France has erupted in revolt, and cities across Spain have followed suit. Both protests have started with demands around education and housing, and generalised very quickly to encompass anti-fascism, support for Palestine and an alternative to the status quo.

The protests in France, supported by trade unions, have transformed the political atmosphere ahead of the presidential election in seven months’ time. Several polls show Marine Le Pen in first place and left winger Jean Luc Melenchon, of the LFI party, in second.

Anti-racist organisation Marche des Solidarités (MDS) has called a counter-demonstration at the fascist RN conference on 24 October.

The SWP is hosting a special online meeting tonight with protesters from France and Spain (see below for full details).

Thousands of Stand Up To Racism supporters mobilised this weekend in opposition to far right in Southampton and Dover, and also in mass unity marches against the far right in Bournemouth, Bradford and the West Midlands.

In Oxford 21 local community groups and trade unions are supporting the Oxford Stand Up To Racism unity march on October 17th.

The far right are getting more organised and it is vital our side does too.

What you can do:

Join and help build the Oxford Unites Against the Far Right March on 17th October (see flyer below) - one of thirty unity marches around the country (email contact@oxfordstanduptoracism.org.uk to volunteer or request materials to build the march)
Get involved with Oxford Stand Up to Racism
Sign up for the Together Against the Far Right Summit in London on 24th October (see details below)

Next Oxford and Thames Valley SWP meeting - all welcome

Anti-Zionism is not anti-semitism

Why it is right to oppose Israel

7PM Wednesday 7th October

New Road Baptist Church, Bonn Square, Oxford, OX1 1LQ

or join via zoom https://oxfordswp.org.uk/zoom

Future meetings

21/10 - Black History Month meeting - 50 years on from the Soweto uprising against Apartheid

In the last few years, we have seen a shocking growth of the far right spreading fear, division, and hatred.

The far right are constantly trying to whip up racism against Muslims, migrants and refugees. This has lead to repeated outbreaks of racist protests and violence including the pogroms in Belfast, Glasgow and Southampton - and now the fascist paramilitary style mobilisations of the Patriot Platform in Dover and Portsmouth.

The far right are following Trump's lead by calling for mass deportations, including removal of Indefinite Leave to Remain for people who have every right to live in the UK.

We urgently need a movement that can challenge the growth of racism and the far right.

In March Stand Up To Racism worked with artists and hundreds of organisations to support the Together Alliance march - bringing 500,000 people together in a massive show of unity against the far right.

Stand Up To Racism is now building the same kind of unity in local communities across the country.

Join this peaceful unity march to say the far right do not speak for us and we will unite to celebrate our diverse communities and reject all attempts at racist divide and rule.

It is by us all uniting together that we can win.

We want to show how proud we are to live in Oxfordshire because of its cultural diversity. We want a day of hope, peace, unity, and fun - to show that there is an alternative to the racism and despair of the far right.

Join us on Saturday October 17th.

Invite your union or campaign group to support this show of unity against racism the far right in Black History Month. Email us here if you want to help build this event.

Let's create a huge turnout to show that unity will triumph over hate and division.

Inside the revolt on the streets online meeting with protesters from France and Spain

🗓️ Mon 5 October 8pm

📍 On zoom: register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/FiQ5JXQpSWOP8qHbpoixJA

➡️ France has erupted in revolt, and cities across Spain have followed suit. Both protests have started with demands around education and housing, and generalised very quickly to encompass anti-fascism, support for Palestine and an alternative to the status quo.

🚩 Join this online meeting hosted by the SWP with protesters from France and Spain to hear from reports and analysis inside the revolts

Labour hoped that its recent shift in tone over Palestine would win back voters—and rebuild the legitimacy that the Western “liberal order” and Israel have lost.

But the response from the Israel’s far right leadership has deepened the crisis and opened up opportunities for the Palestine movement.

Understanding the shift—and its limitations—is key if our side is going to capitalise on the civil war in theirs.

Britain was among 12 Western states, including France and Canada, to say it wouldn’t trade with settlements that are illegal under international law. Labour foreign secretary Ed Miliband announced limited sanctions in the House of Commons this week.

Socialist Worker Student Society Meeting

Wildfires, genocide and the rise of the far right.....

Why you should be a revolutionary

Wednesday 14th October

New Road Baptist Church, Bonn Square, OX1 1LQ

The far right are on the march. They want to bring racist violence to every city in Britain. US Imperialism has wreaked havoc from Venezuela to Iran. Israel continues its genocide against the Palestinians - a genocide Andy Burnham can't even name. Trans+ and women's rights are under attack. Heatwaves and wildfires due to climate breakdown are now regular features of summer, but still only a fraction of what's to come. Capitalism can't offer a decent future for billions of people - or perhaps any future at all.

But we've also seen resistance. Half a million marched against the far right in London. Workers have led key strikes. The "Cockroach" student movement in India took on their corrupt, far right government - and won!

Millions know that capitalism is the problem. We think revolution is the only solution - but what does that mean for us here and now? Can we not reform the system instead? What does "revolution from below" look like? Can the ideas of Karl Marx help us today? Are the working class still the agents of change?

Come to our first SWSS meeting of term to discuss why everything seems to be getting worse, and what we can do to fight it.

On 28 March, half a million people marched together against the far right

We’ve shown the country that the politics of hate do not speak for all of us.

But the local election results and the recent pogroms and racist riots in Belfast, Glasgow and Southampton are a wake-up call that our work is nowhere near done. Across the country, the far right is growing louder and more organised.

Those who push a message of racism and hate are getting more confident – and we will not stand back and watch it happen.

On Saturday 24 October, thousands of people will gather in London to organise, collaborate, and build the future together as part of two summits – North and South.

A space for organisers, campaigners, trade unionists, activists, creatives, educators, community leaders and local people to organise, collaborate and share strategies about how we stop the far right.

This is not a conference for people who sit back and listen.

It is a summit to build power and plan action.

Help us plan, organise and build together against the far right in local communities across the country.

Save the date and book your place.

Book seats on the Oxfordshire transport

Stay tuned for speaker announcements and more details soon.

Electronic Against Hate - 29th October at the Bullingdon

Let's party with a purpose - get bio's and early bird tickets here

This special Electronic Against Hate line-up that features two of the most exciting and provocative female electronic artists based in the UK.