James O'Leary responds to questions about the government's plans for education and how it will effect us. The Government is set to pass legislation that will implement the reforms proposed in the recently published Browne report.* It proposes a complete overhaul to the way in which Higher Education is funded. The cap is either going ...
Condemn 'Cyber Warfare' Communist Students resolution for StWC National Conference 30 October 2010. Conference notes: 1. The attack on Iran’s nuclear plants and major industrial complexes by the sophisticated ‘Stuxnet’ virus. 2. The highly complex nature of the virus - the first of its kind to target real-world infrastructure such as power stations, water plants, industrial units and machinery. 3. ...
James O'Leary reports on last night's meeting of the MMU anti-cuts group. On Tuesday 26th October various independent activists, members of the SWP and five members of Communist Students met in the student union of Manchester Metropolitan University to discuss strategy for mounting an effective opposition to the proposals in the recently published Browne review, which ...
RM reports back from the opening meeting of the first 'eco-socialist' group in the country. Approximately 15 people gathered in Krobar, opposite University of Manchester Students' Union on the 7th of October, to attend the first meeting of the Eco-Socialist Society being formed by Socialist Resistance (the British Section of the 'Fourth International') and Green Left ...
Sinead Rylance reports on Freshers' Fair 2010 at the London School of Economics. Four comrades from Communist students held a stall at LSE’s fresher’s fair on the 28th September. The fresher’s fair was quite lively and there were a lot of stalls outside so we set up with most of the other left groups who also ...
After making the mistake last year of attempting to read Gramsci's Prison Notebooks, this year we have decided to start the year by reading From Class Society to Communism: An Introduction to Marxism by the legendary Belgian Trotskyist Ernest Mandel. The book appears to be a readable introduction to the ideas of communism and ...
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 ...
The ninth issue of Communist Student is now available to download. This piece was distributed at Freshers' Fairs across the country this month. Contact Communist Students for a hard copy.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Thousands of young Argentines marched to the presidential palace on Thursday to protest the quality of public education, joining a student rebellion that accuses politicians of neglecting schools and universities that were once the envy of Latin America. High schoolers have occupied about 30 public schools in ...
Sinead Rylance surveys the current state of the student left. After nearly a year of National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts (NCAFC), and with a year facing us that will prove to be very relevant to the group’s stated aims, it seems appropriate to look at their future and their effect on the student movement. NCAFC ...
The public sector strike victory has been won despite, not because of, the SACP, writes Peter Manson As I write, the two-week South African public sector strike that has particularly hit schools and hospitals is on the verge of being settled. Over a million workers belonging to unions affiliated to the Congress ...
Saturday’s English Defence League demonstration in Bradford was different from most of the previous ones, as this time it was not countered directly by Unite Against Fascism. Instead the EDL was driven out of town by leftwing and community activists from organisations that refused to be part of UAF and Hope ...
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