Alex Gillham, Leicester Socialist Party
Members from the Leicester, Nottingham, Northampton and Mansfield attended a Socialist Party meeting on 20 August. John Dale, Heather Rawling, Seamus Smyth and others reported from the successful summer event in Berlin, hosted by the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) – to which the Socialist Party is affiliated.
We heard from sessions on ‘Global capitalist turmoil – revolution and counter-revolution’, ‘50th anniversary of Pinochet’s coup in Chile’, and more. This led to an enthusiastic discussion about what the Socialist Party can do today, and the lessons that can be taken from the brutal attack on Allende’s popular leftist government in the 1970s.
A fantastic financial appeal by Ben Edge from the Northampton branch, and refreshments helped the region raise £234.14 to cover some of the costs of members who travelled to the CWI event, and £36.01 for the Socialist Party fighting fund. The number of people joining the Socialist Party across the East Midlands has increased over the past year. So it was a fantastic opportunity for members old and new to meet and discuss as we enter a new era of capitalism in crisis.
