Derby SWP: Update #90

Saturday, 16 April 2016

Update #90

Hello everyone,
Welcome to this week's update from Derby Socialist Workers Party.

In this week's update:

Next branch meeting - Greece: Austerity & Resistance
Report from People's Assembly National Demonstration April 16th
Marxism 2016 - have you got your tickets yet?

Branch Meetings

The SWP is a party of activists who know that we need to understand the world to be effective in our actions. Our meetings have a discussion about key issues: economic, political, historical and cultural; as well as planning for events and activities.

Last week we had a really great discussion on Pride, Politics & Protest: a Marxist Analysis of LGBT+ Oppression.

This week we look at Greece and how the situation between the Troika, Syriza and the Greek working class is developing with Greece: Austerity and Resistance

Thursday 21st April
7 pm
West End Community Centre on Mackworth Road (next to Britannia Mill).

All welcome. See you there!

People's Assembly Against Austerity - National Demonstration 16th April

This demonstration was big and loud! Read our report here: http://derbyswp.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/thousands-take-to-streets-to-demand.html

Marxism Festival 2016

The first peek at this year's Marxism Festival is out now.

Marxism festival is the biggest event of its kind in Europe - thousands of people attending a five day festival of ideas, with meetings on a vast range of subjects and loads of activities. Here is last year's opening rally to give you an idea of the event:

It is a fantastic event and anyone who wants to change the world should get down to it!

For more details see the official website here: http://www.marxismfestival.org.uk/

If you want to go but are worried that you will not be able to afford it please get in touch.

We will do everything we can to help you to attend this fantastic event. email derbyswp@gmail.com or find us on Facebook, Derby SWP or on Twitter @derbywsp

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.

Contact us at DerbySWP@gmail.com
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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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Saturday, 16 April 2016

Update #90

Branch Meetings

This week we look at Greece and how the situation between the Troika, Syriza and the Greek working class is developing with Greece: Austerity and Resistance

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