Weekly Update #51

Hello everyone,
Welcome to weekly update 51, Derby SWP's brief guide to the political week ahead!

Branch Meetings

Our branch meeting on Thursday was a lively one, as we debated the recent massacre in Paris. Our speaker's introduction, Why we are not all Charlie Hebdo, will hopefully be up on the blog soon.

This week we will be discussing a related issue: the ways in which myths about immigration have been created to divide workers one from another with immigration: the myths spread to divide us. We will also have copies of the Socialist Worker pamphlet of the same name on sale at the meeting. In what will be the most racist election year for a long time, this talk will be a crucial weapon in the armoury of socialists and anti-racists. Thursday January 22nd, 7 pm.

The following week we will be marking Holocaust Memorial Day with a talk and discussion around the Holocaust and its causes. The Holocaust reminds socialists, anti-racists, anti-fascists and anyone in favour of equal rights for all of the consequences of allowing fascists and their ideas to become acceptable. Join us for the talk and debate!

Thursday 29th January 7 pm.


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Stand Up To UKIP at Hope Not Hate Meeting

Derby's first Stand Up To UKIP meeting was a great start to the year, well attended and with some good discussion of activities going forward. Here is the lovely new banner that we hope Derby's anti-racists will want to get behind!

The SWP supports the Stand Up To UKIP campaign as a single-issue, broad-front organisation which will seek to challenge UKIP, especially in this election year, to do whatever we can to reduce the UKIP vote.

However, Stand Up To UKIP is not the only group that wants to oppose them, and the broad anti-racist organisation Hope Not Hate, which we have worked alongside on previous campaigns, have kindly invited Stand Up To UKIP to speak at their meeting on Monday night. Hopefully the two organisations will work closely together over the coming year.

Anti-Austerity, Anti-Cuts Demonstration

The Derby Trades Council has called a demonstration against the cuts to government spending. All organisations and individuals who want to see an end to austerity are invited.

The date has yet to be finalised: it will either be the next council meeting at the end of January or the budget meeting in March. We will update you as soon as we know.

Can't make our meetings?

If you want to find out more about us, meet some of our comrades, sign up to any of our petitions, find out about campaigns we are involved in, buy our paper or get hold of some of our other literature, why not come along to the campaign stall on Saturdays?

Find us on St Peter's St from 12 pm!