Campaigns

Socialists standing in London at the coming General Election with link to the Socialist Party’s national web site for details of all our candidates.

This election is characterised by a groundswell to remove the Tories. People know what they don’t want, and they don’t want the Tories. Our candidates challenge Tory austerity, silent Labour, and racist right.

Karl Vidol won the support of Enfield Community Action Group (ECAG) at a community meeting on 29 May. Karl will stand for election in the Southgate and Wood Green constituency, as a candidate for TUSCoalition, endorsed by ECAG.

More than 10,000 people gathered outside Downing Street on 28 May for an emergency protest, after Israel carried out a horrendous attack on Rafah, bombing a refugee camp and killing at least 50 civilians.

We took to the streets on 18 May. Although this was the 14th national march for this cause through the heart of the capital, support and passion are not waning. The mood was defiant and determined.

Every time I dispose of unsold copies of The Socialist, I think: We have a paper which contains the answers to the issues of the rotten capitalist society we live in, copies that remain unsold are helping to prop up that system.

On Monday 29 April, the Socialist Party West London branch held a public meeting at the Globe pub in Brentford. Our member John Viner ran as a candidate in the Brentford West by-election in Hounslow, as part of TUSC.

Students at University College London have gone into occupation demanding an end to the institution’s support for the Israeli state onslaught on Palestine. UCL management has responded by having security close the campus to the public.

A third of Londoners had the opportunity to vote for candidates who oppose Tory attacks and cuts passed on by London’s incumbent Labour mayor, Sadiq Khan. Collectively, our fighting socialist programme won over 15,000 votes.

Parents and supporters spoke at a lobby of Hackney Council to expose Labour’s short-sighted plan to close, privatise, and threaten jobs at several children centres with up to 120 childcare places cut, and 50 staff redundant.