In Finsbury Park, the local election has taken on enormous moral weight. Amu Gib is standing not from a campaign office, but from a prison cell, following their arrest after the break-in at RAF Brize Norton to engage in direct action against British complicity in the genocide in Gaza. Their hunger strike, now ended after a prolonged period that took a serious toll on their health, marked this candidacy from the outset as an act of defiance as much as representation.
The comparison to Bobby Sands is direct and unavoidable. Like Sands, Amu Gib is contesting an election from prison, forcing the political system to confront the reality of dissent against imperialist violence it would rather prefer to contain. This is not symbolic; it is a challenge to what democratic representation means when those acting on conscience are criminalised and the British State finds itself complicit in genocide.
To support Amu Gib is therefore to affirm that protest against injustice cannot be extinguished by imprisonment. A vote in Finsbury Park becomes a declaration that political voice does not end at the prison gate, and that those willing to take such risks in solidarity with others deserve not silence, but representation. We call upon all socialists and progressive forces to extend their support to Amu’s campaign. We especially call upon Your Party, the Green Party, the trade unions and community activists to extend their support and actively campaign for them in Finsbury Park.
Democratic Socialists
18th April 2026