Labour politicians, the media, and the 'left' have all been lulled by Burnham's 'hopeful' vision. These people no idea how removed they are from the real mood in society. Events across the Channel paint a very different picture of where things are headed. communist.red/burnhams-hope-…

I've written this article because an important discussion needs to take place about how to take the anti-racist movement forwards. @SWP_Britain & @AntiRacismDay have led the movement down a blind alley. But where did their mistakes come from? What next? communist.red/stand-up-to-op…

Reflections on today's Palestine / anti-Tommy march: - Guessing crowd numbers is never easy. But I think we can safely say that it was in the hundreds of thousands, perhaps half a million. - It outnumbered Tommy's pathetic showing by not much less than ten to one. This is a victory to be proud of! And it's a confirmation that, despite last September's huge UTK demo, Tommy's social base is weak, and his hard core is small (and full of nutters). - The Palestine demo had that unmistakable febrile atmosphere of a packed demo. It felt like the biggest and most vibrant Palestine demo since the first wave dissipated, at least that I've attended. - This in itself shows that the Palestine movement still has enormous reserves of energy, even if it is sometimes driven under the surface. Palestine remains the number one pole for political mobilisations in Britain, and that isn't going anywhere soon. - The movement itself feels like it is developing and maturing. People are learning from the events around them, and connecting them together – particularly the Epstien scandal, the Iran War, and the establishment's hysterical antisemitism smear campaign. All of these came up in conversations RCP members had, numerous times. - There's a clear sense of optimism emerging on the left, driven by the defeats of US imperialism, the crisis of the Starmer regime, the success of 28 March, and the upsurge of the Greens. These likely all factored into the turnout. - The effective merging of the Palestine and anti-racist movements which took place on both 28 March and 16 May is a hugely positive development. Moving beyond single-issue politics can only strengthen the left. If the trade union movement and anti-austerity movements were to be pulled in, that would mark an even bigger step forward. - It must be said, however, that some of the mobilising potential was likely squandered by the fact that the Together Alliance leadership scandalously did not decide to back today's demonstration! The opportunism and inaction of the liberal and reformist leaders is being exposed already. And this won't have gone unnoticed. - The movement now has an opportunity to capitalise upon this energy and momentum. The obvious next step would be to begin mobilising for a mammoth anti-Starmer demonstration, utilising this moment of weakness for the Labour regime in order to go onto the offensive, and force Starmer to resign. - Such a campaign could have the clear slogans of: Starmer out! No trust in Labour! Down with all the racists and war criminals! Against austerity and militarism!