A huge protest against the far Right in Britain
Today’s Together Alliance March in London was a huge demonstration and there were similar events all around the country. The official website of the organisers stated the aim as “Together for love, hope and unity against the far right”.
So there was a massive protest against racism and support for immigrants. But there was also a great deal of pro Gaza/anti Israel sentiment plus opposition to the bombing of Iran and some people remembered Ukraine. A whole variety of other causes, from environmentalism to trans rights and even anti-Brexit, were on show.
Trade unions were the backbone to the event with the only political parties in evidence being the Socialist Workers Party (as always lots of placards), the Socialist Party (the former Militant) and even the Communist Party (shouting for revolution).
I met a number of people I know.
Organisers of the march said that as many as 500,000 people had attended, although the Metropolitan Police estimated the figure to be closer to 50,000, adding that precise figures were hard to determine due to the spread of the crowds.