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Zarah Sultana MP

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 19d

Two weekends ago, we witnessed the biggest fascist mobilisation in decades.

Last week we answered with unity at the #StopTrump demo.

Trump, Tommy Robinson & their allies peddle hate, but they don’t speak for us.

Our fight is clear and we must unite against the real enemy: fascism.

Zarah at the front of the #StopTrump demo in London with a banner that says: Stop Trump, Stop Fascism

Zarah speaking on stage at #StopTrump demo in London in Parliament Square

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 12h

“The socialism I believe in is everyone working for each other, everyone having a share of the rewards. It's the way I see football, the way I see life.” — Bill Shankly

My full speech from the Your Party Liverpool rally:

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MUST WATCH: Zarah Sultana's powerful speech at Your Party launch in Liverpool

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 1d

We must sever all diplomatic ties with the genocidal apartheid state of Israel immediately.

Expel the ambassador. Close the embassy.

As apartheid South Africa was isolated, so too must Israel be — a pariah state.

We’ll march until Palestine is free, from the river to the sea.

Zarah on the stage at the Palestine demonstration infront of a large crowd in Whitehall

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 1d

Great discussion at TWT on how the left must unite — Your Party and the Greens — to keep Farage out of Downing Street.

But unity isn’t uniformity. Your Party will be truly anti-imperialist: no diplomatic ties with a genocidal, apartheid Israeli state and no greenwashing NATO.

Join us: yourparty.uk

Photo of Zarah, Zack Polanski, Amna Abdullatif from We Deserve Better and Abubakr Nanabawa from The Muslim Vote

Zarah speaking to a packed room at The World Transformed

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 2d

We stand at a crossroads: socialism or barbarism. The stakes couldn’t be higher — we have to win.

That means making Your Party truly democratic: to democratise the state, and in turn, the economy.

I’ll always fight for grassroots, member-led democracy.

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Socialism or Barbarism

Ahead of her talk at TWT, Zarah Sultana argues that we must ensure that initiatives like Your Party are inclusive projects to which the whole Left can contribute — and use them to take the socialist s...

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 3d

When @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social sends you the selfie, it would be rude not to share 💖

Selfie of Jeremy Corbyn, Lucy Williams and Zarah Sultana

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 3d

We’re not here to beg for crumbs off the table — we’re coming for the lot.

The billionaires already have three parties working for them.

It’s about time the rest of us had one.

Join yourparty.uk today.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 3d

Peace means more than a ceasefire.

It means freedom from military occupation and apartheid.

It means Palestinians deciding their own future — not war criminals like Tony Blair.

As Israel’s bombs still fall on Gaza, Palestinians celebrate a ceasefire — a testament to their unbreakable spirit.

But peace means more than a ceasefire.

It means freedom from military occupation and apartheid.

It means Palestinians deciding their own future — not war criminals like Tony Blair.

We will keep marching, boycotting, divesting and speaking out until Palestine is free — and until those who enabled this genocide are held accountable for their crimes 🇵🇸

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 3d

An incredible night in Leeds!

Over 650 people joined us for the Your Party rally — proof there is an appetite for an explicitly socialist political alternative.

People are tired of choosing between the status quo & the far-right. Together we will build a movement for socialism.

Photo of the packed-out room with Zarah (in the foreground) speaking to the room

Photo of the packed-out room with Zarah speaking in the background

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 4d

I grew up in Lozells, just a stone’s throw from Handsworth.

Robert Jenrick called it “as close as I’ve come to a slum” and complained he “didn’t see another white face.”

This is white-supremacist thinking dressed up as “legitimate concerns”.

I grew up in Lozells, just a stone’s throw from Handsworth — where much of my family still live and where I went for sixth form. It’s a proud, diverse, working-class community.

Robert Jenrick called it “as close as I’ve come to a slum” and complained he “didn’t see another white face.”

This is white-supremacist thinking dressed up as “legitimate concerns”.

The political and media establishment normalises this racism, but we won’t stay silent. We stand with all our communities and against the far-right.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 6d

The Labour Party is the genocide party.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 6d

Not content with locking up pensioners and priests for opposing the ban on Palestine Action, Shabana Mahmood now wants to ban protests in solidarity with Palestine.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 7d

On parle révolution.

Honoured to speak in Paris — demanding an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza and building a Europe-wide movement for welfare not warfare.

Zarah with Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Danièle Obono

Zarah on stage with a view of the packed audience

Zarah talking to attendees outside the event

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 8d

We will keep marching.
We will keep organising.
We will keep speaking up.

Until there is a permanent ceasefire.
Until the siege is lifted.
Until the occupation ends.
Until apartheid is dismantled.
Until the perpetrators of genocide are held to account.
Until Palestine is free 🇵🇸

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 8d

People from all walks of life — including many British Jews — are protesting against your government’s complicity in genocide and standing in solidarity with Palestine.

Conflating Israel’s genocide in Gaza with British Jews is deeply inappropriate and dangerous. Shame on you.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 9d

You’re a racist, a criminal and a sexist thug.

You pretend to “protect women” while spewing misogyny.

We won’t let you or any fascist divide our communities. An attack on one is an attack on all.

We won’t allow your politics of hate to win.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 9d

You can protest against Israel’s genocide in Gaza and unequivocally condemn the antisemitic terror attack in Manchester.

Don’t let politicians or the media tell you that you can’t do both.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 10d

Great to speak at a local Your Party meeting in Wandsworth yesterday 🫶🏽

Thanks to the incredible volunteers across the country who are the lifeblood of this movement.

Together we are building a democratic, member-led, socialist party rooted in solidarity & working-class power.

Group photo of Zarah and people who attended the meeting with a “Your Party Wandsworth” sign at the back

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 10d

I am shocked and appalled by the attack on a synagogue in Manchester on the holiest day for the Jewish community.

My thoughts are with the victims, their loved ones and everyone affected.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 11d

Israeli forces are minutes away from illegally intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla.

One of the ships - the Ohwayla - sails under a UK flag. Onboard are humanitarians with vital aid, demanding a humanitarian corridor.

The Labour government must act NOW to protect UK citizens.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 12d

The best hosting and nihari-making skills from @faizashaheen.bsky.social — thank you for inviting me to Chingford and Woodford Green last night 🫶🏽

Great to join @zackpolanski.bsky.social to talk about how the left must come together to beat the far-right and stand up for our communities ✊🏽

Group photo of Zarah, Zack and Faiza and people who attended the event

Photo of Zarah speaking into a microphone next to Faiza and Zack

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 15d

Yesterday I held a surgery at St Anne’s Church, helping with issues from housing and debt to passports and school places.

Always grateful for the warm welcome from Rev Pam Howell 💞

I'm always here to help constituents - feel free to reach out via email (address in bio)! 😊

Zarah and Rev Pam Howell standing outside St Anne’s Church

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 17d

Thoroughly enjoyed speaking at Sheffield Trades Union Council yesterday – the first trade union body to host a Your Party speaker!

Grateful to everyone who came to fight for our communities, our trade unions and a democratic socialist party led by the grassroots ❤️

Zarah speaking on a panel at Sheffield Trades Union Council

A packed room at SADACCA (Sheffield And District African Caribbean Community Association) community centre

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 17d

Tony Blair tried this 20 years ago. We stopped it then, and we must stop it again.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 17d

Labour’s plan for compulsory digital ID risks creating a more authoritarian state.

Under constant surveillance, we would have to pass through digital checkpoints just to live our daily lives — with even more barriers for minorities, migrants and the digitally excluded.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 17d

Having armed and enabled this genocide, the very least this Labour government can do is act now to protect the 13 British citizens on board.

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