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T

he election matters. A Tory-led

government will mean a shattering
assault on the NHS, benefits, and
pay. It would consciously use racism to
foster division and weaken opposition
to austerity.
It will ram through even more antiunion laws, worsen the housing crisis
and seek to roll back all the gains
workers have made since the Second
World War.
Labour says it will break from Tory
policies and has made some modest
promises of change. But Ed Miliband
also insists he will cut the deficit,
hold down spending and continue to
implement austerity.
Labours manifesto states, The
first line of Labours first Budget
will be: This Budget cuts the deficit
every year. It wont be an end to cuts,
or taking back the NHS from the
privateers or a decent minimum wage:
the first line will be dancing to the
tune of the financial markets. Labour is
no real alternative to the Tories.

Atmosphere

UKIP has shamelessly used outrageous

racism in an effort to grab votes. It
poisons the political atmosphere and
the main parties far too often go along
with Nigel Farages lies.
Millions of people are to the left
of the traditional parties. In Scotland
the polls show Labour is going to be
virtually annihilated by the rise of the
SNP.
When they appear on the televised
debates, there is real support for the
Greens and Plaid Cymru as well.
All these parties win support
because they are stronger against
austerity, dont join in with the racist
scapegoating and want to get rid of

The Stand Up to Racism protest last month Photo: TheWeeklyBull @Flickr

Trident nuclear weapons.

But we need to go much further than
the Greens, the SNP and Plaid to break
with the bosses system and fight for a
world where people come before profit.
That is why the Socialist Workers
Party, the Socialist Party, the RMT
union and independent socialists have
joined to offer an election challenge in
over 130 constituencies through the
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition.
The SWP is also centrally involved in
the Stand Up to UKIP campaign which
is taking on the battle against Farage.
And we helped to organise the
vibrant anti-racist demonstrations on
21 March in London, Glasgow and
Cardiff.

We want you to be part of the fight

against austerity, racism and climate
change.
We want you to join the SWP to be
part of a stronger, more united left.
We need to offer credible solutions
to the crisis in workers lives, the
absence of real democracy in society
and the failure of official politics.
The immense gulf between the
traditional parties and voters has
created the conditions for new forces
to emerge. Russell Brand is popular
because he says the system is broken
and the media lie. Millions agree.

Explosions

Whoever is elected in May, the

economic squeeze will grind on, and
social explosions are inevitable.
We need to push for more strikes
and stronger workers organisation.
The so-called recovery means
nothing to the vast majority of people
in Britain. When Cameron speaks he
describes a fantasy Britain of prosperity
for all which does not exist.
This is a time of turmoil. Join the
SWP today to fight for a socialist
future and an end to racism and
oppression.

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