Posted on March 4th 2010 |
Resistance
Students across the country have been fighting back against job cuts in Higher Education as the government is attempting to offload some of the crisis onto students and education workers. As part of the ‘National Wave’ organised by the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts students at the University of Westminster went into occupation for [...]
Posted on January 14th 2010 |
LUU Scabs
The executive of Leeds University Union (LUU) has released a statement launching a campaign against any strike action to save jobs. They wrote “It’s time to put your education first” totally forgetting that the only way to save jobs and the education is to take decisive action. If the lecturers fail to take action [...]
Posted on October 30th 2009 |
Postal workers' support group meeting
Building solidarity in Manchester- Chris Brandler reports
Students in Manchester have established a campaign in solidarity with postal workers. It involves comrades from the Socialist Workers Party, Communist Students, the Alliance for Workers’ Liberty and Anarchist Federation, as well as non-aligned leftwing individuals.
We sent delegations to picket lines last week and will [...]
Posted on October 19th 2009 |
The sign on the door of the Women’s Library said it all. The private view of the exhibition “Striking Women” had been cancelled – due to strike action! Stuart King reports on the ongoing struggle at the London Met against cuts and redundancies.
The pickets were out again on Thursday and Friday last week in the [...]
Posted on June 20th 2009 |
Students have faced violence for being at the forefront of anti regime demonstrations
Hands Off the People of Iran received this a couple of hours ago, it details some disturbing acts of violence committed by the security forces. The following statement is written by 4 of the Tehran university students who were arrested in Tehran [...]
Posted on June 20th 2009 |
Manchester HOPI rally for imprisoned Iranian students – March 2009
The eruption of mass protest across Iran has saw Iran’s youth at the forefront of the struggle and have suffered greatly at the hands of the security forces. Below is a sample of what students and young people are facing in Iran now, we also list [...]
Posted on June 17th 2009 |
Against the whole sytem, not just Ahmadinejad
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 [...]
Posted on May 11th 2009 |
On Thursday May 7 Communist Students were up at the crack of dawn to attend the picket lines at London Metropolitan University, showing our support for the strike action against outrageous cuts proposals following severe mismanagement and bureaucracy. The pickets were quite well attended and there was a positive mood amongst the strikers. Students largely [...]
Posted on April 16th 2009 |
- 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 [...]
Posted on April 16th 2009 |
Twenty students at Noushirvan University in Babol were prevented from entering the campus, insulted, and beaten by the University Guards and plainclothes security officers who met them in front of the campus on 13 April 2009.
Students at Noushirvan University started an unlimited sit in on 11 April 2009, after they were threatened by university authorities [...]
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