Radio Resistance (Chesterfield) -
Past broadcasts from 2013


Boxing Day, 26th December, 2013
The Boxing Day broadcast features reports on:
- Afghanistan - mission accomplished?
- Text Santa - patronising charity drivel
- St Mungo's charity workers strike at Hitchin, Herts
- Chesterfield SWP branch meeting on Pirates - A Democratic Experiment

plus audio of Tony Cliff (founder member of the SWP) speaking on Lenin

Since there is no Socialist Worker newspaper until the New Year, the News has been replaced on this broadcast by a News Round-Up from Socialist Review magazine

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20th December, 2013
(Pre-Xmas broadcast)

In this week's broadcast:
- Bedroom Tax evictions and "Pay Your Rent" propaganda campaigns by councils
- Firefighters' strikes on Xmas Eve and New Years Eve
- SWP conference report
- "live" recording of SWP Chesterfield branch meeting on Nelson Mandela
- Lenin and his mis-representation by Stalin etc

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13th December, 2013
Part 1:
In this broadcast:
- Nelson Mandela's death and his legacy
- 11% pay rise for MPs
- Firefighters strike this weekend
- "How To Train Up A Child" book promotes child abuse
- UPS parcel workers' strike on 20th December

Consider this brief broadcast Part 1;
a 'special' Radio Resistance broadcast is planned for later this week, with a slightly different format but we think you'll like it :)


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Part 2:
A rather different format, as Radio Resistance (Chesterfield) is taken over, in a reggae style :)
Includes:
- NEWS courtesy of Socialist Worker newspaper
- Root causes of war
Origins of Dub music

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6th December, 2013
In this week's broadcast:
- Does IQ correlate to success?
- Pornography - should it be banned?
- Child pornography - our view

Plus a recording of last week's Chesterfield SWP branch meeting on "Can there be a revolution in Britain?"

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29th November, 2013
In this week's broadcast:
- Iran nuclear agreement
- idea to change Tories' name to National Liberal Party
- Bristol viligante murder of an innocent immigrant
- Maoism

and recordings of:
- SWP Chesterfield branch meeting - Is revolution possible in Britain?
- Discussion of the campaign against fire service cuts (Lucretia)


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22nd November, 2013
In this week's broadcast:
- Cameron's attack on trade unions
- Police spying on student groups and repression of student protests
- What is Leninism?

Plus 'outside broadcasts' from:
- SWP Chesterfield branch meeting on natural disasters
- Chesterfield Stop The War meeting; anti-drone direct action at RAF Waddington

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15th November 2013
This week's broadcast has a features on:
- Philippines typhoon - a natural disaster?
- Tory PM Dave Cameron claims the Lib Dems are holding him back from going even further (wtf??)
- Energy companies whinge about profits
- Greek police raid on occupied state broadcaster ERT

plus
- Chris Nineham of Stop The War Coalition talks about the War Of Terror at Chesterfield STW meeting
- Lee Jasper of Black Activists Rising Against Cuts (BARAC) speaking at Unite The Resistance national conference
- aircheck of "DJ Comrade" on Chesterfield area pirate Starforce FM, from 1997

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8th November 2013

This week's broadcast features:
- NAPO probation officers' strike, including speeches at rally
- "Unite Nations" "inspection" of Chesterfield Atos
- Janet Alder of Orgreave Truth & Justice Campaign speaking at Sheffield SWP "Reform Or Revolution" meeting
- Appeal Court ruling against government on Work Programme - Poundland case
- Blacklisting - legality of offshore blacklists
Chesterfield & District TUC appeal for solidarity re food banks

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1st November 2013

In this broadcast :
- Migration - birds and humans
- "Unite Nations" coming "inspection" of Atos in Chesterfield
- Mental illness and offensive Halloween costumes

and speeches from
- Weyman Bennett, UAF national secretary, at Sheffield SWP public meeting
- Ronnie Draper, of the BFAWU bakers' union, at Unite The Resistance national conference

Listener feedback

and music with a Halloween theme

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25th October, 2013
In this week's broadcast:
- Nuclear power, Grangemouth oil refinery, and energy policy
- DPAC speaker Keira Doyle speaks at Unite The Resistance national conference
- Racism against Roma and Travellers
- Should families look after elderly relatives
- Description of blacklisting (recorded at Unite The Resistance national conference)

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18th October, 2013

Features this week include:
- Racism among letting agents and private landlords
- report on Saturday's We Are Bradford counter-demo against the EDL
- Amsterdam Museum of the Dutch Resistance in World War 2
- Weyman Bennett, UAF chair, speaking at Liverpool's counter-demo against the EDL
- excerpt from SWP Chesterfield branch meeting about South America - focus on Brazil
- details of Unite The Resistance national conference in central London, on Saturday 19th October
- how to contact Radio Resistance

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11th October, 2013

This week's broadcast has features on:
- EDL, Tommy Robinson's resignation, and the Bradford anti-EDL demo
- Greek anti-Golden Dawn protests
- Establishment propaganda dressed up as TV "entertainment"
- excerpt from SWP Chesterfield branch meeting on South America
- Dale Farm eviction - 2nd anniversary
- Fire service cuts
- Socialist Worker appeal

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4th October, 2014
This week's broadcast has reports on:
- September 29th Manchester demo at the Tory Party conference, including speech by Len McCluskey
- Firefighters' dispute and the pensions "crisis"
- Teachers' strike and rally in Sheffield (Jeannie)
- Bradford counter-demo to EDL (Jane)
- Government plans to cut benefits to people under 25
- November 5th anti-Atos action (Lesley)

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27th September, 2014

This week's broadcast includes:
- September 29th protest in Manchester outside Tory Party conference
- Sheffield anti-EDL demo, speeches and chat with Asian youth
- Labour, Miliband and one nation
- Billy Hayes of CWU talks to Sheffield Peoples Assembly about Royal Mail privatisation
- Teachers' strike on Tuesday 1st October

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