On Saturday 6 June, Newcastle RCG supported a huge Black Lives Matter protest that demanded an end to police killings in the US and Britain. Over 2,000 people rallied and marched through the city centre for five hours, despite attempts to dissuade people from protesting by Stand Up To Racism and Newcastle Unites, who held an online meeting instead. So many people who have never been on a protest before spoke on the open mic passionately and confidently to defend their right to protest and to speak out against racism in Britain. FRFI provided our megaphone on the march and at the end rally for dozens of people to speak. We also called an online meeting to discuss next steps in the struggle. This will be held on Tuesday 9 June, 7.30pm on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82320112061 Meeting ID: 823 2011 2061
Hundreds of people on the protest also decided to come back to the Monument at 12pm on Saturday 13 June for another protest.
Below is a speech given by an FRFI supporter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McNxdq1LHnk
Video of march and rally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCF831CooAw
