Weekly Update #16

Welcome to your weekly update from the Derby Socialist Workers' Party!

Branch Meetings

This week's branch meeting will be on the execution of Charles I: revolution or coup? a timely topic as the 10th January was the 365th anniversary of the execution! Come along for a lively discussion on this and upcoming events and struggles we will need to be involved in!
Thursday 23rd January, 7 pm, West End Community Centre (map below).The following week (30th January) there will be no branch meeting as there will be a Unite Against Fascism planning meeting instead (see below for more details).
The next branch meeting will examine whether the roots of populist politics lie in the Roman world, with the people betrayed: a history of populism. Thursday 6th February, 7 pm West End Community Centre.

The People's Assembly - campaign against council cuts

The People's Assembly, of which the SWP is a supporter, is continuing to campaign around the outrageous cuts that continue to be demanded by the Tories and their Lib-Dem allies in Westminster. This year the Labour council is required to cut £81m from vital council services.

The People's Assembly has been campaigning to get as broad support as possible for the Labour  group to refuse to implement these cuts. There is a petition to sign and a protest is being organised for the night of the budget-setting.

Show your support for dropping the cuts - come to the Council House, 5 pm, Wednesday 29th January.

Unite Against Fascism

The last year has been a challenging one for anti-racists, but we can claim some significant victories against an attempted EDL revival, and recent news of Nick Griffin's bankruptcy has been very cheering. However, the fascists are down but not out, and the racist rhetoric of UKIP is being vociferously repeated by the mainstream parties and much of the press.

If you want to be part of the fightback, join us and our partners in the UAF organisation on Thursday 30th January, 7 pm at the West End Community Centre.

March against racism and fascism

On March 22nd, the UN's Anti-Racism day, anti-racist groups and trades unions are organising a national demonstration against the racist attitudes being pumped out by the far-right and elements of the media and major political parties. Keep March 22nd clear in your diaries!