Weekly Update #47

SWP Weekly Update

Hello comrades,

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

Branch Meetings

Our branch meetings are back!

This Thursday we mark the end of Black History Month with Malcolm X, the Panthers and Black Power, a meeting that will look at the radical black power movements that erupted from the civil rights movement.

7 pm at the West End Community Centre, Thursday October 30th.

Next Thursday we will celebrate the world's only successful socialist revolution as it approaches its 97th anniversary. Revolution in Practice - the Bolsheviks in 1917.

Why do we call the Russian revolution of 1917 a socialist revolution, how long did it remain a workers' state and why did it degenerate into state capitalist tyranny? Join the discussion and find out how we answer some or all of these questions!

7 pm at the West End Community Centre, Thursday November 6th.

Upcoming Events

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

• November 11^th – Derby Quad: (Still) The Enemy Within,

On the 30th anniversary of perhaps the defining confrontation between workers and the ruling class of the post-war period, certainly one whose effects are still felt today, we are fortunate to have this coming to Derby for one night only!

(Still) the Enemy Within is a powerful film featuring several comrades that gives the miners' view of the 1984-5 strike.

Book your tickets here!

• Are you a trades unionist? Are you angry about what has been happening to your workplace, your conditions of employment, the constant attacks on workers from the top of society?

Unite the Resistance is an organisation of rank and file trades unionists from across the movement, private and public sector, coming together to learn and plan the fightback.
Interested? Follow the link to book your place or contact us for more information!

November 15^th Unite the Resistance national conference in London.