Derby SWP: Weekly Update #38

Monday 11 August 2014

Weekly Update #38

SWP Weekly Update

Hello comrades,

Welcome to this week's update from the Derby Socialist Workers' Party!

Gaza Demonstration – Huge Turnout from Derby

More than 150,000 people were at the demonstration in London on Saturday, the biggest demonstration in support of the Palestinian people in the UK ever - and 4 coaches went from Derby and another from Chesterfield picking up from Full Street. This was a fantastic show of strength by all those appalled by Israel's actions in Gaza.

The mood was angry but positive, and comrades present felt buoyed by the force of feeling which drove the demonstration forward. A full report is on the Socialist Worker website here.

Branch Meetings

This Thursday we have a meeting on the First World War: Capitalism and Carnage – Lessons from the First World War.

7 pm at the West End Community Centre, Thursday August 14^th.

Next week we have the rescheduled Can trades unions change society? Which should be the source of lively debate!

7 pm at the West End Community Centre, Thursday August 21^st.

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FBU Strike Action

The FBU have are engaged in a further 8 days of industrial action this week. The FBU have refused to accept the raising of the pension age and deserve our full support – especially from the many trades unionists facing similar disputes in their own sectors. We continue to give our wholehearted support to the FBU and stand in solidarity with firefighters.

Please visit pickets to lend support wherever possible. Anyone who's been on a picket line knows how important any support can be!

The action began on Saturday and will continue until the coming Saturday.

Stoppages will be from 12 noon – 2 pm, then 10.59 pm – 11.59 pm.

People's March for the NHS

The People's March for the NHS is replicating the route of the Jarrow Crusade. The idea is to call attention to the Tories' plans to privatise and destroy the NHS. Trades unionists will join the marchers at various stages of their route, anyone who wishes to join them or support them be aware that they will be passing through:

Chesterfield 27th August
Mansfield 28th August
Nottingham 29th August

Upcoming Events

September 27^th – Stand Up to UKIP, Doncaster
October 18^th – London TUC: Britain Needs a Pay Rise
November 15^th Unite the Resistance national conference

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We are the Derby branch of the Socialist Workers' Party. The SWP is the largest revolutionary party on the left in the UK today.

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For socialism
The present system cannot be patched up - it has to be completely transformed. The structures of the parliament, army, police and judiciary cannot be taken over and used by the working people. Elections can be used to agitate for real improvements in people's lives and to expose the system we live under, but only the mass action of workers themselves can change the system.Workers create all the wealth under capitalism. A new society can only be constructed when they collectively seize control of that wealth and plan its production and distribution according to need.

For internationalism
We live in a world economy dominated by huge corporations. Only by fighting together across national boundaries can we challenge the rich and powerful who dominate the globe. The struggle for socialism can only be successful if it is a worldwide struggle.This was demonstrated by the experience of Russia where an isolated socialist revolution was crushed by the power of the world market - a market it could only contend with by becoming state capitalist. In Eastern Europe and China similar states were later established.

Against racism, imperialism and oppression
We oppose everything which turns workers from one country against those from another. We oppose all immigration controls and campaign for solidarity with workers in other countries. We support the right of black people and other oppressed groups to organise their own defence and we support all genuine national liberation movements. We campaign for real social, political and economic equality for woman and for an end to all forms of discrimination against lesbians, gay men, bisexual and transgender people.

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Those who rule our society are powerful because they are organised - they control the wealth, media, courts and the military. They use their power to limit and contain opposition. To combat that power, working people have to be organised as well. The Socialist Workers Party aims to bring together activists from the movement and working class. A revolutionary party is necessary to strengthen the movement, organise people within it and aid them in developing the ideas and strategies that can overthrow capitalism entirely.We are committed to fight for peace, equality, justice and socialism. Join us.

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Monday 11 August 2014

Weekly Update #38

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