National March for Palestine - Stop the War on Gaza

Event Date: 21st October 2023
Location: Marble Arch, London 12pm

Stop the War Coalition 

This Saturday – Demonstrate for Palestine!

Last Saturday’s demonstration was a spectacular demonstration of solidarity with the Palestinian people. Images of it flashed around the world and it enraged the government and the right wing press here.
 
As life becomes unbearable on the Gaza strip and the Israeli military prepare for a murderous ground assault, the movement needs to step up our response further.
 
The organising groups, including Stop the War, have called another demonstration this Saturday assembling at Marble Arch at midday and marching to Downing Street.
 
We call on all our supporters to focus on getting people to London this weekend. If local protests are organised they should be during the week.
 
What matters for Palestinian solidarity and for putting pressure on our government is for London to be brought to a standstill this Saturday.
 
Last Saturday, ten coaches came from Leicester alone. Every City should be aiming for that and more. We should be contacting mosques, churches, trade union branches, trades councils and student unions to help put on transport ASAP.
 
The organisers also request that groups contact local trade union branches and trades councils and ask them to organise delegations and bring their banners.

See you on Saturday!

 

Help Sustain Our Work – Join Stop the War Today

We are proud of our role as one of the main organising bodies of demonstrations in solidarity with Palestine and will continue with our campaign against the brutal attacks on Gaza.

 

But we need your help. Campaigning costs and our funds are limited. Your help is vital for us to continue our work. If you are not already, please consider joining Stop the War as a member today.

 

Volunteer with Stop the War on Saturday

Once again Stop the War will be needing volunteers on the day. Please contact us if you can help.

Yes, I Can Volunteer

The Israeli government is poised to launch its ground invasion of Gaza. It will compound the already deadly air strikes that have resulted in the deaths of at least 4000 Palestinians.

This week both Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak rushed to Tel Aviv to endorse Israeli war crimes, declaring that Israel was doing everything to protect civilian casualties and that it had a right to defend itself.

 

But schools, churches, homes, bakeries and offices have all been targeted during the past 13 days in an unprecedented onslaught which has seen Israel drop the equivalent of a quarter of a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip - an area just 365 km². You’d think this would be totally indefensible by anyone’s standards. Yet the western powers are content to permit these actions.

 

This week reached a new low. Despite their denials, it’s difficult to believea military with such a track record did not bomb Al-Ahli hospital on Tuesday, which as well as tending to the injured, sick and needy was sheltering hundreds of children. It was an act of unspeakable horror. But it was far from the only one.

 

Our government and those around the world who support Israel have misjudged the mood of the people who are rising up globally to express their outrage and disgust at such heinous violence.

 

There have been gigantic demonstrations from Aden to Athens, from Barcelona to Baghdad. Tomorrow is the turn of London and for the people of the UK to get onto the streets. Join us to express our horror at these attacks and send our enduring solidarity to the Palestinians.

 

Government and police attempts to restrict our protest will fail due to sheer weight of numbers. More than 150,000 people joined us last week in a tremendous and diverse display of solidarity and compassion. We expect more people tomorrow. See you on the streets.

Assemble: Sat 21 October, 12pm @ Marble Arch, London, W1H 7EJ – Marching to Whitehall.

We need volunteers to make the demonstration run smoothly including stewards, distributing placards and helping on the Stop the War stall. If you are able to lend us a hand on the day please let us know by emailing us using the button below….
 
Find out more – call Caroline on 01722 321865 or email us.