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Corbyns campaign shows the mood for change

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n Saturday well know if left wing

MP Jeremy Corbyn has won the
election for Labour Party leader.
Weve been told for years that
no politician who stood out against
austerity, racism and war could ever be
elected.
Yet Jeremy Corbyn has spoken to
thousands of people across Britain
and received such widespread support
precisely because he opposes austerity
and the austerity-lite that Ed
Miliband and Labour offered up at
the last general election.
Weve also been told that anyone
who speaks out for refugees and
against racism is a vote loser.
In the last election Tory and
Labour politicians alike tried to ape
the racist policies of Nigel Farage and
UKIP to win votes.

Refugees

But over recent days weve seen a wave

of sympathy and support for refugees
fleeing poverty and war sweep across
Europe.
There have already been big
demonstrations in British towns and
cities in defence of refugees and tens
of thousands are set to march in their
defence this weekend.
Something big is changing in
British politics.
The referendum campaign and the
huge vote for the Scottish National
Party in the general election showed
how things had shifted North of the
border. The Corbyn campaign shows
that things are changing in England
and Wales too.
But even if Corbyn is elected the
Tories will still be in power. We cant
wait four more years to fight back
because the attacks on working class
people are happening now!

National demonstration

No to austerity
Rage against
the Tories
Sunday 4 October, Manchester

Demonstration at Tory Party conference

called by the Trades Union Congress.
Followed by a week of events across the
city organised by the Peoples Assembly
Against Austerity.

Cameron wants to keep stirring up

racism against refugees and to use the
refugee crisis as an excuse for more
illegal bombing in Syria.
The Tories anti-union Trade Union
Bill is set for its second reading in
Parliament on Monday 14 September.
This new anti-union bill seeks to
tie the hands of the trade unions and
prevent them mounting effective
resistance to attacks from the Tories
and the employers.
On Sunday 4 October the TUC
has called a protest at the Tory Party
conference in Manchester against
austerity and for workers rights.
We all should mobilise for a huge
protest in Manchester and for a mass
turnout against the Tories Trade

Union Bill at the TUC lobby of

parliament in London on Monday 2
November.
And all the time we have to fight
the attempts to divide working class
people. Its not refugees that are
selling off our hospitals and schools or
holding down wages its the Tories
and their rich friends. We should say
that refugees are welcome here.
Lets hope that Jeremy Corbyn is
elected on Saturday.
But as weve seen in Greece where
the radical Syriza government has
come to grief, even if a Corbyn
government was elected it would still
face the power of unelected bankers
and bosses.

Movement

We need a movement that is strong

enough to take on those fat cats, and
to defeat austerity. That means taking
to the streets on 4 October.
But it also means we need the
kind of powerful strike action that
can derail David Camerons plans for
good.
The TUC meets this weekend in
Brighton. Our union leaders need to
lead real resistance. That means calling
action and striking back to win.

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