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.