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!