07/10/2026
The Communists:
Join the Antifascist International bloc for Palestine on October 10! 12 noon, Robert Raikes statue, Embankment Gardens
The British Chapter of the Anti-Fascist International is joining the National March for Palestine because we recognise the centrality of the Palestinian struggle to the freedom struggle of all the peoples of the middle east (and the world) for liberation from imperialist domination and war.
After three years of popular opposition to the genocide, during which time millions of Britons have taken to the streets to express their outrage, what has changed? Both Conservative and Labour governments have increased political policing, defined activist groups as terrorists by acts of parliament, and sought to suppress all meaningful opposition to Israel’s crimes – particularly by using the IHRA ‘definition of antisemitism’, which conflates anti-zionism with racism.
Political and economic support for Zionism by our ruling class continues, arms and other forms of support continue to flow from Britain to Israel – and the genocide of Palestinians, Lebanese and Syrian people by the Israeli occupation forces continues likewise.
Our government also uses these repressive laws and methods to suppress opposition to Britain’s criminal involvement in the wars against Iran and Russia, while politicians and media pundits talk about the need for conscription to build the armed forces and threaten to jail antiwar campaigners.
The British state’s support for all this aggression – from the suffocating sieges on Venezuela and Cuba to the genocide and displacement in the middle east, to the aggressive wars against Russia and Iran – is not accidental or coincidental. The brutal repression and exploitation imposed on peoples abroad is part of the same war being waged against workers in Britain as jobs vanish, the cost of living skyrockets and political freedoms are crushed.
The British Chapter of the Anti-Fascist International recognises that we have more in common with the working class of Palestine, Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, Russia and China than we do with our own ruling class, and that our struggles are linked.
We aim to build an antiwar movement that is not run by the very same people who are perpetrating these wars and political repression, and to let workers know that they have the power to make a real difference. It is workers who make and move all the supplies for war, workers who fight and workers who put out the propaganda lies. We don’t need to beg politicians for change; we need to organise to use our power to force that change.
Long live the anti-imperialist resistance of the Palestinian people!
Down with imperialism and zionism!
