At a National Union of Students extraordinary conference yesterday, the NUS leadership got what they have been wanting for some time. They have gutted NUS of the bulk of its already pitifully cramped internal democracy; after the passing of the governance review by a two-thirds majority at a previous extraordinary conference on November 12 2008, ...
Commander in chief As George Bush hands over the reins of power, James Turley looks at what to expect from the new man Saturday January 10 was quite a day for anti-imperialists. Around the country, many thousands protested against the obscene Israeli assault on the Gaza strip - the London demonstration saw over 100,000 by the most ...
Press release LSE STUDENTS SECOND UNIVERSITY TO HOLD OCCUPATION WITH MORE UNIVERSITIES ABOUT TO JOIN Over forty pro Palestine students have occupied a lecture theatre at the London School of Economics to demand that the university releases a statement condemning the attack on Gaza and divests from arms companies that supply the Israeli military. Students entered the Old ...
This from SOAS.... Following a packed UGM, SOAS students marched to the directors office demanding he release a statement condemning the attacks on Gaza and demanding an exhibition glorifying the military be kicked off campus. After the Director's refusal SOAS students moved to the Brunei gallery where they remain currently. At present there are community police ...
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Leeds: Monday January 12, 19.15 : What to do when the US bombs Iran? Discussion on the threats to Iran and planning this year’s work. Headingley Community Centre. Organised by Leeds Hopi: 01943 468012; neoretrodude@gmail.com
Public meeting organised by Hands Off the People of Iran Gaza: what’s going on? 7pm, Wednesday January 21 Room 2B23,Strand Campus, King's College, London (tube: Temple) With hundreds dead and thousands injured, this latest barbaric Zionist onslaught is causing unprecedented suffering and crisis for the people of Gaza. What lies behind this latest naked expression of Israeli ...
STOP THE WAR ANNUAL CONFERENCE MARCH 14-15 SOUTH CAMDEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL CHARRINGTON STREET LONDON NW1 1RG Supporters of Communist Students and Hands Off the People of Iran are urged to make sure that they are members of Stop the War and attend this conference. Last year both groups were denied affiliation to Stop the War on the most ...
Thursday April 2, London : peace and social justice demo at the G20 meeting. Called by Stop the War and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Saturday January 10, 11.00 : Friends Meeting House, Euston Road, London. Called by RMT (www.rmt.org.uk).
CS London meeting - Reading Marx’s Capital. This week we are looking at chapter 3 of Capital volume 1. The relevant chapter can be found here: http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch03.htm There are also useful videos by David Harvey on reading Capital at: http://www.davidharvey.org/ As ever, following our discussion of the text, we will go on to discuss recent political events and ...
Lars T Lih is an acclaimed scholar living in Canada. Ben Lewis spoke to him about his book, Lenin rediscovered: ‘What is to be done?’ in context (2006) and some of the questions it raises for the left in understanding its own history and tradition One of the themes of Lenin rediscovered was Lenin’s closeness to ...
The Shministim are Israeli high school students who have been imprisoned for refusing to serve in an army that occupies the Palestinian Territories. http://december18th.org/ Who are the Shministim? Shministim means “twelfth-graders” in Hebrew. Military service is mandatory after high school for young Jewish Israelis. The Shministim are Israeli youth who refuse to serve in the army ...