2021 Update on Rotherham SP Branch.

In mid 2019, Rotherham, Barnsley and Doncaster Socialist Party branches merged temporarily into the South Yorkshire Branch, on the grounds that each branch had not been at full strength for some time and it was felt by members of each branch that joint meetings, with more people in attendance, would be more useful and inspiring.

Since March 2020, we have moved to online zoom meetings, apart from a brief spell in the summer when physical meetings were still possible.

Over the past few months in particular, we have had some really good meetings, and have seen a lot of new faces. So far in 2020 at least 12 participants have joined the discussion each week, and non-SP members have been welcome and encouraged to contribute.

Meeting topics for the coming weeks have yet to be agreed, but there will be reports from the Women's meeting, the Youth meetings, and discussions around organising for the May elections.

Obviously campaigning is limited to online activity for the most part, but standing TUSC candidates in the local elections in May will probably be the main project we will be working on together, with more localised TUSC public meetings being planned to try and bring other groups and activist into the coalition.