11/10/2026
On 10 October 2026, 700 revolutionary communists joined the demonstration for Palestine. We were radical and our presence was widely noticed. We are demanding a revolutionary solution to the ongoing genocide, in which Burnham’s Labour government and the entire British ruling class is complicit.
We marched peacefully as part of the demonstration. As we approached New Scotland Yard, where a handful of Zionists were staging a counter-protest, a surge of police officers streamed out from the counter-protest and grabbed one of our comrades, accusing him of wearing a face covering.
All of us followed, demanding they let him go. We called them out: the British police allow war criminals, Epstein associates, and the far right to roam freely while they arrest peaceful protestors.
The police opened the gates to the Zionist counter-protestors, allowing them to roam freely through our ranks hoping to provoke violence, which failed. They then began picking off our comrades one by one, on the grounds of refusing to turn off our speakers, or in many cases with no clear reason given at all.
Eleven comrades were arrested. They have legal support and comrades on the ground outside the relevant police stations.
We should be very clear that the RCP was targeted because our bloc was huge, youthful, and, above all, posed a political threat. Our slogans linked British imperialism with militarism and austerity at home.
Everyone can see that the RCP has been growing. We will continue to do so. Their repression will not work. We will not be intimidated, silenced, or cowed.
We appeal to our readers, members, and supporters to help us fight this state repression by donating to the RCP’s fighting fund, which can help us to cover any potential legal costs.
The movements that have erupted in France and Spain are Britain’s future too. The ruling class can feel it and they are terrified. That is why these state thugs attacked us.
The future is coming, and it belongs to us, not them.
• Down with Labour’s government of war!
• For Palestine to live, imperialism must die!
• Workers of the world, unite!
