
Anti-fascist activists calling for NATO to end its war in Ukraine and end to Israel s genocidal wars, received an overwhelming, 100 per cent positive response from supporters of Palestinian liberation in London today.
The protest was organised by International Ukraine Anti Fascist Solidarity (IUAFS), which has campaigned in solidarity with anti-fascists and democrats in Ukraine and in exile since 2017.
Organisers say almost 200,000 people from all over Britain joined the national Palestine Solidarity Campaign protest march from Westminster to the new US Embassy on the other side of the River Thames, despite the one month old ceasefire in Gaza.
This reflected desire by the great majority of the British people for the people of Palestine to achieve full justice, a sovereign state of their own, and a secure life free from hunger and ceaseless Israeli military and Zionist settler violence.
Over 100 people, including many media photographers and journalists, filmed or took photos of the protest, and over 40 joined the protest briefly to have their photos taken with us. The enthusiasm for the IUAFS was incredible and many people thanked us for linking NATO s role the wars in Ukraine in the Middle East.
The protesters were most appreciative of the placards declaring that the Global South, the majority of humanity, oppose Israel’s war crimes in Gaza and Lebanon, NATO’s support for the Banderite gangsters in Kiev, and the ten years long bombing of the people of Yemen.
IUAFS will be on the streets of London again on 22 February, this time in Brixton, South London, a mainly working class district with a long-standing African and Caribbean population.
Members of IUAFS believe that their solidarity actions will still be needed long after an agreement to end the conflict is Ukraine is reached. They point out that Britain and its imperialist allies are already planning networks to conduct terrorism in the future Ukraine and in Russia, with the eventual goal and weak attempts of destroying and dividing the Russian Federation.