The crowd at the London Socialist Party gazebo. Photo: Theo Sharieff

The crowd at the London Socialist Party gazebo. Photo: Theo Sharieff   (Click to enlarge: opens in new window)

Chris Newby, Socialist Party national fighting fund organiser

On the demonstrations and protests against Israeli state attacks on the Palestinians, Socialist Party members received a tremendous response to our message: ‘End the occupation – for a Palestinian socialist intifada’.

I was on the mass demonstration in London, and it was clear that people were keen to discuss what we had to say. Leaflets were snatched out of our hands.

All our placards were taken well before the demo marched off. Lots of protesters made a donation for one.

Protesters recognised the need to donate to make sure we had the resources to produce all our material. Over £900 fighting fund was raised on the London demonstration, with someone donating a £50 note.

On protests in other towns and cities, our Socialist Party stalls all received good donations to help fund our socialist message – £151 in Coventry, £26 in Northampton, £39 in Birmingham, £37 in Hull, £33 in Sheffield, £54 in Newcastle and £23 in Lichfield.

It is clear people want to hear our socialist message. Don’t let up on your fundraising to make sure we have the resources to get our message out as widely as possible.