Below is a statement in response to the article by James Turley 'Against the politics of purity' and the statement by Manchester comrades 'No support for Labour - No support for the LRC'. This is part of the debate in the lead up to our conference in March that will decide our perspectives for the ...
A report by an anarchist from Birmingham on what actually happened at Birmingham City Council. This was the easiest and also one of the most dramatic political events I have been part of and compared to other student occupations and demo’s that have taken place in recent weeks it is comparatively mild. I ...
Students at the week-long Newcastle University occupation have stepped up their action in defence of education. As well as staging a sit-in at the King's Gate building on the university campus, which resulted in the finance building being temporarily closed, they have submitted an application to the department for education to turn their occupied space ...
James Turley looks ahead to the Coalition of Resistance conference and warns against the lack of democracy and a clear programme Of the baker’s dozen anti-cuts campaigns to have sprung up over the last period, the Coalition of Resistance against Cuts and Privatisation makes for the most impressive so far. While the Socialist Workers ...
Report by Alfred Stevens Around 80 students occupied of a lecture theatre in the University of Manchester's Roscoe building with around half staying overnight. The occupiers come from The University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University, workers form UCU and even some students from local colleges The occupation is in protest against cuts and any rise in ...
Leaflet distributed in Manchester today during the national day of protest against tuition fees and education cuts.
Communists have no truck with cowardly and hypocritical condemnations, writes CS member James Turley. First published in the Weekly Worker. After months of phoney war, the anti-cuts movement has its first defining image - 30 Millbank, the Conservative Party headquarters (among other things), evacuated and entered by hundreds of students. No less than nine separate ...
The occupying students have released the statement below. Their blog is at http://www.manunioccupation.blogspot.com/ “Students at Manchester Univeristy have peacefully occupied the John Owens Building and are lobbying the finance board over the Coalition’s attacks on higher education. “We are demanding that the University opens its books so that we know where the ...
Mike Copestake reports on the Oct 23rd demonstration against cuts organised by Yorkshire and Humber TUC The demonstration, which attracted over 200 people, had a good atmosphere despite pouring rain. Speakers at the rally were drawn from the local trade union movement and Labour party, the latter enjoying somewhat of a resurgence now it is no ...