The Leeds and West Yorkshire branch hosted a public meeting in Huddersfield as a follow up to our campaigning to stop the cuts proposed by Kirklees council and against the war in Gaza. 7 people attended a meeting for the first time after finding out about the meeting via campaigning around Huddersfield. Louie Fulton, Leeds…
Across the country, hundreds of thousands of people had turned out to demonstrate against the brutal murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers and the wider issues of police violence and racism in society. These protests have been vibrant, multi-racial affairs, with young people in particular striving for answers on how to end racism…
Below we print two reports – firstly from the counter-demo to a right-wing ‘Yellow Vests’ protest in Leeds and then from a public meeting the Socialist Party called in response to an attempt to disrupt one of our meetings a fortnight ago. About 100 right-wing ‘yellow vest’ protesters gathered in Leeds city centre, outside the…
Statement by Leeds Socialist Party Leeds Socialist Party’s branch meeting was harassed by individuals calling themselves “Antifa Watch” on the evening of Monday 7 January. They entered our meeting place, filming, and threatening our members and supporters verbally and physically. Socialist Party members did not rise to the provocation, and bar staff assisted by escorting…
Socialist Students and the Socialist Party held a public vote at the RMT’s picket line at Leeds station this Saturday, which graphically demonstrated public support for striking RMT workers on Northern Rail. Lots of people were keen to get involved and show their support for the striking workers in their struggle against DOO – Driver…
Dean Meehan (1962-2015) Socialist Party members were shocked to learn of the death of Dean Meehan at the age of 53. Due to ill-health Dean was never as active as he would have liked, undoubtedly a source of frustration to him as he seemed to comment every time we spoke. He was passionate about…
