RM reports back from the opening meeting of the first 'eco-socialist' group in the country. Approximately 15 people gathered in Krobar, opposite University of Manchester Students' Union on the 7th of October, to attend the first meeting of the Eco-Socialist Society being formed by Socialist Resistance (the British Section of the 'Fourth International') and Green Left ...
After making the mistake last year of attempting to read Gramsci's Prison Notebooks, this year we have decided to start the year by reading From Class Society to Communism: An Introduction to Marxism by the legendary Belgian Trotskyist Ernest Mandel. The book appears to be a readable introduction to the ideas of communism and ...
After the brutal massacre carried out by Israeli special forces killing over 10 aid workers there has been a demonstration called by Manchester Stop the War and the Manchester Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Sunday 13th June Assemble: 2.00pm All Saints Park, Oxford Road, Manchester March and rally with speakers including: *Babu Adam Zanghar (Freedom Flotilla, Bolton) *Paveen Yaqub (Freedom Flotilla, Huddersfield) *Rae Street ...
Over 800 people gathered outside the BBC in Manchester in what was an angry and determined protest. Everyone gathered was outraged by the massacre committed by the Israeli military against aid workers bound for Gaza aboard a humanitarian flotilla organised by activists, MEP's, trade unionists and journalists from across the world. Protesters marched through the city ...
Chris Strafford reports on an artistic and engaging campaign Communist Students stood two candidates in last week’s elections to the University of Manchester student union: Cat Rylance for general secretary and Robi Folkard for academic affairs. Cat won 17% of the vote on a communist platform which stressed democracy - within the student movement, the university ...
Chris Strafford reports Manchester Hopi action On Saturday February 13 Hands Off the People of Iran’s week of action was kicked off at Manchester University with a day school, followed by a fundraising event. Around 35 people attended for some or all of the day. The first session was opened by Steven Monaghan from the Anarchist Federation ...
Manchester Communist Students is launching a series on 'A Revolutionary History of Germany' with speakers from across the country and the Left. Everyone is welcome to attend, we always meet every tuesday at 6.30pm at the University of Manchester Students' Union in Meeting room 2 or 3. Below is a provisional list of dates and subjects: 09/02- ...
On December 1st Manchester Communist Students hosted Israeli socialist and anti-Zionist Moshé Machover at the University of Manchester Students’ Union. This talk focuses on comrade Machover’s understanding that the oppression faced by Palestinians cannot be overcome without a change in the balance of forces on a regional scale. He also discusses his understanding of colonialism, either ...
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'
“What do I want from this life? What makes you happy is not enough. All the things that satisfy our instincts only satisfy the animal in us. I want to be proud of myself. I want more. I want to look up to myself and when I die, I want to smile ...
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 ...
Building solidarity in Manchester- Chris Brandler reports Students in Manchester have established a campaign in solidarity with postal workers. It involves comrades from the Socialist Workers Party, Communist Students, the Alliance for Workers’ Liberty and Anarchist Federation, as well as non-aligned leftwing individuals. We sent delegations to picket lines last week and will be heading back again ...
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 ...