[Video] Myths of Marxism: is communism undemocratic?
Some people argue that capitalism = democracy and communism = dictatorship. Is that really the case? Jess takes up the arguments.
Solidarity with Catalonia!
The resolution below was passed unanimously by the Marxist Student Federation national conference in February 2018 ———– The Marxist Student Federation (MSF) conference notes: The Spanish state has consistently denied the democratic right of the Catalan people to decide their own future. One of the pillars of the Spanish Read more…
MSF conference: 100 students celebrate fifty years since 1968
Fifty years after the revolutionary events of 1968, one hundred revolutionary Marxist students gathered at SOAS in London for the annual Marxist Student Federation conference. With comrades from Glasgow to Southampton present the conference, which was the Federation’s fifth, was the most enjoyable yet. 1968: year of revolution The Read more…
Victory to the Suttons tanker drivers!
After three weeks of strike action at Eastham Refinery, the Suttons tanker drivers have been victorious. From the police being used to cross the picket line, the arrest of demonstrators and even an appeal to Manchester High Court for an injunction to stop picketing altogether, management threw everything at the Read more…
Coventry demonstration demands: free Ahed Tamimi
On 30 January, the Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi celebrated her 17th birthday inside an Israeli cell. Her crime, the slapping of an Israeli soldier who had shot her brother in the head with a rubber bullet barely an hour ago. The story quickly gained traction across the Palestinian community and Read more…
Left takes control of London Young Labour
The London Young Labour (LYL) Annual General Meeting (AGM), held on Saturday 3 February, was a victory for left-wingers in the Labour Party. Momentum dominated the event, and wrested control of LYL away from the right-wing of the party. The election of Momentum-backed Artin Giles as Chair of LYL was Read more…
A message to students from your lecturers – join us on the picket lines!
In the run-up to the UCU strike in defence of lecturers’ pensions, some students have proposed the demand of fee refunds for teaching lost to strike action – ostensibly to place pressure on the bosses. We in the UCU appreciate the solidarity from students who want to support our action, Read more…
The NUS must become a fighting, socialist union
At this year’s NUS conference, to be held in Glasgow on 27-29 March, Marxist students will be arguing for the amendments to proposed policy and the resolution below. Everyone who supports these ideas is encouraged to put them forward in your own student unions. They will be discussed and ratified Read more…
200 years since the birth of Karl Marx: the importance of Marxist theory
The text below will be submitted to the national conference of the Marxist Student Federation on 17 February in London as a resolution on the importance of studying Marxist theory. ——— Marxism is the history and theory of the class struggle. It is the memory of the working class. If Read more…
How and why to support striking UCU staff this February and March
The University and College Union (UCU) has announced four rounds of escalating strike action in defence of its members’ pensions. This attack on staff is just the latest in a long string of similar attacks which are part of the drive to marketise education, drive down costs, and increase revenues. Read more…
End outsourcing at UoL – students and workers demonstrate together
On Thursday 25th January, a protest was called by the Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB) union against the outsourcing practices happening at the University of London. This was part of their ongoing effort to bring all the workers in-house, in order to guarantee the most basic rights that all Read more…
