Help Elect Salma Yaqoob

Salma's campaign for Respect in Birmingham Hall Green got off to a fantastic start.

1,000 people attended her election rally, built largely by word of mouth, and Lynn Jones, the retiring Labour MP has attacked the Labour candidate while endorsing Salma! The Labour candidate, Roger Godsiff has gone to ground, refusing to publicly campaign, and as Yahoo news reports, following Godsiff's no-show at a packed hustings:
One prominent Labour activist in the audience, who asked not to be named, expressed disappointment at Mr Godsiff's decision not to attend and said there had been many defections of Labour activists to Respect.

Meanwhile, the Lib Dems are reduced to lying and saying that Respect came fourth in the area in the 2009 Euro elections, so cannot win (Respect didn't even stand in that election, and the Lib Dem's candidate Jerry Evans is pretending in a typical bit of Lib Dem dishonest spin that the Green vote is the same as Respect's)

Salma has campaigned in the interests of small business on Stratford Road, pointing out how the banks have failed them, despite the banks themselves being in receipt of public money.

Salma is going through the constituency like a force of nature, and speaking to large numbers of voters literally every few days. At Friday prayers last week she addressed about 500 people at mosques in the constituency on the theme of social justice. It is literally unheard of for a woman to do this. And her campaign is still only warming up.

A victory for Salma will put a marker down
* for those opposed to the cuts agenda
* for the anti-war movement
* against Islamaphobia and racism.

She can win. And that's all more likely with your support.

That is why we are putting out a national call for all supporters and sympathisers to come to Birmingham.

Meet 12.30pm Saturday – 24th April - and Sunday 25th April
95 Walford Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham B11 1NP.

For more info ring 07812 172 885  salmacampaign@yahoo.co.uk

Follow Salma's campaign at www.salmayaqoob.com