On Saturday 28 October over 500,000 people marched through London in support of the Palestinian people and to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. It was an amazing event that showed that Londoners are not fooled by the constant flood of Zionist and anti-Palestinian propaganda from the mainstream media including the tabloids and TV talk shows. It was undoubtedly the biggest demonstration in London since the 2003 protest against the Iraq War.The centre of London turned into a veritable sea of red , black ,white and green !
It was also a good turnout given the fact that the march was heavily policed with 'cop copters' noisily whirling overhead and riot police in paramilitary style clothes as well as police horsemen hanging around. The police imposed a 'Section 60' order giving them powers of stop and search.
Some media outlets tried to say that there were only 100,000 on the demonstration but it took over twp hours for the marchers to just cover a short distance. People were still arriving at Parliament square at 3pm. Afterwards trains , tubes and buses were packed with people who had been on the march , all talking about the need for a ceasefire.
Parliament Square was packed to the brim with marchers who attended a rally which was addressed by Jeremy Corbyn , Mick Lynch of the RMT, Zarah Sultana MP and others. The speakers brought home the horrific nature of the Israeli offensive in Gaza and the oppression of the innocent Palestinian people by the Zionist Israelis . Mick Lynch brought solidarity of the trade union movement to the rally and added his voice to the calls for a ceasefire.
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