After Paris Killings: No to Racism, No to War

Recently we had a discussion on the topic of the horrific murders in Paris and the ways in which these deaths would be used by our leaders to justify war and the right to fuel racism against Muslims and immigrants.

We are occasionally able to present the text of these talks. Although the speaker didn't rigidly follow the whole of the below, here's the piece upon which our discussion was based. We had a great discussion on the night - if you like what you read here, why not join us at our next meeting?

Change to next week's branch meeting

Change to next week's branch meeting

In the wake of the killings in Paris and the attempts of the right both within and without the ruling class to stir up anti-Islamic sentiment and justify a further drive to the wars that created ISIS in the first place, we have decided to change our next branch meeting to:
After Paris killings, no to racism and war.

What should our response to these events be? How can we prevent a drive towards racism and war from the right and the ruling class? Join the discussion and help plan our course of action!

Thursday November 26th, 7 pm, West End Community Centre.

All welcome. See you there!

Update #74

Hello everyone,
Welcome to this week's update from Derby Socialist Workers Party. What's going on? Find out below!

After Paris - SWP Statement

The horrific murders in Paris were a shock to everyone. Yesterday was a day of intense sorrow and sympathy for the victims of these awful attacks.

Unfortunately the reality is that the right will attempt to use these deaths for their own vile ends. The SWP has put out a statement following these events - read it here.

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.

This week is our district aggregate, open to members only. Public meetings resume the following week.

Next public meeting:

As revolutionary socialists we are committed not just to equality, which can simply mean equality of oppression, but liberation. Our next meeting will be:


From post-feminism to the new sexism - how can we fight for women's liberation?

Thursday November 26th, 7 pm, West End Community Centre.

All welcome. See you there!

Unite The Resistance - national conference

Fantastic conference on Saturday - see our blog post here for a roundup.

The People's March for Climate, Justice and Jobs

It is becoming ever more clear that the ruling classes of the world, left to their own devices, will simply work in the short-term interests of their class - and that means untold destruction for the climate and the lives of millions, if not billions of people. There is another way: join the campaign for climate, justice and jobs. There is at least one coach going to London on the demonstration on the 29th November ahead of the Paris climate conference. Join us!

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!