Following on from our previous post, 'Defend Sam Godwin', I've just received this news from UCL Antiwar via a Facebook group set up to support the anti-war stance of UCL union's last general meeting: Dear All: We've won a major victory in getting our General Secretary restored to her Union post and UCL's annual general meeting's policy ...
Video footage from Channel M just in: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1328266039/bctid1517402038 Indymedia report and photos (including a nice one of our comrade Chris Strafford) here: https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/04/397250.html Manchester University Politics Society article: http://www.manchesterpolitics.co.uk/reclaim-the-uni-demo/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just to let readers know that around 300 students at Manchester University occupied the Arthur Lewis building on their campus yesterday following a 'Reclaim the Uni' protest. The massively ...
This year's NUS conference voted to support a motion (moved by Workers Power youth group Revo) calling for NUS to lobby the government for a ban of far-right websites such as Redwatch. Vicky T, an anti-fascist and libertarian communist, who was also a delegate from Manchester University at NUS conference, explains why she opposed this ...
Part One Torab Saleth of Hands Off the People of Iran looks at the nature of the Iranian regime and its relationship with the United States. He describes the history of the conflict and goes behind the current media speculation to explain what is really going on in the Middle East. Part Two Torab Saleth responds to questions ...
The government's Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills has just published a strategy document entitled, 'Higher Education at Work – High Skills: High Value'. You can read it here on the DIUS website. Quite rightly the University and College Union have been highly critical of the government's plans to give even greater influence to business. ...
Communist Students member James Turley has written this contribution to a debate over the future of Education Not for Sale and the tasks of the student left in the aftermath of NUS conference: 'Solidarity' or the politics of Marxism The annual conference of the National Union of Students was nothing if not dramatic. The main event was ...
Leeds Hopi launch meeting: Thursday May 1, 6.30pm Venue: Kadas Cafe, 5 Crown Street (near the Corn Exchange), LS2 7DA. Click here for a map. Speakers: Yassamine Mather (Hopi national secretary) Cliff Slaughter (Movement for Socialism) Lee Rock (PCS-personal capacity and CPGB) Martin Hemingway (Green Party Euro candidate for Yorkshire and Humberside region) and a local Iranian speaker. Click here to download the ...
Here we publish a letter that has been sent to Communist Student from comrade Charlie Pottins. The issue of an academic boycott is certainly one that has not been debated fully or seriously by most of the left, so we hope that this letter can stimulate some debate here on our blog... Dear Comrades, After hearing that ...
Following the success of last year's CU North, Communist Students at Sheffield are organising another one. This will be a fantastic two days of ideas and debate and all are welcome. Saturday 3rd May 11-5pm: Iran and world imperialism - Yassamine Mather (HOPI & Workers Left Unity - Iran) Nature of the Soviet Union - James Turley (CPGB) ...
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Here is our full report of NUS conference, following on from the teaser produced midway through conference by Dave Isaacson. Although the right’s governance review was not passed at this year’s National Union of Students conference, the fragmented left suffered a series of defeats. Chris Strafford and Ben Klein report If last year was a rightwing orgy, ...
Below is a press release from the Committee in Defence of Mahmoud Salehi For Immediate Release: April 6, 2008- According to the Committee in Defense of Mahmoud Salehi, Mahmoud Salehi, a well known and one of the most courageous labour leaders in Iran, was finally released today, Sunday, April ...