Manchester CS public meeting
6pm, Thursday 20th October
Cameron Committee Room on 3rd floor of MMU
**Meeting postponed on 13th October**
The Middle East and North Africa have seen a wave of uprisings against decades-old dictatorships which sought to stifle all dissent. Oppression and grinding exploitation at the hands of both local tyrants and Western capital lies behind the recent … read this post
Manchester CS public meeting
6pm, Thursday 6th October
Cameron Committee Room on 3rd floor of MMU
Most of the left are calling for a general strike against the cuts. At this meeting we will be examining this tactic and its limitations. An introduction will be given by a CS member, followed by plenty of time for discussion and debate. All … read this post
Manchester CS public meeting
6pm, Thursday 29th September
Cameron Committee Room on 3rd floor of MMU
What began with a ‘few bad apples’ in the finance sector has been revealed as a full-blown crisis of global capitalism, and the working class is being made to pay. What are the particular features of this crisis, and how can communists aid in … read this post
Manchester CS public meeting
6pm, Thursday 22nd Sept
Cameron Committee Room on 3rd floor of MMU
An introduction will be given by a CS member heavily involved in the student movement of last year and we are hoping a good debate and discussion will follow the initial talk.
Contact us for more info:
manchestercommuniststudents@googlemail.com… read this post
What is the Marxist stance on violence? Is a peaceful revolution against capitalism possible, or must all political power come from the ‘barrel of a gun’? And what do we make of the left-wing terrorists in the 1970’s, or today’s Black Block? Join Communist Students at our next public meeting to discuss these questions.
Public Meeting and Discussion
6.00 pm, … read this post
Bulletin for students and workers distributed by Manchester CS branch. If you would like to write for the Educator, contact us at info@communiststudents.org.uk
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CS member Mark Harrison is standing as an NUS conference delegate during this week’s election at Manchester Metropolitan University. All MMU students can vote for him from 9am on Monday the 29th of November until 5pm on Friday the 3rd of December by clicking ‘Student Login’ on the student union website, after entering your details you can vote here.
Mark … read this post
Leaflet distributed in Manchester today during the national day of protest against tuition fees and education cuts.
As the new term started, Manchester CS found that the mood has changed on campus, writes Chris Strafford.
As students flooded back the Manchester branch of Communist Students was out to greet them. Apart from the usual conversations about Stalin, the Soviet Union and Cuba, many wanted to discuss the cuts, not just in higher education but across society. Here … read this post
Distributed by members of CS Manchester branch on the 2010 May Day march. Click image to download PDF.
Chris Strafford reports on an artistic and engaging campaign
Communist Students stood two candidates in last week’s elections to the University of Manchester student union: Cat Rylance for general secretary and Robi Folkard for academic affairs. Cat won 17% of the vote on a communist platform which stressed democracy – within the student movement, the university and wider society. We … read this post
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Matthew Cobb, lifelong communist and author of ‘Resistance: The French Fight Against the Nazi’s’ spoke on the role of communists in the movement to expel the Nazi occupiers and overthrow the colloborationist government under Marshall Petain. He gave comrades an account of the myriad of resistance groups and the oppression they faced both in the occupied and non-occupied zone.
The ongoing row over Men’s groups who deal with men’s “issues” has now gone national. Last night Cat Rylance (Manchester Communist Students and CS Executive) defended women’s liberation on BBC News 24, against Alex Linsey, founder of Man Collective Oxford- video below. Cat also appeared in the Guardian yesterday.
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