It has been a rocky few weeks for the far right. Flavio Bolsonaro fled Brazil after losing the election, Trump got a hammering in the mid terms  and Reform UK are polling the lowest they have in two years. Their side can be beaten - but it won't be the politics of the centre that does it. 
 
What is needed is a mass, militant anti-fascist movement and more struggle from below like the revolt in France, the strikes against the genocide 10 days ago and the protests across Europe. The Youth Strike and protests called for Friday 20 November are an opportunity to bring the revolt to Britain.   

The far right is hurting, but not beaten. Building up the anti-racist movement and struggles is crucial if we are to break Restore Britain, halt the fascists on the streets and counter the rise of Reform UK. This requires constructing Stand Up to Racism into the kind of force that has roots in every working class community. 
 
300 people joined the Stand Up to Racism counter against the far right in York on Saturday. Over 100 came to the Bristol Stand Up to Racism summit. This Saturday sees another wave of unity demonstrations in Liverpool, North, South and West London, plus the counter-protest to the Oxfordshire  Patriot's hate march in Oxford and reform's attempt to elevate a white supremacist in Oxford University. 

Across the country SUTR is confronting the far right - but we need it to be bigger and more rooted.   

This week:

11/11 - Public meeting - "After the mid-terms: Are Trump and MAGA in decline?"

14/11 Protest against Oxfordshire Patriots racist hate march

Coming events:

17/11 Protest against white supremacist Nathan Cofnas speaking at Oxford University

18/11 SWSS meeting - Robinson, Reform and Restore Britain: the changing dynamics of the far right

20/11 International Youth strike against war

28/11 Marxism in a day - Revolutionary ideas for a world in crisis

See below for more details.

Next Oxford and Thames Valley SWP meeting - all welcome

After the mid terms:  

Are Trump and MAGA in decline

7PM Wednesday 11th November

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

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

The political centre was triumphalist last week as it became clear that Donald Trump’s far right Republicans had taken one hell of a shellacking in US midterm voting. 

Some believe that the tide is turning against the far right - but is this dangerous complacency?

Marine Le Pen is contesting for the presidency of France, and the AfD is coming closer to power, and their are other avenues for the far right, including the black clad forces of patriot Platform.

The rise of the right is tied to the failure of social democratic parties - without change why should the fortunes of the far right not rise again?

Join the discussion tomorrow.
 

Next Oxford Socialist Worker Student Society meeting - all welcome

Public meeting

Robinson, Reform and Restore Britain: the changing dynamics of the far right

7 PM Wednesday 

18th Nov

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

Hosted by Oxford SWSS
 
 

UNITE AGAINST RACIST DIVISION

OXFORD SAYS NO TO HATE  - FASCISTS NOT WELCOME

OPPOSE THE ‘STOP THE BOATS’ HATE MARCH

Assemble 1:30PM  Saturday 14th November, Carfax Tower

The fascist group Oxfordshire Patriots have announced a “stop the boats” hate march in Oxford town centre on 14th November.

They support Britain’s #1 fascist, Tommy Robinson, and his hench-man Danny Tommo, leader of the balaclava wearing, paramilitary inspired, Patriot Platform.

They are part of a movement of ‘patriot’ groups who have been trying to whip up racist mobs on our streets.

Some of the recent ‘patriot’ protests have see violence against emergency workers, including the RNLI, that have lead to arrests. Oxfordshire patriots fored the cancellation of a local fundraiser for the RNLI!

Last year Oxfordshire Patriots held racist protests outside an Oxford hotel housing people awaiting outcomes of asylum applications.

The Patriots campaign collapsed in the face of larger public opposition to their hate.

Now they want to re-launch their racist hate campaign on Oxford’s streets bouyed up by the surge in protests by other far right  ‘patriot’ groups.

Fascists should never be allowed to assemble unopposed. Join us to drown out the Oxfordshire Patriots’ message of hate on 14th Nov.  
 

FAR RIGHT OFF CAMPUS

WHITE SUPREMACIST 

NATHAN COFNAS

NOT WELCOME IN OXFORD

Assemble 5PM Oriel Square,  OX1 4EW  

Nathan Cofnas is a white supremacist and self described “race realist” who believes black people are inferior due to their race. He helped fuel the racist witch-hunt against Professor Jason Arday. Now Oxford’s Reform UK Society has invited him to speak at Oriel College.

Reform blames racism in its ranks on “bad apples”, yet it’s giving some of the worst racist ideas in society a platform.

Black students and staff should never have to debate their right to belong. We call on Oriel College and Oxford University to refuse to host this event and for everyone to protest if the event goes ahead.

Exposed: Antisemitic and fascist networks behind Oxford University Reform’s ‘race science’ event with Nathan Cofnas

Over 30,000 people have signed a statement launched by Stand Up to Racism with BLMUK, penned by students and signed by Beverley Knight, Misan Harriman, Zawe Ashton, Afua Hirsch, Diane Abbott plus MPs, academics and campaigners.

The statement calls for a mass protest at Oriel College on 17 November. 

Colour flyers and posters promoting the protest against Cofnas are now available.  Email contact@oxfordstanduptoracism for supplies of materials or to get active in the campaign to stop Cofnas speaking.  
 

Contact admin@oxfordswss.uk for more information on local action

This autumn, we call on students and young people across Europe to rise up, strike and mobilise on November 20.

The world is on fire

The world we are growing up in is shaped by a system that ignores people’s needs. The exploitation of workers, climate breakdown and war are not failures of the system but the essence of capitalism. The rise of militarization, authoritarianism and the dismantling of the welfare state are not separate problems but all symptoms of a crisis of global capitalism.

Military spending is reaching historic highs while education, healthcare, housing and public services are sacrificed to finance rearmament. Programs such as ReArm Europe (which aims to invest 800 billion euros), the expansion of military alliances like NATO and growing calls for conscription are preparing our generation for war instead of guaranteeing our future. NATO does not defend peace; it has repeatedly advanced imperial interests through military intervention, escalation and the protection of geopolitical and economic power – and because of this should be dissolved.

Western imperialism, spearheaded by the Trump administration in the US, is imposing rearmament plans that are fanatically applauded by the European ruling class and supported by conservative and far-right governments in Europe and around the world.

But it is not just reactionary forces; this militaristic spiral has also found enthusiastic support among various social-democratic governments that have approved record military budgets.

From Palestine to Sudan, from Lebanon to Iran, from Venezuela to Cuba, peoples across the world continue to suffer imperial attacks – occupations, military interventions, sanctions, colonial domination and genocide carried out in the name of geopolitical and economic interests.