
ASSEMBLE CO-ORGANISE ‘STAND UP FOR PALESTINE’ CONCERT AT ST. PANCRAS NEW CHURCH
On Friday 21st of June, legendary artists Roger Waters, Yusuf Cat Stevens, and Lowkey performed an intimate private concert co-organised by Assemble in St. Pancras New Church in London. The event was co-organised by Assemble to raise money for Palestine Children’s Relief Fund and rally global support for the people of Palestine.
A video of the event live streamed by Double Down News has already been viewed 500,000 times across multiple platforms.
Between musical performances, there were impromptu talks by independent candidates Leanne Mohamed, Tanushkah Marah and Andrew Feinstein. Tanushka Marah is standing in Hove Portslade, Mohamed is standing in Ilford North (against Labour incumbent Wes Streeting), and Feinstein is contesting Keir Starmer in his home constituency of Holborn and St. Pancras. Tanushka Marah is an Assemble candidate. A spokesperson for Assemble said:
“We fully endorse Tanushka Marah. The ‘Assembly’ model that is driving her campaign – where people in Hove have an independent candidate to represent their choices in Parliament – is a game-changer that will transform politics in Britain. Creating community manifestos will be an antidote to the alienation of ordinary people from politics.
Community manifestos will live on beyond the election. They will go to a new home of decision-making: a national House of the People to rival the House of Lords.”
During the concert, the British-Palestinian Tanushka Marah stood alongside Andrew Feinstein and remarked:
“We know what happens when good people do nothing. My job in this general election is to be the voice of the good people who are doing something. That is the voice of the people with me in the streets, of the people we meet in our Assemblies…”
“We are mobilising. We have the platform of the general election, but that is the starting point. This has to continue past that and we have to find new ways of doing politics. That is the gathering of people of all races, and all classes, and all neurodivergence. Everyone at the table, and every voice is heard. Through movements like Assemble, through the Collective that have brought us together – we have to use the general election as the firing point that continues.”
“And if we don’t make change now, what are we looking at? Genocide, poverty, and our climate burning minute by minute.”

Next on the bill was Yusuf/ Cat Stevens, an artist who has sold more than 100 million records in a career that has spanned decades. The 600-strong crowd in the church sang along enthusiastically to hits like ‘Wild World’. He spoke out for peace, saying:
“We believe that peace belongs to all. And that every child has a right to live. And thank you to the organisers, and the people who provided this space. This isn’t just a stand for Palestine. It’s a stand for the soul of Palestine, and Palestinians.”
The final performance was by Roger Waters, co-founder and creative driver of Pink Floyd who played a selection of politically-charged solo tracks and said “I have to remember: the only thing that you could possibly do that wouldn’t be right is stand by, silent and indifferent. And I’m not doing that, and you’re not doing that.”
Assemble announced this ‘Stand Up For Palestine’ event as the first of many in the ‘Stand Up For Change’ series, bringing together a partnership of renowned musicians demanding a democratic political system. Assemble is a new social movement setting up people’s assemblies – community get-togethers where people deliberate on how the country should be run. These will feed into a House of the People, a new home for the national voice where ordinary people who are randomly selected will be free to listen to the experts and make their own informed decisions. Join us at a launch event for this in London on 17th July.

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