Marchers stand up to racism in north London

Crowds gathered in north London last weekend to protest the looming threat of facism and rise of racism in the UK. Over 1,000 people marched from Finsbury Park to Ducketts Commons in solidarity with the cause.

The march was put together by Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) and sponsored by local organisations including Camden Unison and Camden People’s Alliance. Other organisations present with banners included the University and College Union (UCU), Women Against The Far Right, Socialist Worker, and Haringey Justice For Palestinians. This march was the first in a series of marches organised by SUTR, building for the Together national demonstration scheduled for 28 March.

People met at the gates of Finsbury Park in the early afternoon to listen to the event’s speakers before setting forward on the march. Speakers included Gary McFarlane from SUTR, MP Jeremy Corbyn of Your Party, chair of Finsbury Park Mosque Mohammed Kozbar, and Ceren Sagir from the Day-Mer Turkish and Kurdish Community Centre.

McFarlane opened up the speeches by talking about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and murders in the United States, stating that this march was in direct response to those events. “The last time we saw that in the mainstream in America was in the 1930s and 1950s…when black people were treated as subhuman and dehumanised and murdered and exploited, and they want to drag us back to those days” he remarked. He went on to say that it is imperative to fight against the rise of similar sentiment in the UK and ensure that Reform UK and Nigel Farage don’t succeed in creating a British version of ICE in the country.

Jeremy Corbyn, member of the Labour Party from 1965 to 2024 and former leader of the party, went on to give a speech about the current government’s failures at addressing the rise in racist and xenophobic sentiment across the UK. He stated that Labour is complicit in the events that have allowed Reform UK to rise in prominence and that the multiculturalism in this country is something to be celebrated not ostracised.

The crowd then set out on their way to Ducketts Commons. People were holding signs reading: “Refugees welcome, Stop the far right”, “Stop Farage, Stop Trump”, “Get Palantir out of our hospitals”, and “We are all migrants”, among others.

The streets were closed in preparation for the march. Locals and passersby on the streets who were not participating also showed their solidarity for the cause by honking and cheering as they read the banners and heard the chants of “refugees are welcome here.”

Together is holding a major demonstration against the far right on 28 March 2026.

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