2000 people marched through the boarded up streets of South London to protest against the racist killing of Ruhullah Aramesh on Saturday 12 June.
The march was led by the families of Ruhullah Aramesh, Stephen Lawrence and Rolan Adams through the streets Norbury and Thomton Heath to Green Lane where a wreath was laid at the point Ruhullah was Along the length of the march to watch the march and pay their respects took anti-racist stickers The march was small in comparison to the paper support the Anti-Racist Alliance (ARA) has from trade unions and the Labour Party. Only three national trade union banners were present - UCW, STE, IRSF - despite backing for the event from the TUC.
There were banners from ARA groups from Preston, Nottingham, Manchester, Wolverhampton. Leicester and various London boroughs, a sprinkling of local trade union banners. and other left organisations, The ARA has failed to sponsorship it has into action - this is the task it now faces.
Militant Labour and Panther UK were conspicuously absent from the march despite their claims to be in favour of unity and their promises to build the march.
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