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Unity marchers in Cardiff defy the weather to demonstrate against far right
SOLIDARITY campaigners came together in Cardiff on Saturday in a Unity March through a rain-soaked capital. The Unity March was called by a coalition of organisations including CND Cymru, the National
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The Unity March was called by a coalition of organisations including CND Cymru, the National Education Union Cymru, PCS Cymru and Together Cymru to bring communities together in the face of far-right attacks.
In his address, Your Party leader Jeremy Corbyn thanked the marchers for the solidarity they were showing to the Palestinian people.
He said: “I reckon that between one and two million people in Britain have either attended demonstrations, gone to local events, signed petitions, lobbied their local MP or done something to support the Palestinian people.
“That is almost unprecedented for international solidarity in this country, so well done each and every one of you.”
Students’ Federation of India UK president Nupur Paliwal said: “We know that once we concede any space to the right, it is incredibly difficult to wrest it back.
“The other side of its agenda is to divide us by spilling hatred on the streets, and we have seen women being attacked on the streets for the clothes they wear. We have seen Indian and African students questioned for simply accessing public spaces.
“Attacking us is not going to get you a job, is not going to lower your water bill and is not going to get your kids to a better school,” she said.
Former Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood spoke about the undercover ITV documentary on Reform UK.
“Many people saw on their TV screens this week what the mainstream far right have been carefully trying to hide,” she said. “We saw elected councillors and officials using language, arguments and imagery similar to that used by the Nazis and turning racism into a badge of honour.
“This language, these attitudes of superiority, this lack of empathy is what led, almost a century ago, to concentration camps.
“So let’s all of us commit to stopping the sleep-walking into a new form of Nazism and by acting together, in unity, we can challenge their narrative and their destination,” she said.
Young Communist League marcher Siddharth Pandey said it was important to be at the march as a show of strength and numbers.
“When you see what happened in Dover with the masked hooligans, it is vital to show that they are still vastly outnumbered by progressive forces within Britain,” he said. “Even in the midst of a storm we could muster more numbers than they could on any given day in Wales.”