Protesters will gather outside the US Embassy in London today (Wednesday 5 March) from 5.30pm to protest against Donald Trump’s policies towards Ukraine. It comes as a petition organised by campaign group Stop Trump hits over 100,000 signatures.
Stop Trump: protest TONIGHT
The protest is organised by the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign and supported by Stop Trump Coalition, Ukrainian community organisations, and other campaign groups.
Speakers at the demonstration will include
- John McDonnell MP
- Nadia Whittome MP
- Zoe Gardner (Stop Trump Coalition)
- Yuliya Yurchenko
- Caroline Russell AM, Leader, City Hall Greens group
- Luke Cooper (Another Europe is Possible)
- Vicky Blake (UCU union)
- Beverey Laidlaw (PCS union)
- Simon Weller (ASLEF union)
The protest assembles outside the embassy at 33 Nine Elms Lane, SW11 7US (Vauxhall).
On Friday, Volodymyr Zelensky – the Ukrainian President – met with US president Donald Trump to sign an agreement which would give the US access to Ukraine’s reserves of rare minerals.
We all watched the Oval Office in horror, as Trump and JD Vance turned the meeting into a fiery exchange. The entire thing collapsed, and Zelensky left without a deal. Since then, Trump has made no effort to backtrack – instead, cancelling all US weapons deliveries to Ukraine.
So, the protest tonight is in response to that – but also a broader discontent with Trump and the UK’s appeasement of him.
100k people say ‘no’ to a state visit
The Stop Trump Coalition has, in tandem to the protest, organised a petition over Trump’s state visit to the UK. The “Cancel Trump’s state visit” petition has reached over 100,000 signatories.
Spokesperson Zoe Gardner said:
This shows that with Trump, flattery ultimately gets you nowhere. The promise of a state visit has completely failed to keep Trump on side.
Now it would be nothing but a parade of honour for a man who is betraying the people of Ukraine.
It is time to cancel this shameful state visit.
Featured image via the Canary
