Theory and analysis

Staff at Aberdeen balloting for strike action

  Lecturers are being balloted for strike action at the University of Aberdeen after 15 members of staff were threatened with redundancy as part of the University’s bid to make savings. One of the UCU (University and College Union) reps at Aberdeen, Derek Dawson said “Nobody wants to take industrial action, but UCU members at Aberdeen feel they have no choice. The university has already made considerable savings through a voluntary redundancy Read more…

By Marxist Student, ago

Why we’re marching as revolutionaries on #Nov19

The Nation Union of Students (NUS) and University and Colleges Union (UCU) have called a demo on 19 November – we’ll be there, united for education. The demo has been called to defend education against cuts, privatisations and marketization. Recently there have been endless attacks on bursaries, grants, teaching standards, lecturer’s pay, and the list goes on. We need to build strong links between students and staff to fight these attacks every step of Read more…

By Marxist Student, ago

A socialist solution to the student rent crisis

The Southampton Marxist society has written an article for the Wessex Scene, the local student newspaper in Southampton. The full article can be found here and some key excerpts from it are below. Students across the country have already devised ways of fighting back against the exploitation of their rent. With UCL and Kent University students leading the way last year, Cut The Rent campaigns, where students strike on their rent payments, have Read more…

By Marxist Student, ago

Trump and the lessons of 2016

  There’s an old Chinese curse which roughly translates into English as “May you live in interesting times” and it certainly seems that in recent months these words do make for a particularly painful curse. It seemed laughable this time last year that there was any chance of a Donald Trump presidency after this year’s US elections, however here we are faced with the prospect of four years of just that. It’s now Read more…

By Marxist Student, ago

President Trump: why, how and what next? [videos and upcoming events]

Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections has delivered the biggest political upset in history; a political earthquake that has shattered the entire global Establishment, making Brexit look like a minor tremor in comparison. In reality, however, Trump is not the problem, but a symptom of a more general malaise in society. The system has broken, and the American Dream has become a nightmare for millions, with rising inequality and continuing Read more…

By Marxist Student, ago

Racism in University of Manchester elections

  Racism has reared its ugly head on the University of Manchester campus in the form of disgusting, racially motivated attacks against BME students standing in Students’ Union officer election. In recent weeks on the University of Manchester campus elections have been held for part time officer positions in the Student Union. These positions included black and minority ethnic (BAME) officers. These positions exist to fight racism and empower BAME students on Read more…

By Marxist Student, ago

The US election: what does it mean for Marxists?

Around the world, millions of people are waiting nervously for the upcoming presidential election in the United States on November 8th. Will Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump become the most powerful person in the free world? Comedians and economist alike foretell of impending political catastrophe, social ruin, and the fall of the world economy, should there be a Trump victory. What will the capitalists of the U.S. do if Trump wins? With the Read more…

By Marxist Student, ago

Solidarity with South African students #FeesMustFall

In 2015 the ruling class of the Republic of South Africa promised to the Fees Must Fall movement that there would be no more rises in tuition fees. As we know now – they’ve simply lied. Since the very beginning of the rises they didn’t shy away from openly admitting why they’re doing this. Rising inflation, and a falling currency exposes how capitalism fails to sustain itself. And even though South Africa Read more…

By Marxist Student, ago

A manifesto for the National Union of Students

  Franklin Qiao from the UCLU Marxist society recently ran on a Marxist platform for the position of delegate to the National Union of Students. Franklin’s ideas would transform the NUS from a distant bureaucratic machine into a fighting students’ union. Unfortunately Franklin did not win election this time around but UCLU Marxists and the Marxist Student Federation will continue the struggle to win the NUS to revolutionary socialist ideas. We publish Read more…

By Marxist Student, ago

Join the revolutionary bloc on 19 Nov

The NUS and UCU have called a demo on 19 November – we’ll be there, united for education. Due to the crisis of capitalism, our generation faces a future worse than our parents. With sky-high fees and extortionate rents, higher education is increasingly becoming the preserve of the rich. Further education has faced a brutal assault of Tory cuts and attacks. Teachers, lecturers and support staff are expected to work more for Read more…

By Marxist Student, ago

Canada: Huge success for socialist Fightback students at freshers 2016

Throughout the month of September, Socialist Fightback clubs at UVic, UofT, Ryerson, York U and Seneca, Trent Durham, McMaster, Waterloo, UdeM, Concordia, and McGill, engaged with hundreds of students interested in Marxist ideas during the frosh campus club days and street festivals. In total, over 1000 students expressed interest in learning more about socialism and how to achieve it by signing up for our clubs on campuses across the country. Hundreds of Read more…

By Marxist Student, ago

Denmark: Fight the attacks on student grants

[Today thousands of youth and students will take to the streets to protest against the government’s attacks on education and the student grant (SU). The article below is from REVOLT, the English magazine of Revolutionære Socialister – IMT in Denmark] The Danish government has recently presented its 2025 plan, and as expected, this plan contained a massive attack on student grants (SU). The government’s concrete proposal is to lower the SU for students Read more…

By Marxist Student, ago

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