Why we marched against Donald Trump

Donald Trump's politics of hate aren't welcome here.

On Friday 13th July, we joined hundreds of thousands of others on the streets of London to give Trump the welcome he deserves.

Here we explain why we marched:

FOR EQUALITY

"Trump has unleashed a the era of intolerance, bigotry and prejudice, the danger is that this will become the norm. I want to see a different world based on fairness, justice and respect, it is mine and our duty to tell Trump that his views are unacceptable, wrong and out of order.

"That why I marched against Trump."

Kamaljeet Jandu, National Equality Officer

FOR WORKERS' RIGHTS

"I marched for many reasons - as a woman, as a daughter of an immigrant, as a committed Labour Party member but also as a trade unionist. Donald Trump's views on most, if not all things, are at odds with what we hold dear particularly around workers' rights. At the end of last year, Trump took steps to strip workers' rights by proposing policies to make collective bargaining more difficult and joining a trade union even harder.

"His attack on workers' rights aren't just limited to US workers and trade union members - Trump's international trade policies shamelessly seek to undermine and undercut rights and regulations just to benefit billionaires like himself. Working people in America and across the world, including our own country are under threat from Trump's hostile policies - we have too much to lose to stay quiet.

"Our rights were hard fought for and they are not Trump's for the taking."

Sarah Owen, Political Officer

FOR TRADE JUSTICE

"Those that think Trump’s economic nationalism and refusal to play by established multilateral trade rules will mitigate against the signing of a UK-US free trade agreement are mistaken. Provided that Liam Fox is prepared to ditch EU level regulatory standards on food, chemicals, animal hygiene and other measures designed to protect the consumer, in favour of much less stringent US standards, and provided that US capital can “invest” in UK public services without hindrance, then the chlorine chickens will come home to roost and a deal will be done.

"Theresa May’s trade team have already sounded out dozens of prospective trade partners regardless of their stances on human rights and labour standards so the USA’s dismal record on both will not be problematic either."

Bert Schouwenburg, International Officer