The park festival, the last event of the 33rd Culture and Art Festival organized by the Turkish and Kurdish Community Solidarity Center (Day-Mer)took place on Sunday, July 3rd in London.
The Day-Mer festival which has been organizing culture and art festivals in London since 1989, was held once again following the pandemic. In the park festival attended by thousands of people, current social problems were brought to the agenda and a feast of music and taste took place. In addition to their stands for youth, children and women, unions also attended the festival and met with our community members.
Speaking at the festival, Day-Mer President Aslı Gül stated that poverty has increased and emphasized the importance of the struggle of local and migrant workers together. Gül said that the fight against the cost of living, racism, cuts in education and health is only possible with an organized struggle. Stating that the festival, which has been held for 30 years, was realized with the extraordinary contributions of workers and members, Gül said, “Day-Mer is the roof of all workers.”
Campaign groups and unions gave speeches at the festival, which was attended by members of the National Education Union (NEU), the teachers’ union, as well as the Trades Union Congress (TUC), the country’s largest union confederation with millions of members. representatives expressed their support by wishing that they had come together with Day-Mer years ago in the fields of struggle and wishing that their cooperation would continue.
The names that took the stage at the festival, which was supported by unions and various campaign groups, are as follows: Oğuz Aksaç, Mikail Aslan, Cemil Qocgiri, The Turbans, Lokandes and The Odd Beats.
The festival, which was attended by former Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, writer Mustafa Yalçıner and many trade unionists, continued until late at Clissold Park in Hackney.
