Below is an article which appeared on the Iranian website Eshterak reporting on the barbaric treatment of two political prisoners. Communist Students has always been steadfast in defending those fighting the regime in Iran and as the drive towards war increases we all need to remember that opposing imperialist sanctions and war threats go hand ...
Education targets become ends in themselves, argues Michael Copestake The pernicious and self-defeating influence of targets, league tables and over-examination in schools has thrust the education system once again into the media spotlight. This time outside its regular place in the annual news cycle, which, as residents of Britain at least will know, usually follows the ...
One year after breaking into the lobby of Tory HQ at Millbank, on November 9 students marched through London again, the central themes being tuition fees, soaring youth unemployment and the restructuring of higher education. Attendance was around 8,000-10,000 (though police estimates put it at much less), significantly lower than last year. This should be expected ...
This handy guide, first published in CS11, will help you distinguish between the various, yet on the surface almost identical student groups likely to be recruiting on your campus. Exactly why the left is so divided is dealt with in this article (link). By Harley Filben. 1. National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts Semi-secret parent organisations: Alliance ...
Alfred Stevens throws his two pence into the Callinicos / Penny debate. Think about the most popular chants that you heard on the student marches over the last year. Which ones rung out the loudest? If you were walking anywhere near myself on the 10th, 24th and 30th of November or 8th and 9th of December then ...
By Callum Williamson. Thursday 9th of December saw another huge protest in London, one month after the inspirational occupation of the Tory HQ at the Millbank building. The weeks after the HQ incident saw a determined fight by students across the country. School walkouts, demonstrations and university occupations have taken place from Glasgow to Southampton. This ...
From Libcom.org - In early December 2010, in the context of struggle against cuts and privatisation, students in university occupations at UCL, Manchester, Sheffield, SOAS, Brighton, Goldsmiths and Bath write a solidarity massage to Iranian students. A few days later, Iranian students inside the country as well as studying abroad respond. To our fellow students in Iran: We ...
James Turley discusses the critical problem of organisation in the student movement When I wrote for the Weekly Worker on the subject of the November 10 Millbank occupation, I warned that we might not have it so easy on the next round of anti-fees protests ('After Millbank: the way forward', November 18). One ...
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 ...
Report by Alfred Stevens Around 80 students occupied of a lecture theatre in the University of Manchester's Roscoe building with around half staying overnight. The occupiers come from The University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University, workers form UCU and even some students from local colleges The occupation is in protest against cuts and any rise in ...
Mark Harrison (CS Exec and The Commune) writes his personal reflection on the protests in Manchester. Fortunately today I slept in and missed my 11am lecture and decided to go to what I expected to be a piddly little demo. What a pleasant surprise awaited me! By 12:30 approximately 3000 people had gathered at the designated ...
Leaflet distributed in Manchester today during the national day of protest against tuition fees and education cuts.
On Monday (22nd November) members from Communist Students joined around 50 students from Manchester Metropolitan University in the occupation of a lecture theatre in the University's Geoffrey Manton building. The occupation was in protest against the cuts to higher education both on a national scale and at their university specifically. ...