Free Palestine March & Rally – Might twenty first 2005. George Galloway, then MP for Bethnal Inexperienced, was clearly the person of the hour on the rally in Trafalgar Sq., recent again from his listening to in entrance of a US Senate committee. As I commented in 2005, “the senators have been clearly outclassed and outgunned as Galloway gave them a verbal ‘Glasgow kiss.’ It was an impressively sustained efficiency of concentrated energy, a pit-bull seeing off a pack of ineffectual spaniels.”
The group gave him “a tumultous ovation when he arrived on the Trafalgar Sq. rally” on the finish of the march, and his speech there didn’t diappoint them. I commented “he has constructed up an incredible rapport with the numerous muslims now residing on this nation, not least in his personal Bethnal Inexperienced constituency, the youths from Bradford have been excited when he promised to come back and go to their metropolis.” After all many issues have occurred since then, nevertheless it wasn’t shocking to see him elected for Bradford West on the 2012 by-election or extra not too long ago when he gained the seat at Rochdale this February.
Galloway was not the one highly effective speaker on the rally, with placing in his regular efficiency as “most likely the most effective residing political speaker not less than utilizing the english language” and Jeremy Corbyn, nonetheless a a lot underrated speaker, additionally displaying what he may do. And there have been others too, together with Paul Mackney of the upper schooling academics’ union, NATFHE.
The march from Embankment to Trafalgar Sq. had been moderately giant however not enormous, although extra had arrived for the rally. Ready together with the march because it reached the sq. was human rights activist Peter Tatchell with a bunch from Outrage!
They supported the Palestinian battle for freedom and justice, however demanded an finish to the “so-called ‘honour’ killing of Palestinian girls, and the arrest, jailing, torture and homicide of lesbian and homosexual Palestinians by factions of the PLO, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Palestinian Authority.”
At first police stopped the group from attending to the march and handing out leaflets, however after a grievance by Tatchell they have been enable to take action. Some march stewards tried to cease folks taking the leaflets, however many did so and expressed their help.
You’ll be able to learn extra concerning the occasion on the second Might web page on My London Diary beneath the heading George’s Triumph and the images start on the proper of this web page.
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