The Marxist Student Federation is a new organisation for revolutionary students. Members of Socialist Appeal have taken the decision to launch this national platform for Marxist ideas in the student movement because it is clear that there is both a need and a thirst for Marxist ideas in the movement. The response we have received at the freshers fairs with the numbers signing up and coming to our opening meetings has been Read more…
by Guy Howie, UCLU Marxists Students coming to London this year face an unprecedented attack on their education. Ever since the Tories and Liberals trebled fees to £9,000 in 2010, we have seen university funding continually rolled back and the costs of student living soar. For London students in 2013 the cut-backs have reached a critical point. At UCL, the “Bloomsbury Masterplan” – a £500 million sell-off of many of the Read more…
The interest in Marxism appears to be on the rise in Edinburgh after a successful meeting, hosted by the Edinburgh University Marxist Society last week. Up to 50 young students attended the first meeting of the society entitled ‘An introduction to Marxism’ where Socialist Appeal supporter, Adam Booth introduced the key elements of Marxist theory and explained why they are still highly significant today. This came after the society had collected details Read more…
The Marxist Student Federation demand that the NUS: 1. Oppose all cuts to education 2. Oppose all fees and actively campaign for free education for all 3. Campaign for a massive programme of investment in education 4. Campaign for an expansion of student services so that everyone can study 5. Campaign for the abolition of student debt 6. Campaign for the introduction of a living grant for students 7. Oppose obscenely high Read more…
by Adam Booth (10th April 2013) It has been a busy period within student politics over the past few months as students from across the political spectrum have campaigned for positions within student unions, culminating in the NUS conference this week. In some areas, left-wing candidates have been victorious; in other places, more right-wing candidates have won (often under the banner of being “politically neutral” or “apolitical”). These campaigns provide a Read more…
by Daniel Morley (25th March 2013) In November 2010, the new Tory government was greeted by the largest and most militant student movement for decades. At the time, a brief wave of euphoria spread through the activist movement. The birth of a new generation of radicals had arrived. That prognosis was not wrong. The consciousness of young people has changed dramatically, as shown by the growing interest in the Marxist societies that Socialist Read more…