Saturday, February 3, 2024, saw a diverse crowd of two hundred thousand people descend upon Whitehall in the eighth National March for Palestine since the onset of Israel’s genocidal latest assault upon the people of Gaza. Mustered by the long-standing coalition around the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, including the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), the bustling demonstration demanded a cease-fire in Gaza as a step toward negotiations for a just political settlement, and for Britain to withdraw all military and diplomatic succor for Israel following the International Court of Justice’s ruling last week.

Joining a platform hosting Palestinian representatives and campaigners, and progressive British activists, MPs, and trade unionists, National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) general secretary Mick Lynch addressed the impassioned crowd:

No matter what our background, no matter what our community, no matter what our religion, we are all working people together. They are working people in Gaza and in the West Bank, and we must show our solidarity. We call on all of the trade unions, and all of the socialist movement, and our Labour Party: stand up and support the people who are being massacred, stand up against the slaughter, stand up against genocide — and build the bridges of peace on behalf of the people of the world, and especially the people of Palestine!