Birmingham Socialist Party
Lobby the TUC General Council - Call for a National Demonstration!
The ConDem government has just announced vicious attacks on workers across the country, including axing 800,000 public sector jobs, a 3 year pay freeze, attacks on both housing and child benefits, and increasing VAT to 20%.
In response to these savage cuts the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) is lobbying the General Council of the TUC to call for a national demonstration to organise resistance to the government’s plans as a step towards a 24 hour general strike to fight the cuts.
Join us in lobbying the TUC in Manchester Convention Centre on Sunday 12th September at 12 noon. If you’re interested, or would just like more information, please contact us on 07964 168 398.
Next Meeting
Socialist Question and Answer Session
About Us
Welcome to the website for the Birmingham branch of the Socialist Party. We are a local branch made up of people who live in and around Birmingham. As socialists, we are fighting for a different kind of world, one based on the needs of the millions rather than the profits of the millionaires. We campaign on a wide range of local, national and international issues.
As capitalism descends into crisis and the bosses look to make ordinary people pay for the catastrophe that they have created, we campaign to stop job losses (in the car industry for instance), house repossessions and other consequences of the capitalist’s attacks. We also fight to oppose cuts and privatisation in our public services, for example in the Royal Mail and the NHS. We have been actively involved in campaigning against the brutal, profit-driven invasions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. We campaign against racism, sexism and all forms of discrimination. You can read much more about the Socialist Party on our national website, www.socialistparty.org.uk.
The purpose of this page is to keep anyone interested up to date about we’re getting up to in Birmingham - do not hesitate to get in touch if you would like to find out more or would be interested in getting involved.
Contact Us
Phone / Text: 07964 168 398
E-mail: Ted@birminghamsocialistparty.org.uk
Branch Programme
If you are interested in the Socialist Party, what we think and how we work, then the best way to find out more is to come to one of our local branch meetings.
These are held every Monday evening (unless displayed otherwise below) at 7:30pm in the Boardroom of Bennetts Wine Bar, on Bennetts Hill (off New Street and Colmore Row, - for a map, click here) in Birmingham city centre. You can find the topics and dates of our upcoming meetings and other activities below.
Please be aware Bennett's operates a policy where anyone who appears to be under 25 years of age will be required to prove that they're over 18.
Tuesday 31st August
Socialist Question and Answer Session
Youth Fight for Jobs
Members of the Birmingham branch, in particular those in the branch’s youth group, are actively involved in the Youth Fight for Jobs campaign, holding activities and meeting up regularly in Birmingham. The purpose of this campaign is to fight for a decent future for young people, at a time when a whole generation is facing a future of unemployment or at best low paid, insecure jobs. We campaign in the Birmingham area on the issues that are affecting young people today.
As over 1 million young people will be thrown on the scrap heap caused by the bosses profit system now is the time to get involved and fight back. If you'd like to help us fight for a future for all young people contact us on 07964 168 398 or e-mail: yfj-brum@hotmail.com. There is also a national Youth Fight for Jobs website at www.youthfightforjobs.com.
Socialist Students - Campaign to Defeat Fees
We also have links to local Socialist Students groups at the three universities in Birmingham. There are societies at Aston and Birmingham City Universities and one is also in the process of being set up at Birmingham University.
During term time these groups hold regular on-campus meetings and activities, with one of the national Campaign to Defeat Fees (www.socialiststudents.org.uk) being one of the main issues that the groups campaign on. If you would like more information please contact us or e-mail: birminghamsocialiststudents@hotmail.com.
There is also a Birmingham Socialist Students Facebook page at www.brumsocialiststudents.tk.
