Zarah Sultana will be 'marching through the North' this Saturday

Zarah Sultana will be ‘marching through the North’ this Saturday

Your Party’s Zarah Sultana will join numerous campaign groups for a march through northern “town of resistance” Huddersfield this weekend.

The People’s Alliance for Change and Equality (PACE) has been supporting and connecting campaigners, trade unionists, and politicians across Kirklees in West Yorkshire in opposition to war, cuts, and racism. And on Saturday 18 October, it aims to bring Your Party supporters and members together on the streets of Huddersfield.

In a statement, PACE called this a “historic march for the new left party”. It also insisted that:

Huddersfield has a proud history of being a town of resistance. They tried to close our hospital in 2016 – we stopped them. They tried to close our sports centres – we stopped them. They tried to close down our dementia care homes – we stopped them. Let’s make 18 October the latest chapter in the history of resistance in Huddersfield and put Kirklees Labour Council on notice – we will be coming for them next at the ballot box next May in the local elections!

Zarah Sultana: This is “about building a movement that empowers us all”

In a message ahead of the march, Sultana said:

If you believe in ending war, poverty, homelessness and corruption, then this march is for you. This isn’t just about a party, it’s about building a movement that empowers us all, stands for unity, solidarity and hope and takes on the racist far right who only offer hatred and division.

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“Dozens of schoolchildren” will lead the march as part of a “sponsored walk to raise much-needed funds for the children and orphans of Gaza”. Alongside Sultana and PACE, local groups attending will be “Huddersfield Freedom For Palestine, Disabled People Against Cuts Kirklees, Cleckheaton Against Harmful Development, Save Our Kirklees Dementia Care Homes from Privatisation, Alternative Pride, the Dewsbury Sports Centre campaign and more”. Speakers will include Bakers’ Union president Iain Hodson and Independent Alliance MP for Dewsbury and Batley Iqbal Mohamed.

The march will start at 12pm in Greenhead Park by the steps to the war memorial. It will then have a short rally at St George’s Square before marching through the town centre and back to the square. From 3:30pm, meanwhile, the Unity Centre Masjid Ghausia will host a panel discussion involving Sultana, Hodson, Mohamed, and PACE’s Mike Forster.