in the last weeks. "I'm sure that when the full implications of the constitutional 'settlement' lashed-up by the puppet Iraqi government are understood that opposition will grow massively," Galloway added.

The MP has had more than 20,000 email requests from US citizens to return. "I'm happy now to be able to do so and to follow up what I said in the Senate," he said.

It is expected that other well-known US personalities will join Galloway on the tour.