I’m standing in this election to fight for the ideas of communism; to fight for a free and democratic education; and to challenge the influence of capital in universities. The capitalist system is based on relations of class exploitation, a system in which the means of creating wealth are owned by a minority and function purely ...
CS London statement on University of London Union elections. Today will see the opening of the week-long University of London Union elections. ULU is the largest student union in Europe, an umbrella organization drawing in some 120,000 students from the unions of individual London institutions. The election of incumbent president Clare Solomon last year has been of ...
Communist Students remains united despite controversial debates, reports Liam Conway The annual conference of Communist Students was held at the University of Manchester student union on April 17. Despite numerous factors preventing comrades from attending (including, yes, the recent volcano eruption in Iceland) it proved a lively day of discussion. Conference began with the usual business of ...
Prepare for a political fightback, writes James Turley On Saturday April 10, thousands are to gather in central London to march in defence of public services. The march is supported by all the major trade unions, and the organised left is, of course, expected to be out in force. It is not difficult to see why. The ...
By Laurie Smith Communist Students stood two more candidates in the second round of elections to the Sheffield Student Union executive. As reported in the WW712, our first round candidates Ted North (Education) and Laurie Smith (President) received just over 5% of the first and second preference votes, and I was elected as a delegate to NUS ...
Communist Students is standing Chris Strafford as a candidate in the elections for the National Union of Students national executive committee. Read his manifesto here. And join the Facebook group here.