Dani Thomas reviews Futurism at Tate Modern To mark the centenary of the futurist movement, the Tate Modern is now displaying what it describes as a “ground-breaking exhibition”. Despite this bold claim, the experience is actually rather low-key and captures little of the feverish drama of early 20th century Italian modernity. In 1909, FT Marinetti penned the ...
James Turley draws lessons from the Lindsey workers’ victory A protracted and hard-fought struggle has drawn to a close at the Lindsey oil refinery (LOR). And there is little doubt over who has come out on top - all the workers’ demands have been met, including the reinstatement of nearly 700 made redundant and sacked, guarantees ...
Unremarkable volte-face The SWP has raised more than a few eyebrows on the left with its coverage of the recent protests in Iran, writes Jim Grant Allies, opponents and even some members (the editors of the infamous Lenin’s Tomb blog, for example) expected either grim silence or tacit backing for the supposed victor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Yet it ...
Saturday 13 June, 11:00am - 4:00pm, at SOAS, Thornhaugh St/ Russell Square, London WC1. A conference to build the resistance. Supported by Visteon workers & Waterford Crystal Shop stewards. Registration £5 at www.righttowork.org.uk/
Saturday May 23, 11.00 : National demonstration. Assemble Highbury Fields, London N1. Organised by UCU and PCS branches
Saturday May 23, 15.00 : National demonstration, Trafalgar Square, London. Organised by United Campaign Against Police Violence: againstpoliceviolence.blogspot.com
This presentation was made at the Communist Students conference in April 2009. If you would like to get involved, or have any questions, then please get in touch. info@communiststudents.org.uk
Around 4pm on Tuesday afternoon around 30 students from London Metropolitan University (LMU) staged occupied the fifth floor of a University building on Commercial Road. The occupation took place in the context of threats to axe over 550 jobs at the institution. The university is greeted with massive bills from the Higher Education Funding Council ...
Israel's far-right Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, came to the British Foreign Office on Whitehall today to meet his counterpart, the British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband and the Shadow Foreign Secretary, William Hague, as part of his bid to strengthen ties between Europe and Israel. Members of Communist Students joined the Stop the War Coalition protest ...
Saturday May 16, 12.00 : Demonstration, central London ...
Tuesday May 12, 17.00 : Debate, with Swiss Revolutionary Socialist Organisation member Bastian Offenhauser. University of Manchester Students Union, meeting room 4, Oxford Road, Manchester M1. Organised by Manchester Communist Students: manchestercommuniststudents@googlemail.com
Saturday May 23, 14.00 : Sheffield University Students Union, Western Bank Road, Sheffield S10. Organised by Hands Off the People of Iran. Contact: www.hopoi.org email: office@hopoi.info
August 8-15, South London. Book Now! The CPGB's annual school - the Communist University - is different. It features sharp clashes of opinion ...