Tag Archives: Spying in universities

How to combat wrong ideas

There have been renewed attempts by the government to get universities to spy and report on ‘suspicious' students. But is the NUS ‘no platform' policy the right way forward? By Dave Isaacson A year and a half ago I wrote an article for the first edition of Communist Student entitled ‘Defend Muslims!' It was a response ...

Defend muslims!

All democrats and socialists should fight against the government’s plans to encourage university staff spy on “Asian-looking” or muslim students, says David Isaacson The leaked document from the department for education and skills proposing that university staff spy on “Asian-looking” or muslim students and inform special branch of anyone who might be involved in islamic extremism ...