Alfred Stevens and Julian Langevin report on a cold yet inspiring protest in Manchester that demonstrated a growing radicalism and a thirst for politics. Over 1500 students from schools, colleges and universities marched through Manchester as part of the second national day of action against the cuts in education and the rise in fees. The police ...
These photos were taken at the student day of action on Weds 24th November when thousands of school, college and university students walked out of classes and attended a demonstration and rally in Trafalgar Square. Please use but credit Emily Chaplin.
Tali Janner-Klausner is a founding member of London School Students Union - she spoke to Ben Lewis about the organisation’s plans and aspirations Could you give us a brief history of the organization, the issues you organize on and what you plan to achieve? LSSU was formed earlier this year, by several school and FE students who ...
This presentation was made at the Communist Students conference in April 2009. If you would like to get involved, or have any questions, then please get in touch. info@communiststudents.org.uk
The occupation tactic is spreading, students, workers and parents their all at it. Parents in Greenwich have taken to occupying the school to stop it being closed in September by the Council. They have released the below statement: "Following a false consultation parents at Charlotte Turner have occupied their school. We have protested outside the town ...
Angry parents from Lewisham are occupying the school in protest at Lewisham Council's decision to move pupils and teachers three miles away to another site. The school is a grade 2 listed building that is recognised of national importance. The school has been at the heart of community life for many years. Communist Students fully support ...
Report at the website of independent youth group Revolution: 100,000 school students across Germany went on strike on Wednesday, November 12. In more than 40 cities there were rallies and demonstrations instead of classes. In many places, university students and teachers expressed solidarity. The walkout was directed against overcrowded classrooms, the lack of teachers and the ...
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 ...
From the website of Revolution About 8,000 school students left their classes on May 22 and demonstrated through the center of Berlin to the school administration building. The protest was directed against classes being cancelled, the lack of teachers, and also against Germany’s three-tiered school system which discriminates against the poor and immigrants. The strike, the ...