Birmingham
SR: Take down Birmingham spy cameras!
The erection of over 200 CCTV and Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) spy cameras in the Sparkbrook and Washwood Heath areas of the city, including 72 covert or hidden cameras, combines state racism, Islamophobia, the surveillance state and the “war on terror” all rolled up into one. They should be rejected completely and taken down […]
20Aug2010 | Admin. | 2 comments | Continued
Hugo Blanco in Birmingham
Tuesday, 19th October at 7.30 pm Socialist Resistance Forum: ‘Latin America: the Ecosocialist Alternative’ with Hugo Blanco. Venue: Bennett’s Bar, Bennetts Hill, Birmingham B2 5RS
12Aug2010 | terry | 0 comments | Continued
Hugo Blanco at Green Party Conference
Saturday, 11th September
Green Left/Socialist Resistance (fringe meeting event during the Green Party conference in Birmingham) ‘The Rise of the Green Left: Inside the Worldwide Ecosocialist Movement’ with Hugo Blanco and Derek Wall.
Venue: Cascade Suite, Copthorne Hotel, Paradise Place Birmingham B3 3HJ [pedestrian access from footbridge, between Paradise Forum and the War Memorial].
Birmingham: No cuts or redundancies! Build the resistance!
Birmingham’s ruling Tory / Liberal coalition are threatening to cut 2,000 jobs this year with 1000s more to follow, freeze the pay of 25,000 low paid workers and slash £75 million from the budget- cutting services to the bone to balance their books.
Jobs at risk include social services, libraries, sports centres, parks, museums, neighbourhood offices […]
Defeating the far right
The reappearance of the extreme right on the streets of Britain is a worrying development. The English Defence League (EDL) has organised explicitly Islamophobic demonstrations in several cities. The British National Party (BNP) won almost a million votes in the European elections; now has fifty seven councillors and while its leader, Nick Griffin’s, appearance on […]
3Nov2009 | Resistance | 2 comments | Continued
Build a mass anti-fascist movement and a broad, socialist party
Socialist Resistance’s anti-fascist bulletin, produced by our Birmingham branch, published its third issue a few weeks ago. It contained a powerful editorial outlining the need for a anti-fascist movement and a new broad socialist party. The whole bulletin can be downloaded as a pdf file from http://bit.ly/2ISO2D.
The recent demonstration against the BNP’s Red White & […]
Green Left- “Support Salma Yaqoob”
“Green Left calls upon our fellow Green Party members in Birmingham not to stand a candidate in the constituency of Birmingham Hall Green in the coming general election in order to give a strong, progressive and environmentally aware candidate the chance of taking the seat. We believe that Salma Yaqoob of Respect is the candidate […]
1Oct2009 | Green Left | 5 comments | Continued
Respect victorious in Birmingham’s Sparkbrook by-election
This was going to be a difficult battle for Respect. A by-election gave the mainstream parties the chance of pouring outside resources into Sparkbrook in a way that would not be possible in a full council election. And this they did. The unfortunate circumstance that led the previous Councillor to resign was used against Respect. […]
19Sep2009 | Administrator | 6 comments | Continued
Birmingham Socialist Resistance open letter to the Birmingham Socialist Left
No to a massive assault on jobs, wages, pensions and welfare! For a joint socialist left General Election Campaign in Birmingham! Support the Respect Candidate in the Sparkbrook by-election!
A government commission in the Irish republic has recommended cutting 17,500 public sector jobs (equivalent to a cut of 300,000 in Britain), cuts in wages, pensions and […]
A third slump? A second great depression?
Raphie de Santos used to be head of Equity Derivatives and Strategy at Goldman Sachs and is now a member of the Scottish Socialist Party. He is speaking at a meeting organised by Birmingham Socialist Resistance on Tuesday 16th December at 7.30pm Bennetts Bar, Bennetts Hill, Birmingham City Centre. Below is the text of the […]
16Nov2008 | News | 0 comments | Continued
Birmingham Socialist Resistance site launched
Socialist Resistance supporters in Birmingham have launched a new website.
Click here to visit it
Their next public meeting is on Tuesday 17th June at 7.30 in Bennett’s Bar at which Alan Thornett will be talking about the need for political trade unionism. Download the flyer from the link below.
Flyer.
28May2008 | Resistance | 0 comments | Continued
A View From Birmingham on the elections
In the context of a national swing to the right and in the aftermath of a recent split which has drained time, energy and resources, the Birmingham local election results can be counted as reasonably successful. Respect has survived.
Within that overall positive framework there is cause for celebration and some disappointment. The victory in […]
10May2008 | Resistance | 0 comments | Continued
ENA chant offensive slogan and ''EEDL'' while marching through peaceful independent shop area of Brighton.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK7n-tP_4hM 
