Ben Lewis reports on the lack of ambition witnessed at the seventh London Student Assembly. Around 40 comrades attended the February 6 London Student Assembly. The majority of them were far-left activists from groups such as the Socialist Workers Party, Counterfire and Workers Power, together with several anarchists and one comrade from the ...
Should the left 'defend multiculturalism'? James Turley looks at the reactions to David Cameron's weekend speech. Last weekend saw some peculiarly malign coincidences for all those opposed to the onward march of racist and bigoted ideology. Most frivolously, the BBC was forced to issue a formal apology on Friday after the three stars ...
This weekend will unfortunately see the clash of three different national conferences, all in London. On Saturday the 12th of Feb, Hands Off the People of Iran are holding their annual AGM at the University of London Union on Malet Street from 10am - 5pm. John McDonnell MP will be speaking at the launch of a ...
James Turley argues that those wishing to rid the world of the sexist idiocy of Andy Gray and Richard Keyes must set their sights higher. It has been a bit of a rollercoaster for Rupert Murdoch's media empire these last few weeks. While the occasional Murdoch nemesis, Tommy Sheridan, has been sent ...
Ben Lewis reports on a promising weekend of student action and plans for the battles ahead. If one image best summarises the radical transformation of the student movement within the last year, it is that of a rather concerned policeman escorting the supine National Union of Students president, Aaron Porter, from last Saturday's ...
Leaflet distributed at last week's National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts conference in London.
From RevLeft - UPR Students Clash with Riot Police at University Plaza by CMI-Puerto Rico Friday - pr@indymedia.org Spanish source with photos: http://pr.indymedia.org/news/2011/01/46923.php Translator's note: For those who haven't followed, this is the next chapter in a nine-month-long struggle at the University of Puerto Rico. Since the first 60-day long strike last April, students have used ...
The people have succeeded in sending one dictatorial president packing. But the old regime remains intact. James Turley argues for a pan-Arab revolution led by the working class Kept quietly out of the western media for decades, Tunisia has now hit the news with a bang. After weeks of protests, the Tunisian president finally gave ...
The central committee brushed differences under the carpet at the Socialist Workers Party annual conference. James Turley reports If Ed Miliband were to be pressed into stepping down from the Labour leadership and the shadow cabinet announced that the top job should go to Alan Johnson, one would expect Labour Party members to ...
On Sunday January 12 around 150 student activists attended the fifth London Student Assembly at the University of London Union. Ben Lewis reports Numerous interventions came from seasoned left activists belonging to groups like Counterfire, the Socialist Workers Party, Socialist Party in England and Wales, Alliance for Workers’ Liberty, Workers Power - and also ...
Bulletin being distributed by members of Manchester Communist Students this week. Click below to see the PDFs. Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 850 copies have been printed. More students and workers are encouraged to get involved.
CS members Alfred Stevens originally wrote this for 'The Commune' website. The 1,200 striking workers at Europe’s biggest food manufacturing plant, the Heinz factory in Kitt Green of Wigan, suffered the first defeat in their ongoing struggle against the management and owners of the company, as the senior stewards decided to call off the 24 hour ...
Below is a statement in response to the article by James Turley 'Against the politics of purity' and the statement by Manchester comrades 'No support for Labour - No support for the LRC'. This is part of the debate in the lead up to our conference in March that will decide our perspectives for the ...