The accusations of Tarique Ghaffur against the Metropolitan Police have given the lie to the state’s ‘liberal’ PR, argues James Turley On September 9, Metropolitan Police commissioner Ian Blair formally suspended an assistant commissioner, Tarique Ghaffur, from his duties. Less than a fortnight earlier, Ghaffur had staged a highly visible and incendiary press conference, in which he ...
Ben Lewis reports on the launch of a new trade union coordinating group at a fringe meeting at last week’s Trades Union Congress One of the most interesting fringe meetings I attended at last week’s TUC was undoubtedly the launch of a new group in order to “coordinate the campaigning activities of our trade unions on ...
Serious rethink needed - not platitudes, writes Chris Strafford The forthcoming Convention of the Left (CL) - organised in Manchester as a ‘counter-conference’ to the Labour Party’s annual gathering from September 20-24 - has been touted by some as the first step towards yet another halfway house unity project. Unfortunately, we all know that principled unity has ...
Communist Students will be out and about up and down the country putting the case for Marxism. We will be doing stalls at freshers fayres in London, Manchester, Sheffield, Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond! If you want to help out, or come along for a chat and to buy the new edition of our magazine 'Communist ...
This series of video lectures by David Harvey has come to our attention as a useful resource for those wanting to understand Capital better. Harvey is a Professor at the City University of New York and has taught Capital for over 40 years. Link: http://davidharvey.org/
The failure of the left in the 20th century and today could perhaps be said to be a failure of imagination; a failure to penetrate other minds. It is a failure that is felt most keenly by those who self-consciously place themselves to the far left of the political spectrum, but the weight of the ...
We have been using this humorous leaflet at fresher's fairs to introduce students to the politics of CS. Click image to download PDF.
Ben Lewis spoke to a leading member of Iranian Students for Freedom and Equality Could you tell us about your organisation’s history and political aims? Iranian Students for Freedom and Equality was first established about five years ago, after it was clear that the Iranian reformists around people like Khatami had been unsuccessful in their aims and ...
Dave Isaacson experiences lies and deception at StW rally On Saturday September 6 the Stop the War Coalition held a pre-term national student meeting at Birkbeck College in London to try to rally the troops ahead of the upcoming freshers’ fairs, which will soon take place at universities across the UK. Though I forgot to do a ...
Where does ‘military support’ end and other forms of support begin? asks Nick Rogers What should be the role of communists and working class militants in inter-state conflicts within the international capitalist order of states? In this article I attempt to rethink some of the theoretical positions we have inherited from more than 80 years ago. ...
This leaflet contains the 14-point platform of Communist Students. Click image to download PDF.
An introduction to the politics of Communist Students.
Nick Rogers takes issue with other Weekly Worker writers in their assessment of international relations and the imperialist drive to war In this article and a subsequent one I seek to explore a number of areas of ambiguity within the formulations of the Hands off the People of Iran campaign - and some straightforward differences. I believe ...