Together with some comrades, I joined the Stand Up To Racism demonstration
in Birmingham at the weekend.
The thugs and scum from the fascist rag bag Britain First held a
gathering. This collection of pond-life held a "national" rally. An
estimated 140 of them were able to find their way from under their stones
to Birmingham.
All holding two flags each and just about being able to put one foot in
front of the other they staggered to Victoria Square, where, to the
disgrace of Labour controlled Birmingham City Council they were allowed to
put up a giant screen and spit out their race hate and anti-working class
venom.
I estimate that there were around 200 anti-fascists from Birmingham and
area. marching and chanting:
I went to join the pickets at Birmingham Bin Strike today at the depot in
Tyseley.
Didn't see any trucks move this morning. The strike started in March when
Labour controlled Birmingham City Council announced they were going to cut
the pay of safety critical workers on the re-cycling trucks by £8,000 a
year.
They followed this up with announcing they were also going to cut refuse
vehicle drivers pay by £8,000 a year. Starmer and Rayner are now giving
Birmingham City Council money to employ agency workers to break the
strike.
Birmingham City Council are in a financial mess because the owe the
government £3bn. Ask yourself this - why doesn't Starmer and Rayner write
off Birmingham's debt then they would n't have to be giving the council
money to employ agedncy workers to break the strike? The answers simple -
Starmer wants to destroy the unions.
Every year more people are killed at work than n wars. Most don't ale of
mystery aliments, or in tragic accidents" They dle Because an employer
decided ther safety Just wasn't that important a priority.
The theme for this year is Occupational heath and safely: A fundamental
right at work. There is an additional focus on the Impact of Artificial
Intelligence (AI) and digitisation on occupational health and Safety.
Every branch meeting of the Coventry and Warwickshire Communist Party
includes a political education session.
Our next meeting focuses on Thesis on Feuerbach and the one after will be
on The Rise of the Far Right, in June we will look at Marxism and Feminism
and in July Preface - A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy.
On March 25th Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC) National Secretary, Bernard
Regan, was the keynote speaker at Coventry and Warwickshire CSC meeting.
The focus for the meeting was Cuba’s support for the struggle by the
Palestinian people. The background and history of the Cuban people’s
support for the Palestinians was explored by Bernard in his well-received
presentation.
Members of Coventry and Warwickshire Communist Party were joined by
comrades from Birmingham, Stoke and Leicester at the counter-demonstration
against the fascist Britain First.
I was out with comrades from Coventry and Warwickshire Communist Party
branch on Saturday in Coventry city centre campaigning about the housing
crisis.
