On November 9th at 7:00 pm, several students gathered and decided to occupy the state school of Diadema. The students of the Fernão Dias school, which is also run by the São Paulo state government, did the same the following day. In both places, the demand is one and the Read more…
115 Colleges across the United States demonstrated for free education on 12 November. The demonstrations were organized over social media using #MilllionStudentMarch. Among their demands were free education, $15 minimum wage for campus workers, elimination of existing debts, as well as ending racial and other oppressions on campuses and Read more…
Below we publish two short comments on the terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday (13 November). For a full analysis of the events see here. ——————————————— Solidarity with the people of Paris under terrorist attack in at least 7 locations with dozens of people killed and also hostages taken. Read more…
This September, only days after the re-election of SYRIZA in power, the schools in the country opened. The shortages the schools faced were severe right away ; extending from books, to staff, to regular cleaning and writing supplies. For example, my neighbourhood primary school had to close in September Read more…
Students at Witswatersrand University, also known as Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa, have taken strike action in response to the announcement that tuition fees will be increased by 10.5%, accommodation costs by 9%, and upfront registration fees by 6%. Students are rejecting the attempts by university management to justify Read more…
Below, in both English and Spanish, is a statement sent to the Marxist Student Federation by our comrades in Mexico. Greetings such as this remind us of what we are fighting for, and that here in Britain we are lucky to be able to organise without overt threats of violence, kidnap Read more…
Following the turn of events in Turkey with the AKP party openly attacking Kurdish fighters and left wing forces in Turkey, Iraq and Syria, we call on all students at schools and universities to organize solidarity with the Kurdish working class and the Left in Turkey. The bomb attack in Read more…
POLAND: Partia Razem was formed earlier this year by activists from varying backgrounds, including the Young Socialists, Green Party, trade unions, cooperatives as well as prominent academics and journalists with the aim of standing for the parliamentary elections this year. In order for a new party to stand for Read more…
As tension in Europe mounts in the run up to the Greek referendum on Sunday we publish below a statement by the International Marxist Tendency (IMT), whose section in Greece is the Communist Tendency of Syriza. We join the IMT and the communists of Syriza, without reservation, in calling for Read more…
The students organised in the Polytechnic Students Committee of Struggle-Revolutionary Student Union (CLEP-UER) send revolutionary greetings from Mexico to the students at LSE. We show our solidarity in the struggle that they have taken up in defence of public education. In Mexico, just a few months ago, the most Read more…
The Marxist Youth of Venezuela, the youth wing of Class Struggle, expresses its support for the students of the London School of Economics (LSE) who on 18 March bravely occupied the main meeting room of the university. We offer our solidarity and revolutionary greetings to your movement: “Occupy LSE Read more…
On 12th March 2015 Italian students demonstrated all across the country against the decree-law “good school” (Buona Scuola) presented the very same day to the Cabinet. The demonstrations involved almost 40 cities throughout Italy although this was not the largest mobilization we’ve seen in the recent period. Students already mobilized Read more…
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