The turn out for the anti-capitalist bloc in support of the Palestinian struggle was much better today than on the demo last month- but we still need more anti-capitalists to come along! This showed that the anti-capitalist movement has now clearly committed itself to the struggle against imperialism in the Middle East.
This should now set a trend for the anti-capitalist movement; I hope that we will continue to march as a unified anti-capitalist/anti-imperialist bloc to show to Palestinians and their supporters that we support their struggle against Israeli state terror.
I think it is important for there to be a secular left-wing bloc on these demos so Palestinians can see that it is not just religious based groups that support their struggle, but anti-capitalists as well.
By having such a bloc on these demos we should reach out to those oppressed refugee groupings who have not to date been part of the anti-capitalist movement (i.e., Palestinians, Kurds etc) In this way we should be able to propel the movement forward.