Hello everyone,
Hope that the mince pies are being consumed and the lights are up - this is your festive update from the Derby Socialist Workers' Party!
2013 has been a tumultuous political year, with setbacks for workers like Grangemouth, but also fantastic successes such as the Hovis workers and the ongoing action by the teachers unions and university lecturers - and the SWP has been at the heart of everything, helping to support and organise the fightback wherever we can, celebrating our successes and offering a way forward after defeats.
Our next meeting will not be until the 9th of January, when we will be discussing Prospects for socialists in 2014. Come and join us at 7pm at the West End Community Centre!
In the meantime a few comrades have been doing the rounds of Derby's fire stations as the fire fighters have been out on strike from 7 pm this evening, taking messages of solidarity and copies of the paper to workers under attack by the coalition who once again want our class to pay for the crisis by cutting essential services.
They will be out again on New Years' Eve from 6.30 pm, and as anyone who has been on strike will know, support will be warmly received!
In the meantime, here is a picture of Christmas cheer to tide us over until the fightback resumes in 2014!
