Derby SWP: 2017

Monday 11 December 2017

Freedom for Palestine Demonstration

After Donald Trump's inflammatory recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel (contrary to international law!) Derby Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Jamia Mosque have called a demonstration on Saturday 16th December. Assemble 1.15pm at the Mosque in Rose Hill Street for march to a short rally at Derby Council House at 2pm. Please come and tell your friends.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Derby-Palestine-Solidarity-Group-409060029216708/posts/?ref=page_internal

Thursday 7 December 2017

Tonight's Meeting on Palestine

With Trump inflaming the situation in the Middle East by attempting to legitimise Israel's hold over Jerusalem, tonight's SWP meeting on 100 Years since the Balfour Declaration - How can Palestine be free? has never been more timely. Why not come along? 7pm West End Community Centre, Mackworth Road, Derby, DE22 3BL

Friday 24 February 2017

Dates for Activists

Hello comrades!

It's been a busy time, with trade union activity, anti racism work and our own branch meetings.

Here is a bit of a round up of what we've been doing, and what's coming up

April

A number of us were delegates to NUT national conference, where there was much anger about the changes being made to education, especially the chronic and systematic underfunding of schools. Teachers made the decision to take a stand against funding cuts, selective education and the regime of testing in primary schools.

20th April meeting saw us discussing the crisis in capitalism with Joseph Choonara. He talked about his findings from his recent book, and we discussed the way global capitalism is regularly in crisis, how it shifts around money (and debt) to prop up the system, and how we can help to mobilise the working class to gain in confidence and fight back.

27th April- Branch Meeting

To give us the opportunity to discuss our thoughts about the General Election, and what we want to be doing during the campaign.

Join us on Thursday 27th April at 7 pm, at the West End Community Centre, Mackworth Road, Derby.

Tuesday 25th April - SOS NHS local organising meeting

An opportunity to share ideas and see how you can get involved in the campaign. Town Centre venue, 6pm. Please contact us for more info.

May

Tuesday 2nd May - Stand up to Racism

How do we keep racism out of the general election?

Come along and share your ideas - get involved in this important campaign. How can we follow the example set in Birmingham, of standing up to the far right, and what can we do to oppose the racism that we might expect to see in the election campaign?

For details of time and venue, please contact us.

Saturday 27th May - The Silk Mill Turn Out

Derby's annual celebration of worker fight back and trade unionism.

July
Festival of Marxism
Don't forget to get your tickets for this excellent event, bringing together activists from around the country and internationally with some great speakers on a ranged of issues, activism and political theory.
Visit the website www.marxismfestival.org.uk for more details.
If you'd like to go but might struggle to pay, please let us know - we can help with the cost.

Our meeting venue, for SWP Branch Meetings: West End Community Centre, Derby

You can find us on Facebook, or contact us on branchsec@derbyswp.org.uk

About Us

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
Follow us on Twitter @DerbySWP

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.

Revolutionary party
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.

To find out more go to our website:
http://swp.org.uk/