Kate Hudson, Left Unity national secretary, said:
“Our sympathy goes to the friends and family of those killed at Charlie Hebdo.
“This atrocity will have wider repercussions – already there are reports of a rise in racist attacks today in France.
“We stand against this attack, and against those who seek to use this terrible tragedy as an opportunity to stoke Islamophobia. The criminal actions of extremists of any sort must never be used as political capital to demonise entire communities.”
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1. Left Unity is the new party of the left in Britain. It has around 2,000 members and 50 branches across the country.
Left Unity is active in movements and campaigns across the left, working to create an alternative to the main political parties.
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Events and protests from around the movement, and local Left Unity meetings.
Saturday 26th September: Tell Andy Burnham to Stop arming Israel
March to Labour Party Conference
12 noon: St George’s Plateau, Liverpool
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Three Years of Genocide – Stop Arming Israel – Sanctions Now
12 noon Victoria Embankment
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