CS candidates for Sheffield round 2
Tag Archives: student union elections
Propaganda, activism and politics: a reply
Dan Randall of the AWL responds to Mohsen Sabbagh's report on the left slate discussions in Sheffield.
Mediocrity and manipulation
The results are in, and Ted North reports on Communist Student's election campaign in Sheffield. Communist Students stood two candidates in last week's elections to the Sheffield Student Union executive; Laurie Smith for President and Ted North for Education Officer, both of whom also ran for delegation to NUS conference. Voting was by STV where candidates are ...
Vote Communist Students for Sheffield Union!
Ted North for Education As a member of Communist Students and the CPGB I stand for radical democracy in all spheres of life. The current education system leaves students burdened with massive debts and forced to take low paid jobs, whilst the right wing NUS bureaucracy pathetically whimper for concessions of 'keep the cap' to the greasy ...
Making propaganda for Marxism in elections
A revolutionary platform was too much for some 'revolutionary' students. Mohsen Sabbagh reports Campuses across the country are holding elections for university sabbatical positions as well as National Union of Students conference delegates. Over the last two years Communist Students in Sheffield have attempted to put an end to the apolitical popularity contest these elections usually ...
Student unions must be won to communism
Ted North tells of spreading the message in Sheffield For the third time in three years Communist Students will be contesting student union elections at Sheffield University. Last year our five candidates picked up between 5% and 11% of the vote. Not a bad result, especially as they all stood on an openly revolutionary platform during what ...
Uphill battle
David Sabbagh reports on the excellent result that Communist Students achieved in the University of Sheffield elections On March 1 the election results for the University of Sheffield student union sabbatical positions were announced. Naturally members of Communist Students who stood, together with supporters, were present for the results. While we never expected to win, given ...
Candidates’ election statements
for the Sheffield Student Union elections 2007 Executive posts Communist Student for president! As a member of Communist Students and the CPGB, I will fight to ensure that Sheffield University is run and controlled by its students and staff. I will seek to create a fighting and politically active Student Union that takes up the fight for free education ...
Fountains and fireworks
David Sabbagh and Laurie Smith report from the University of Sheffield student union elections, where five members of CS are standing for office Communist Students stood five candidates for the University of Sheffield student union council sabbatical elections, which end this week. They were Ben Lewis, who stood for union president, David Sabbagh (welfare), Laurie Smith ...