John Gillman
A demo and march from Marble Arch to Downing Street of around 300 people for peace and justice in Sudan took place on 19 April. Chants called for an end to the war and the return of a civilian government.
Our Socialist Party leaflet, calling for an end to the war and no support for either of the counter-revolutionary generals, went down well. It also called for a government of workers and the poor with a socialist programme, for regional and imperial powers out of Sudan, to stop the generals’ break-up of the country but for the right of self-determination for all ethnic groups and workers, and community control of international aid to ensure it gets to affected areas.
It also said that lessons have to be learned from the last civilian government that was ended by a military coup in 2021. We also highlighted that the neighbourhood committees that were established during the mass struggles in 2019 gave a serious challenge to military rule and showed the potential for a mass, united struggle of workers, young people and the rural poor. And that any movement needs to be independent from all the pro-capitalist forces and from any imperialist meddling.
Our leaflet argued that the struggle needs to be armed with a socialist programme aimed at overthrowing capitalism by nationalising the banks, the big land properties and all foreign owned firms, under the democratic control of working people and the poor. By doing this, and appealing to the working class and oppressed internationally, a socialist Sudan could be rebuilt after the war to end poverty and war for good.
