‘People want to hear from you’
by Diana Yazovskaya, Hackney Socialist Party
This march was another demonstration of the fact that people are desperate for an alternative to capitalism and the two-party system, but simply did not know where to turn. The turnout was several thousand, as it prepared to march to Westminster.

Photo: Helen Pattison
Police were few and far between, busy kettling people at the Gaza demonstration down the street. People were open to listening to us, and we had almost run out of Socialist Party leaflets by the time the speakers came up.
People wanted to send a message to Donald Trump and other leaders, that what he was proposing and doing in the US wouldn’t be allowed to happen here. The lack of organisation and direction made our presence at the march especially important.
I sold my first copy of the Socialist to one protestor. She told me to be more confident in offering them to people.
“People want to hear from you. If they’re here, they’re open to it.”
A good thing to remember. A lot of the time, no matter how it feels, we’re not actually fighting uphill.
- See also: Anti-Trump women’s marches