opment of the Socialist Over 200 people marched Alliance and the Anti-capifrom the Life Centre in talist movement.
The closing rally was Newcastle to Exhibition Park on the Tyne and Wear addressed by a number of annual May Day parade. The trade unionists, including Mick Rix from ASLEF as well aemonstration was larger as speakers from the and more vibrant than in recent years, with a high Palestine Solidarity percentage of youth on the Campaign and the local streets. campaign against the Lap With pensioner activists, Dancing club in Newcastle. Trade Unionists, Greens and All of them spoke about the the revolutionary left, the attacks from the New event brought together a Labour government on Trade broad spectrum of activists. Union Rights and Blair and May Day has always been Bush's thirst for war.
What came out more than a time for the Left to get together. Over the last year anything else was the genthe spirit of unity has devel- eral consensus from the oped further, with comrades speakers and the comrades working more closely with at the rally was that there is La fight back going on. each other than in recent years because of the devel- The workers movement is ferer defeats hut the new determination which comes from the social movements and the Anti- capitalist youth in general has given the Left in the north East a boost.
Some argue that May Day is just some nostalgia trip for tired old trade unionists - but this is fundamentally not true. Comrades in the North East from the Palestine Solidarity campaign, Socialist Alliance and the trade unions are fighting against this system that has decimated much of the North East.
May Day is workers day -we are fighting to make every day Workers Day.