Photo report of Manchester freshers
Members of Communist Students backed up by supporters of the ‘Hands Off the People of Iran’ campaign ran stalls and meetings throughout the week. This is a quick photo report that will be followed up by a national report over the next week.
Manchester CS members staffed two stalls for three days as well as doing shifts on the HOPI stall. Just under 170 students signed up to the CS society at UMSU during that time.
CS Manchester spent hours talking with new students about topics ranging from ecology, the English Defence League to the creation of a misogynist 'Men's Society' at the University of Manchester.
HOPI Posters at the entrance of UMSU against sanctions, military strikes and the Iranian regime alongside posters building for HOPI's Persepolis film showing.
Over forty people attended the first HOPI meeting of the year, where CS members helped HOPI activists put on a showing of the film Persepolis. Peter Grant from the train drivers union ASLEF spoke before the film showing on why his union supports HOPI. Ste Monaghan from the Anarchist Federation and founding member of Manchester HOPI also gave a brief introduction to HOPI.
CS Manchester's 'Was Karl Marx Right?' Meeting with Mark Fischer (CPGB) speaking. This is the first in a string of meetings that CS Manchester is planning with members of other revolutionary organisations. The debate that followed was varied and lively. In November CS is hosting Israeli Socialist Moshe Machover.
CS comrades gave out thousands of leaflets alongside our new edition of 'Communist Student'. Fresher fair is just the beginning for Manchester CS this academic year, we will be back on the streets next week.
Rather awesome job comrades. Forward to the Communist Students conference