Since issue No1 of this publication members of Communist Students have been involved in a number of events and activities.

In November we distributed copies of Communist Student on national demonstrations against top-up fees and climate change. In December we took the message of communism and democracy to the Student Respect national conference.

Our comrade Ben Lewis stood for election to Student Respect executive and, although he didn’t get elected, we certainly made an impact. Later in the same month we held our own CS launch conference, which was characterised by thoroughgoing debate on the nature of the organisation and a commitment to take the organisation onto a higher level.

In January we took a delegation of CSers to the launch conference of the Labour left Socialist Youth Network. Despite many of our members being bureaucratically barred we still managed to make an impact, proposing a motion on Iran and a number of amendments to other motions.

For more detailed reports on these events, written by CS members, please visit the following web links:

-NUS top-up fees demo – www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/647/students.htm

-Student Respect conference – www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/651/students.htm and
www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/652/students.htm

-CS launch conference – www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/653/students.htm

-SYN conference – www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/655/students.htm; www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/656/syn.htm; and www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/656/syn%202.htm

If you have any suggestions of events or campaigns you think Communist Students should be involved in, don’t hesitate to email us at info@communiststudents.org.uk.