WPNews.Org -LONDON: Kurdistan, West Papua, and Western Sahara joined solidarity protest regarding of the amid a fragile ceasefire and Trump’s calls to ethnically cleanse in Gaza, 175,000 protesters marched to the US embassy on this Saturday, 15th February 2025 in London.
West Papua, Kurdish, Saharawian are joined over 175,000 people marched to the US embassy in London on Saturday as part of the 24th national demonstration for Palestine. Of course ethnic cleanse in Gaza, Kurdistan (Rojava, Bashur, Bakur, and Rohjilat), Western Sahara by the Morocco colonialism, and on going Indonesia ethnic cleansing on black people of West Papua. Including Kanak by the France colonialism still on going at the moments.
They raged against Donald Trump’s plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza—and demanded the British government stop all arms sales to Israel.
“I think the Trump plan is nonsensical,” protester Mo told WPnews.Org. “But for the past 15 months every administration—whether Joe Biden or Trump—has appeased everything Israel has done. Of course the America imperialism prepared defending the white supremacy races over brown, Arabs Palestinian, Saharawian, Kurdish, Ahwaz, Baloc, Armenian, Kanak or West Papua because It is not best interest of the America and Western imperials capitalism. Trump would rather sold out Palestinian dignities, identities for the European colonial projects big profits investment on Palestinian resources (gas, oils). It is not coincident when America democracy only for the America interests not about equal justice on the humanity perspective. No wonder America again and again betrayed Kurdish people while given green light to the Iran colonial regime to executed Kurdish political activist in Iran, given green light to Turkey colonial regime continue bombings Kobane, Rojava Tisheen Dam, where Turkey and its mercenaries have killed 82 Kurdish civilians and injured more than 250 others in two months in Rojava, Kurdistan.
While people of the Western Sahara occupied and colonised by the Morocco colonial regime supported by the Western imperialism such America, Israel and other NATO government who only care of the Saharawian resources rather then human being “So that’s why you do have to take it seriously, laughable as it is.”
Nancy agreed, “Trump has no right to do that. I hope he isn’t able to but I’m concerned that he’ll try. Is anyone going to stop him?
“Even just saying that it is not okay would be a start, but Keir Starmer has not even done that.”
The ceasefire held on Saturday despite Trump giving Israel the green light to return to war for ethnic cleansing and on going genocide in the name of the chosen people by God got license to killed every Palestinian babies, by the Zionist regime, or Indonesia in West Papua. Morocco in occupied Western Sahara. Turkey, Iran, Syria, and Iraq occupied Kurdistan. Therefore, Palestinian, Kurdish, Saharawian, Kanak, West Papua, and all oppressed nation have got right to self-determination. Their land have to be back to the indigenous sovereignty for the pease and justice to create the better world.
The British state is ramping up its repression of the Palestine movement. Police arrested 72 people—including chief steward Chris Nineham of Stop The War—on the last national demonstration on 18 January.
He faces public order charges as does Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) director Ben Jamal.
“I was here on 18 January,” said Mo on Whitehall. “We were peaceful, we were not inciting hatred.”
It is sheer hypocrisy and as some who voted for Labour I am profoundly let down and angry.
The state authoritarian abused the power to repression tower to every peaceful protest “Repression worries me. We talk a lot about a lack of democracy in places like Russia but we’ve lost sight of what democracy should be about here.” “We have to keep fighting. We need to keep shouting and doing this.”
Protesters were angry at the racism of the Labour government. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch attacked Starmer last week over a Palestinian family who’d try to claim asylum in Britain under the Ukrainian refugee scheme. Starmer responded by saying it was “wrong” and the government would deal with it.
“There are obvious double standards,” said one protester who works as an academic. “Ukrainians are welcomed here, but all refugees should be welcome irrespective of what they are fleeing or where they come from.”
However, from Kurdistan, West Papua, Western Sahara, Kanaky, Maori, Baloch, Ahwaz, Armenian, Ukraine to Palestine, occupation is a crime. “It is sheer hypocrisy and as some who voted for Labour everyone are profoundly let down and angry by them.”
Three members of the CWU union’s South Central postal branch joined the trade union block. “We’re here raising awareness. It’s our duty to show solidarity, to stand against oppression,” one said.
Another said that union leaders are “afraid of upsetting the leader of the Labour Party”. “Starmer’s response has been shocking,” he said. “There’s meant to be peace, but now the US is going to occupy it and no one does anything.
Protesters chanted, “Donald Trump, no way—Gaza is not for sale, Kurdistan not for sale, Western Sahara not for sale, West Papua is not for sale ,” and, “Starmer, Lammy, you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide.”
Zarah Sultana—one of the left wing MPs who remains suspended from Labour—addressed the march outside the US embassy. “This is not just a political failure, this is a moral failure,” she told marchers.
“This is not just a conflict—this is a campaign of destruction and dehumanisation. Silence is not an option.
“Some tell us a ceasefire means the violence has ended, as if settler militias aren’t still rampaging through the West Bank. A ceasefire is not justice. A ceasefire does not build back the homes that were destroyed.” Even Turkey are bombing Tisheen Dam already more than 28 days people of Kobane still continue defending while Turkey barbarism continue bombarding that region and including Iranian government hanging and executed every Kurdish people in the Iran colonial regime in Kurdistan. While all the Western mainstream keep quiet pretending there is not ongoing genocide happening everyday in Kurdistan (Rojava, Bakur, Bashur, Rohjilat) also in West Papua Indonesia terrorist president Prabowo Subianto used biological chemical poison into every West Papua school obligation to eat free foods provided by the Indonesia terorrist state coloniser.
“Every time we protest and march, it matters—but some protests are more important than others. On 14 October 2023, it was crucial we came out. The political establishment tried to erase the reality of 76 years of apartheid colonisation and ethnic cleansing on Palestinian people. 102 years of apartheid colonisation and ethnic cleansing on Kurdish people by the (Turkey, Syria, Iran, Iraq colonialism). 63 years of apartheid colonisation and ethnic cleansing on West Papua people (Indonesia colonialism). 50 years of apartheid colonisation and ethnic cleansing on Saharawian (Morocco colonialism).
The struggle for the rights for Palestinian, Kurdish, West Papuan, Saharawian, Kanak, Maori and all oppressed people is part of that struggle for that better world, and that has never been more true than it is now.
“All week they tried to convince us that it was the right thing to do to emblazon the flag of a state onto buildings responsible for those 76 years.
“Today it was crucial that we marched and not just because we are facing a new attempt to repress our movement. More importantly than that, Israel is proposing to extend its genocide.
“We are here because we believe in a better world. The struggle for the rights for Palestinian people is part of that struggle for that better world, and that has never been more true than it is now.”
As Trump and Netanyahu threaten ethnic cleansing, the Starmer government will do all it can to maintain its “special relationship” with US imperialism.
We need mass and militant action to stop all arms sales to Israel, break the British state’s support for genocide and defy its crackdowns.