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 ...
Honduras: Cracks in the ranks of the coup-makers The Soldiers and police of the coup regime in Honduras continue to attack demonstrators On Wednesday, September 30, more than 1,000 people demonstrated in Tegucigalpa for the right to free speech. They were protesting against the closure of the radio station Radio Globo and the television station ...
In line with the recognition of the labour rights, we request that June 26 Action Day - Justice for Iranian workers - to include the human rights of all Iranians who have been deprived of their rights. In recent days, we continue witnessing the magnificent demonstration of millions of people from all ages, genders, and national ...
Communist Students greets the mass demonstrations and bravery of the people on the streets of Iran with hope and solidarity. The mass actions are a testament to the revolutionary élan of the youth, worker’s and women’s movements, who over the last three decades have struggled and suffered at the hands of the theocratic state. The ...
Laurie Smith reports on Saturday’s ‘student coordination’ event On April 18, around 70 student activists met at University College London for the ‘student coordination’ instigated by Revolution, the youth group of Workers Power. Though 70 people is not bad for a new student left initiative - testament to the impact of the university occupations over Gaza in ...
- We at the Student Co-ordination Meeting of April 18: -Welcome the brave action and militancy of nearly 40 campuses across the country - debunking the myth that students are passive, cynical and apolitical. -Recognise that it is incumbent upon revolutionaries to deepen and politicise the outrage against this onslaught - crucially by struggling for a new ...
Revolution (Revo), the small youth front controlled by Trotskyist group Workers Power, have recently circulated a proposal amongst the student left calling for a "student coordination". The way this has been circulated was at times cynical. When the statement was distributed at the Stop the War student activists meeting in London on February 7 many activists ...
Tue 18th Nov 2008 at 17:30 UMSU Meeting Room 2 As the world falls into economic crisis Latin America has blown up with mass movements bringing Left wing governments in Bolivia and Venezuela. Far-right forces in Bolivia are preparing a major assault on the Evo Morales government, with students and trade unionists being ...
The first meeting of the Marxist Radical Forum is in conjunction with the UMSU Womens' group the Riveters. Speaking we have Catherine an activist from the International Union of Sex Workers, Vicky Thompson from Permanent Revolution and Jennie Killip UMSU Womens' Officer. Time and Place Date: Monday, September 29, 2008 Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm Location: Meeting Room 4 (Basement ...
We have received the following report from comrade Wladek Flakin, from the independent youth organization REVOLUTION in Germany: On 22 May, about 8,000 students in Berlin demonstrated through the inner city. On 12 June, there were students' strikes in at least eight different cities, from Tübingen in the south-west to Bad Doberan in the north-east, with ...
These four sections of video were recorded at Communist University North which took part at Sheffield University in May 2008. The event was jointly organised by Communist Students and the CPGB. The session was entitled 'What is the Marxist programme?' and was a debate between Mike Macnair of the Communist Party of Great Britain and ...
Following on from the recent successful launch meeting of the Hands Off the People of Iran campaign in Leeds, Andy Yorke (who was there) and Luke Cooper, both of Workers Power, wrote the article 'Hands off the people of Iran: campaign for action or propaganda bloc?' Here we publish a response written by James Turley, ...