Weekly Update #45

SWP Weekly Update

Hello comrades,

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

Branch Meetings

This Thursday our guest speaker will be looking at the recent hugely successful book by Piketty, Capital in the 21st Century. What should socialists think about a book which identifies serious problems within capitalism - but is lapped up by sections of the ruling class?

7 pm at the West End Community Centre, Thursday October 2nd.

Next Thursday we have trained to fail: the Tory plan for our kids' education, rescheduled from last week due to illness. Our speaker will argue that the Tory party's educational policies are destined to fail a whole generation of children - and that much of this is not accidental.

7 pm at the West End Community Centre, Thursday October 9th.

Upcoming Events

We are involved in organising or supporting the following events in the near future, please help out if you can!

• October 4th and 11th - Derby's fledgling Palestine support group has organised a leafleting stall to raise awareness of and support for the Palestinian people on St Peter's St. Volunteers welcome! 
• October 13th - Health workers across England are likely to be on strike. The wider these strikes the more effective they will be, so argue for your colleagues to vote for action and your union to be part of it!
•  October 14th - Local Government workers are likely to be on strike - show your support in whatever way you can!
• October 18^th – London TUC: Britain Needs a Pay Rise. National demonstration called to demand pay rises for Britain's workers. Coaches will be organised, we will give you more details as they become available. 
• November 11^th – Derby Quad: (Still) The Enemy Within, powerful film featuring several comrades that gives the miners' view of the 1984-5 strike. 
• November 15^th Unite the Resistance national conference in London.

Also on during September at the Quad is a film which presents a story well-known within the socialist movement but virtually unheard outside: Pride, the story of the Miners' Gay and Lesbian Support Group. Well worth a viewing for all socialists!

Weekly Update #44

SWP Weekly Update

Hello comrades,

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

Branch Meetings

This Thursday we have trained to fail: the Tory plan for our kids. Our speaker will argue that the Tory party's educational policies are destined to fail a whole generation of children - and that much of this is not accidental.

7 pm at the West End Community Centre, Thursday September 25th.

Next Thursday our guest speaker will be looking at the recent hugely successful book by Piketty, Capital in the 21st Century. What should socialists think about a book which identifies serious problems within capitalism - but is lapped up by sections of the ruling class?

7 pm at the West End Community Centre, Thursday October 2nd.


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Stand up to UKIP

THIS SATURDAY!
LAST CHANCE TO BOOK YOUR PLACE! 

UKIP is becoming an increasingly-heard presence in the UK political scene. Whilst not an openly fascist organisation like the BNP or EDL, they are an opportunist party with racist policies who only care about the rich, and try to make hay out of the anti-immigrant rhetoric which all the leading parties and much of the press have indulged in for years now.

UKIP represent a real danger, not least in 'normalising' racist anti-immigration ideas, but also in the way in which the media indulge in their posing as some kind of alternative to establishment politics whilst they pursue a virulently ruling-class agenda.

Stand Up To UKIP are organising a national demonstration against this toxic party on September 27th in Doncaster. All anti-racists should support this event - more information is on the Stand Up to UKIP site here.

A coach will be going from Derby, 9.45 am from Full Street.

Book your place now!

Email derbyswp@gmail.com or phone 07742 532 677.

Upcoming Events

We are involved in organising or supporting the following events in the near future, please help out if you can!

• September 28th - Demonstrate outside the Tory Party conference in Birmingham, organised by the TUC. Details here. 
• October 4th - Derby's fledgling Palestine support group has organised a leafleting stall to raise awareness of and support for the Palestinian people on St Peter's St. Volunteers welcome! 
• October 13th - Health workers across England are likely to be on strike. The wider these strikes the more effective they will be, so argue for your colleagues to vote for action and your union to be part of it!
• October 18^th – London TUC: Britain Needs a Pay Rise. National demonstration called to demand pay rises for Britain's workers. Coaches will be organised, we will give you more details as they become available. 
• November 11^th – Derby Quad: (Still) The Enemy Within, powerful film featuring several comrades that gives the miners' view of the 1984-5 strike. 
• November 15^th Unite the Resistance national conference in London.

Also on during September at the Quad is a film which presents a story well-known within the socialist movement but virtually unheard outside: Pride, the story of the Miners' Gay and Lesbian Support Group. Well worth a viewing for all socialists!

Weekly Update #43

SWP Weekly Update

Hello comrades,

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

Branch Meetings

This Thursday we have Iraq in chaos: the bitter fruits of Bush and Blair's war.

The current death and destruction in Iraq has its roots in the disastrous and illegal invasion undertaken by the US and UK 11 years ago. What other factors led to this situation? How are the western imperialist powers responding to it? What should socialists say? Come and join the discussion!

7 pm at the West End Community Centre, Thursday September 18th.

Next week we will be discussing the intentions behind Tory education policy and the impact it will have on our children, with trained to fail: the Tory plan for our kids.

7 pm at the West End Community Centre, Thursday September 25th.

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Stand up to UKIP

UKIP is becoming an increasingly-heard presence in the UK political scene. Whilst not an openly fascist organisation like the BNP or EDL, they are an opportunist party with racist policies who only care about the rich, and try to make hay out of the anti-immigrant rhetoric which all the leading parties and much of the press have indulged in for years now.

UKIP represent a real danger, not least in 'normalising' racist anti-immigration ideas, but also in the way in which the media indulge in their posing as some kind of alternative to establishment politics whilst they pursue a virulently ruling-class agenda.

Stand Up To UKIP are organising a national demonstration against this toxic party on September 27th in Doncaster. All anti-racists should support this event - more information is on the Stand Up to UKIP site here.

A coach will be going from Derby, 9.45 am from Full Street.

Book your place now!

Email derbyswp@gmail.com or phone 07742 532 677.

Upcoming Events

We are involved in organising or supporting the following events in the near future, please help out if you can!

• September 28th - Demonstrate outside the Tory Party conference in Birmingham, organised by the TUC. Details here. 
• October 4th - Derby's fledgling Palestine support group has organised a leafleting stall to raise awareness of and support for the Palestinian people on St Peter's St. Volunteers welcome! 
• October 13th - Health workers across England are likely to be on strike. The wider these strikes the more effective they will be, so argue for your colleagues to vote for action and your union to be part of it!
• October 18^th – London TUC: Britain Needs a Pay Rise. National demonstration called to demand pay rises for Britain's workers. Coaches will be organised, we will give you more details as they become available. 
• November 11^th – Derby Quad: (Still) The Enemy Within, powerful film featuring several comrades that gives the miners' view of the 1984-5 strike. 
• November 15^th Unite the Resistance national conference in London.

Also on during September at the Quad is a film which presents a story well-known within the socialist movement but virtually unheard outside: Pride, the story of the Miners' Gay and Lesbian Support Group. Well worth a viewing for all socialists!

Weekly Update #42

SWP Weekly Update

Hello comrades,

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

Branch Meetings

This Thursday we have the socialist case for Scottish independence.

The Scottish referendum has been a subject of intense debate on the left. Some sections of the left believe that it is in the interests of the working class to support the union, while we and some other sections of the left have argued that the referendum opens up a space for a radical alternative.

With the poll only days away, come and join the debate!

7 pm at the West End Community Centre, Thursday September 11th.

Next week we will be discussing the legacy of Western imperialism over the last decade and how we should respond to the unfolding disasters in the MIddle East, with Iraq in chaos - the bitter fruits of Bush and Blair's war.

7 pm at the West End Community Centre, Thursday September 18th.

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Stand up to UKIP

UKIP is becoming an increasingly-heard presence in the UK political scene. Whilst not an openly fascist organisation like the BNP or EDL, they are an opportunist party with racist policies who only care about the rich, and try to make hay out of the anti-immigrant rhetoric which all the leading parties and much of the press have indulged in for years now.

UKIP represent a real danger, not least in 'normalising' racist anti-immigration ideas, but also in the way in which the media indulge in their posing as some kind of alternative to establishment politics whilst they pursue a virulently ruling-class agenda.

Stand Up To UKIP are organising a national demonstration against this toxic party on September 27th in Doncaster. All anti-racists should support this event - more information is on the Stand Up to UKIP site here.

A coach will be going from Derby. Book your place now!
Email derbyswp@gmail.com or phone 07742 532 677.

Upcoming Events

We are involved in organising or supporting the following events in the near future, please help out if you can!

• September 28th - Demonstrate outside the Tory Party conference in Birmingham, organised by the TUC. Details here. 
• October 4th - Derby's fledgling Palestine support group has organised a leafleting stall to raise awareness of and support for the Palestinian people on St Peter's St. Volunteers welcome! 
• October 13th - Health workers across England are likely to be on strike. The wider these strikes the more effective they will be, so argue for your colleagues to vote for action and your union to be part of it!
• October 18^th – London TUC: Britain Needs a Pay Rise. National demonstration called to demand pay rises for Britain's workers. Coaches will be organised, we will give you more details as they become available. 
• November 11^th – Derby Quad: (Still) The Enemy Within, powerful film featuring several comrades that gives the miners' view of the 1984-5 strike. 
• November 15^th Unite the Resistance national conference in London.

Weekly Update #41

SWP Weekly Update

Hello comrades,

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

Branch Meetings

This Thursday we have How did the Bolsheviks organise the unemployed?



Under capitalism a significant section of the working class are not in the workplace. How did the party that led the only successful socialist revolution in history organise workers who had no work to go to?

7 pm at the West End Community Centre, Thursday September 4th.

Next week we will be discussing one of the big political questions of the moment: The socialist case for Scottish independence.

7 pm at the West End Community Centre, Thursday September 11th.

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People's March for the NHS

Several comrades from the Derby and Chesterfield branches of the SWP were involved in walking the Chesterfield to Mansfield stretches of the People's March for the NHS. We have a report here - enjoy!

Upcoming Events

We are involved in organising or supporting the following events in the near future, please help out if you can!

• September 27^th – Stand Up to UKIP, Doncaster. Coaches are in the process of being organised for this. For more details, email derbyswp@gmail.com or phone 07742 532 677.
• October 4th - Derby's fledgling Palestine support group has organised a leafleting stall to raise awareness of and support for the Palestinian people on St Peter's St. Volunteers welcome!
  October 18^th – London TUC: Britain Needs a Pay Rise. National demonstration called to demand pay rises for Britain's workers. Coaches will be organised, we will give you more details as they become available.
• November 11^th – Derby Quad: (Still) The Enemy Within, powerful film featuring several comrades that gives the miners' view of the 1984-5 strike.
• November 15^th Unite the Resistance national conference