Sunday, June 02, 2013

Defiant prime march in Birmingham (UK Socialist Worker)

Repost from Great Britain's Socialist Worker:




Defiant pride march in Birmingham

by Geoff Dexter
Students and trade unionists chant
Students and trade unionists chant 'Pride is a protest' (Pic: Geoff Dexter)
About 1,000 joined Birmingham’s LGBT Pride parade, watched by a crowd of about 70,000.
A protest block of students and trade unionists chanted, “Pride is a protest, pride not profit” in defiance of the bar bosses who are charging for the main event.
Hundreds signed the Socialist Workers Party’s petition saying we will not to be divided by the far right after Woolwich.






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