Birmingham Socialist Party
Next Meeting
Monday 14th May
What The Socialist Party Stands For
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.
Contact Us
We meet on a regular basis, and if you would like to discuss the idea's of socialism please contact us by phone or email.
Phone / Text: 07964 168 398
E-mail: Contact@birminghamsocialistparty.org.uk
Branch Programme
If you would like to get involved with or find out more about the Socialist Party, what we stand for and what we do locally, nationally and internationally, then please feel free to come along to one of our branch meetings in Birmingham. These are held every Monday evening from 7:30pm in the Boadroom of Bennets Pub, on Bennetts Hill in Birmingham city centre. The subjects and dates of our upcoming meetings vary and details can be found below.
Monday 14th May
What The Socialist Party Stands For
Monday 21st May
The Truth Behind The Public Pensions Dispute
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.
National Shop Stewards Network
The National Shop Stewards Network is an organisation that represents trade unionists from the grassroots. Organising mutual solidarity when trade unions are in dispute and sharing information to develop ways of successfully resisting attacks on our union rights, jobs, pay, conditions and pensions, the National Shop Stewards Network aims to build a movement that can help sweep the anti-union laws off the books and make them inoperable in the meantime.
Visit their site at www.shopstewards.net.
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.
