Derby SWP: Weekly Update #53

Sunday, 1 February 2015

Weekly Update #53

Hello everyone,
Welcome to weekly update 53, Derby SWP's brief guide to the political week ahead!

Branch Meetings

This Thursday there will be no branch meeting as many comrades will be attending the community meeting in support of striking teachers at Merrill Academy (see below for details).

Our next branch meeting will be on Thursday 12th February, watch this space for more details!

Successful first Stand Up To UKIP and Hope Not Hate event!

Several comrades attended the first joint Stand Up To UKIP / Hope Not Hate event on Saturday. Literature from both organisations was distributed widely and there was a positive mood throughout the event. With such a brilliant start we hope that the campaign can continue to build as strong an opposition to UKIP as possible, especially in this election year!

Support striking teachers at Merrill

A community meeting to gain support for striking teachers at Merrill Academy next Thursday. The staff there have been on strike for 6 days so far and have committed to another 6 if management at the school does not back down over its implementation of impossible targets for staff. Show your support on Thursday evening at 6 pm, Boulton Lane Baptist Church, Boulton Lane, Alvaston DE24 0AY

Time to Act on Climate demonstration

On March 7th there will be a national demonstration demanding immediate action on climate change - a catastrophe which the current government has done even less to ameliorate than the last one. There will be a coach going from Derby - tickets can be obtained here:

link to get Time To Act demonstration coach tickets

Rage Against Racism demonstration

On March 21st there will be a national demonstration marking the UN's anti-racism day. Last year a coach load of anti-racists from Derby joined the 10,000 who demonstrated across the country in a powerful, vibrant and positive display of unity with people from all of the races, ethnicities, nations and cultures which make British society today such an exciting and dynamic mix.

Here are some of the photos from last year's demonstration!

This year we want to send that message of unity again - and make it even bigger! We are supporting the Rage Against Racism demonstration in London and hope that there will be at least one coach going down to the big city on the day.

Contact us at derbyswp@gmail.com if you would like to come.

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!

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We are the Derby branch of the Socialist Workers' Party. The SWP is the largest revolutionary party on the left in the UK today.

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For socialism
The present system cannot be patched up - it has to be completely transformed. The structures of the parliament, army, police and judiciary cannot be taken over and used by the working people. Elections can be used to agitate for real improvements in people's lives and to expose the system we live under, but only the mass action of workers themselves can change the system.Workers create all the wealth under capitalism. A new society can only be constructed when they collectively seize control of that wealth and plan its production and distribution according to need.

For internationalism
We live in a world economy dominated by huge corporations. Only by fighting together across national boundaries can we challenge the rich and powerful who dominate the globe. The struggle for socialism can only be successful if it is a worldwide struggle.This was demonstrated by the experience of Russia where an isolated socialist revolution was crushed by the power of the world market - a market it could only contend with by becoming state capitalist. In Eastern Europe and China similar states were later established.

Against racism, imperialism and oppression
We oppose everything which turns workers from one country against those from another. We oppose all immigration controls and campaign for solidarity with workers in other countries. We support the right of black people and other oppressed groups to organise their own defence and we support all genuine national liberation movements. We campaign for real social, political and economic equality for woman and for an end to all forms of discrimination against lesbians, gay men, bisexual and transgender people.

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Those who rule our society are powerful because they are organised - they control the wealth, media, courts and the military. They use their power to limit and contain opposition. To combat that power, working people have to be organised as well. The Socialist Workers Party aims to bring together activists from the movement and working class. A revolutionary party is necessary to strengthen the movement, organise people within it and aid them in developing the ideas and strategies that can overthrow capitalism entirely.We are committed to fight for peace, equality, justice and socialism. Join us.

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