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More than 5,000 marched
through central Manchester on Saturday on the occasion of the Labour Party
conference to denounce the government warmongering and to demand an end to
crisis and war. The demonstrators demanded the end of the occupation of Iraq
and Afghanistan, and were motivated by the call to stop the spread of war and
turn things around.
The demonstration underlined once against the vitality of the anti-war movement. There were many youth, including young workers, on the march, and many different nationalities. These represent the forces which will organise to block the slide to meltdown and war. The demonstration showed the necessity to strengthen the movement to elect anti-war candidates, which is a task taken up for solution. The alternative to the status quo is to fight for an anti-war government.
Activists from RCPB(ML) participated to the full in the demonstration,
holding up the banner, "No Troops on Foreign Soil! Fight for an Anti-War
Government!"
Many discussions were held with people on the demonstration, which
showed the interest in the call to stand anti-war candidates and to take up the
programme which the Party is putting forward. Hundreds of copies of the special
issue of Workers’ Weekly were distributed, with a number of people
approaching the comrades to ask for copies. Many were attracted by the powerful
headline: "Organise to block the slide to meltdown and war! Let’s
fight for an anti-war government!" The statement of RCPB(ML) made a
definite impression.
There was a tremendous spirit to the demonstration, reflecting that that the people will not be diverted into being sidelined into taking up the call that all that is required is to put pressure to remove Gordon Brown. The spirit rather represented that it is the people who have the power to change the situation, and are determined to find ways to take the movement further so as to release this initiative and build their organisations to bring about the necessary change.
