First published in Communist Student no.3- click on pics to go to group's website Student Respect/Socialist Worker Student Society: In all probability the largest student group (although that’s not saying much), you will find them everywhere telling you that things such as war and islamophobia are - get this - really bad. Secretly run by: The Socialist Workers ...
First published in Communist Student no.3 Surely, the left fights unequivocally for the rights of all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals? Unfortunately, it’s not so straightforward, says Nicholas Jones At first glance, it seems that the issue of rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people has reached unparalleled prevalence on the far left. Every ...
All students should read Bertell Ollman’s How to take an exam and remake the world (Black Rose Books), says Benjamin Edgar Klein I first opened this book last summer term. Faced with the daunting prospect of writing about 15,000 words and taking a seemingly endless stream of exams, I found Bertell Ollman not only provided some ...
First published in Communist Student no.3 Hip hop and radical politics make unlikely bedfellows these days. Ted North looks at one exception to the rule, the band Dead Prez Mainstream hip hop is dominated by hyper-commercialised sell-outs, whose subject matter revolves around topics as important as who has the biggest diamonds, who has had the most girls ...
First published in Communist Student no.3 The Stop the War Coalition’s student grouping has censored a critical article on the question of Iran, submitted by CS member David Isaacson - an indication of the lack of democracy that still cripples much of the left Any Facebook-using comrades who looked at the new Stop the War Students group ...
First published in Communist Student no.3 Recently, there have been plenty of stories in the news linking mental health problems and suicides with the consumption of cannabis - clearly in an effort to reverse its classification as a class C drug. James Linney looks at the issues Drug use dates back to early civilisation. Two archaeological specimens ...
First published in Communist Student no.3 by Laurie Smith In the wake of the widespread flooding in June and July of this year, the worst on record, the government’s announcement that it will continue to approve applications for building on floodplains came as a shock to many. It is estimated that the number of people at risk ...
First published in Communist Student no.3 Should communists support the campaign for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions? Dave Isaacson discusses the issue At the University and College Union's inaugural conference on May 30 2007, a motion was passed committing the union to debate the arguments for and against an academic boycott of Israeli universities. As the ...
It may have escaped your attention, but yesterday was labor day in the USA. Comrades can be forgiven for missing it, since the unions in the world's strongest and most advanced capitalist country are notoriously small and politically weak (quite a coincidence!). Only 12 per cent of workers are unionised, and labor day has become ...
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Communist Students have recently been in contact with comrades from the Socialist Student Movement in South Africa. They have asked us to publicise their struggle for democratic rights. Please read their article 'Don’t let the SRCs turn UKZN into a Banana Republic'. We will keep in touch with our comrades from the SSM and ...
At last week's Communist University, an irregular meeting of Communist Students took place as most of the executive and several other members were in attendance. Discussion revolved around our activity at the upcoming fresher's fairs as students begin another year of (costly) education. A new issue of Communist Student will be printed ready for fresher's fairs. ...
Carey Davies reports on the Conservative ‘remedies’ for a ‘broken society’ The Tories’ response to the departure of Tony Blair and the efforts of the Brown government to re-christen the New Labour project - not to mention ...