These videos were recorded at our dayschool in Manchester on October 17th, 'Fighting for Marxism on campus'. Click here for a report of the school. Cat Rylance: Internationalism Chris Strafford on 'CS: Who we are and what we fight for'
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Mark Harrison, member of CS and the Commune, gives an overview of the 1968 uprising in France and discusses its weaknesses and lessons for today.
Manchester CS has kicked off the ‘Revolutionary France’ series with a discussion on the lessons of the Paris Commune of 1871, after reading chapter 5 of Karl Marx’s ‘Civil War in France’. Around 20 attended and debated the National Question, a programme to win the Peasantry, the revolutionary party and why such history is not ...
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CPGB member Chris Strafford discusses the Lessons of the Paris Commune as part of Manchester Communist Students series on revolutionary France.
Over 20 people attended the Communist Students day school in Manchester on Saturday October 17. Most were from the city, where our comrades have been working hard to build the event, though there was a good contingent from London and the south. Entitled ‘Fighting for Marxism on campus’, the day school was intended to introduce the ...
Members of Manchester Communist Students joined thousands of people at Manchester Pride and participated in the 'Pride is a Protest' bloc and picnic. The 'Pride is a Protest' contingent brought together a diverse mixture of left and radical student organisations such as Education Not for Sale (ENS), Queer Youth Network (QYN), the Anarchist Federation (AF) ...
A meeting to discuss the ongoing economic crisis, capitalism in decline and the necessity of socialism. Leading trade union militants will be outlining the fights going on within the trade unions to ensure the fightback against cuts, unemployment and poverty pay is effective. Location: University of Manchester Students' Union, Oxford Road Speakers include: Lee Rock (National Secretary, PCS Independent Left) Peter ...