The Marxist Student Federation (MSF) has kicked off the academic year by signing up hundreds of new students to Marxist societies around the country. The general election result followed by the massive anti-austerity protests and Jeremy Corbyn’s inspiring victory in the Labour leadership contests has radicalised a whole layer of students looking for an explanation of today’s world and an organisation that is ready to fight for something better. If you Read more…
On Sunday 4th October, dozens of Marxist students from all over the country joined the TUC’s No to Austerity! Yes to Workers’ Rights! demonstration, with over 60,000 marching to give the Tory Party conference a welcome it won’t soon forget! The high turnout and militant mood showed the Tory government that workers and youth are ready to fight back. The atmosphere on the protest was one of positivity, with vibrant chants and a clear sense Read more…
From the 4th – 7th October the Conservative Party will be holding their annual conference in Manchester. When they did this two years ago, 50,000 people went to the streets to show their disgust at the Conservative Party presence in the city and their opposition to the programme of Austerity that the Conservatives have inflicted on the working class during their time in power. This year’s demonstration, part of a week of Read more…
A recent petition that is part of the Defend Corbyn, Fight for Socialism campaign has been gathering support online and in public meetings. We publish below a selection of comments from people outraged at the way the media is treating Jeremy Corbyn – a shameless attempt by wealthy newspaper owners to smear a democratically elected Labour leader who is willing to stand up to them. Scandalously there are people within the Labour Read more…
On Sunday 20th September, around 140 young activists and Corbyn supporters from across the country assembled at UCL university in London for the launching of the Labour Young Socialists, a new organisation that aims to mobilse youth on the Labour left in defence of Corbyn and the fight for socialism. The Marxist Student Federation (MSF) is happy to announce that two of its members – Joe Attard and Emily Cosentino – have Read more…
The letter below is a response from the Sheffield Marxist society to this article written by the vice-chancellor of the University of Sheffield, in which he refers to Marxists as “dopey” and claims that Marxism “doesn’t work”. An open letter to Keith Burnett from the ‘dopey’ Marxists. We, as the ‘dopey’ Marxists that you candidly misjudge, felt it was necessary to respond to your ridiculous comments that you posted on the university Read more…
During freshers week, at the University of East Anglia’s (UEA) social action day, the UEA Socialist Society had a chat with Clive Lewis, MP for Norwich South and shadow minister in Labour’s energy and climate team. Clive was one of the first to nominate Jeremy Corbyn in his successful bid to be leader of the Labour party, and is a firm supporter of Jeremy’s leadership. The UEA Socialists were keen to ask Read more…
Rachel from the Glasgow Marxists reports on the freshers’ fair and the society’s first meeting of the term: “First day of Glasgow freshers’ fair today! We had 7 society members manning the stalls. In total we signed up around 100 people who are interested in the society. We also sold £12 of Marxist literature throughout the day. All in all a good day and I think we have every opportunity for building the society rapidly in 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 and murder by the capitalist state, unlike in Mexico. The greatest contribution we can make to the world revolutionary struggle is to Read more…
Marxist students are looking forward to Sunday’s (20 Sept) meeting, called by the Labour Campaign for Free Education, to relaunch the Young Labour Left using the momentum of Jeremy Corbyn’s stunning election victory. We’re hoping that a vibrant, socialist movement is going to come out of this initiative and, naturally, we’re keen to get involved with and affiliate to the organisation in all the places where we have Marxist societies around the Read more…
Sussex Marxist society had a stall at the university freshers fair and a meeting on the subject of ‘Defend Corbyn, Fight for Socialism’ on Wednesday 16 September. Dan from the Sussex Marxist society reports: “We’ve had a really good day and signed up around 100 people to our mailing list. The mood was very good and people were obviously really excited by Corbyn’s victory and our meeting on the topic. We had around Read more…
Alan Woods, editor of www.marxist.com, analyses the significance of Jeremy Corbyn’s recent victory in the Labour Party leadership elections. Corbyn’s landslide victory is yet another political earthquake that is shaking the ruling class, the establishment, and the entire system in Britain and internationally.
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