Dear all,

In the last few weeks we’ve come into contact with hundreds of people all across the UK who want to see a new anticapitalist party in Britain.

We have been inundated with messages of support. The Facebook group has now grown to over 420 people.

Please keep the momentum up – sign up friends and family, raise the Call in your union branch, student union and community campaigns. We’ve got a lot of support from striking postal workers. They will be on strike again between Thursday and Saturday of this week, so support picket lines and take copies of the Call for a New Anticapitalist Party down to them.

Rise of far right shows need for left alternative
Perhaps this support for the call is not surprising given events last week, which saw Nick Griffin, the leader of the BNP, dominate the agenda of Question Time, the BBC’s flagship political debate programme. Whilst Griffin’s racism was “exposed”, mainstream politicians on the programme competed with each other over who would be the toughest on migrants after the next election –  giving Griffin just what he wanted.

The programme provided yet more evidence of the desperate need for a party which supports freedom of movement, fights for the rights of migrants against the racist lies of the BNP, and which points the finger of blame at the bosses and their system – capitalism. Without such a party, the BNP will continue to gain publicity and support.

Upcoming events not to be missed
The Question Time debate makes it particularly important to demonstrate against another far-right group on the rise – the fascist English Defence League who will be marching in Leeds on Saturday 31 October. Let’s make sure that we drive them off the streets again like youth in Birmingham did over the summer when the EDL attempted to march there.

Two more events coming up in the near future are:

· The RMT conference coming up on 7 November on the crisis of working class political representation. It will take place in the Camden centre, London between 11am and 3pm.

· Another national event coming up, Anticapitalism: the capitalist crisis and the working class resistance on 14-15 November and is not to be missed.

A rally has been set aside for the Call for a New Anticapitalist Party on the Saturday between 5.45 and 7.45pm with speakers who have signed the call discussing how we can take the campaign forward.

The event will take place at Caxton House, St Johns Way, LONDON N19 3RQ near Archway tube and will be full of debate and discussion, with a speaker from the NPA in France (in a personal capacity) and a German speaker talking about new political parties in their countries. Over the weekend anticapitalism, working class resistance to the crisis and new left parties parties will be the recurring themes of discussion.

Many thanks for your support for the call.

John
Call for a New Anticapitalist Party
anticapitalistparty@gmail.com
http://www.anticapitalistparty.org.uk