Bob Crow to speak at key London “People’s Charter”

RMT General Secretary Bob Crow will join Labour MP John McDonnell on the platform at Lambeth Town Hall next Tuesday for a key "People's Charter" public meeting which will address the fallout from the Euro poll and the election of two fascists from the BNP to the European Parliament.

RMT is a key supporter of the "People's Charter" which maps out a political vision based on public ownership, peace, sustainability and workers rights as an alternative to the "race to the bottom" of the collapsing, free-market, capitalist system of the bankers and the speculators.

Bob Crow, who led the No2EU-Yes to Democracy coalition in the Euro elections, said:

"The Euro elections showed the full state of the collapse in support for the traditional parties of the political elite. It was the collapse in the Labour vote that let the BNP in through the middle and which sent two fascists to Strasbourg.

"But the vote also showed that there's a platform to build on for the left, despite a scandalous media blackout for socialist organisations while the BNP were feted like celebrities on "I'm a Nazi – Get Me Out Of Here!"

"The People's Charter is a rallying point for all those who are sick of the bankers, the sleaze, the corruption and the City spivs. The Lambeth meeting will be a real opportunity to look at building support for the Charter and taking it forward."