Let’s press on for more
Robbie Davidson, Tower Hamlets Socialist Party
Solidarity to ‘Friends of the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club’. Following a successful campaign, which has brought in locals and unions together to reject austerity and gentrification in east London, Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club has been granted status as an asset of community value. This will hopefully protect workers, and the drag and queer nights hosted in the venue, going forward.
The fight is not over, however. Supported by the Socialist Party and performing arts union Equity, protesters continue their campaign to raise money for a community purchase.
For us this is not enough. It’s time to put pressure on the council, led by local independent party Aspire, to put money towards a stake in the club, if not purchase it outright. Our venues will only be safe when they belong to working-class locals.
Read what we said before – ‘Save Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club’
