At the NHS picket line on Monday morning (13/10/14) the UCLU Marxists went down to join the workers on strike. In our meeting the previous week we raised over £20 in donations which we used to buy hot drinks and snacks for the striking pickets to show our solidarity, as well as leafleting widely for the strike on campus. On the picket line we interviewed Lucy Tanham, Unite member and one Read more…
The statement below, in conjunction with the #TodosSomosAyotzinapa statement, is being discussed at Marxist societies up and down the country as well as what we can do to build solidarity with the IPN movement in Mexico. ———————————————————- The Marxist Student Federation, representing students at more than 20 universities in Britain, expresses its solidarity with the struggle of the Instituto Politecnico Nacional students in Mexico. The IPN students have been on strike for Read more…
The statement below is being proposed to Marxist societies up and down the country to express our solidarity with the missing Mexican students from the Ayotzinapa Teacher Training School. Marxist societies will be discussing this statement in conjunction with the #TodosSomosPolitecnio statement as well as practically how Marxist students in Britain can build solidarity with students in Mexico. —————————————————————– On September 26, a bus carrying students from the Normal Rural de Ayotzinapa Teacher Training School was Read more…
This final set of reports from Marxist societies around the country brings the total number of universities where the MSF has been meeting people and spreading the ideas of Marxism to 29. Clearly an increasing number of students agree with us that now is the most exciting time to be a Marxist and join the fight for socialism. If you haven’t signed up yet, join us now! (See parts One and Two) Read more…
Across the world governments of all shades are being forced by the crisis of capitalism to pursue policies of austerity and attacks on the working class. In Britain this has taken the form of real terms cuts to pay and welfare support; an increase in precarious employment and cuts to public services. Economic stagnation is set to last decades and, under the current plans, by the time the austerity programme has been Read more…
As the new academic term gets underway in many universities, Marxist students have been at yet more freshers fairs signing up hundreds of students who are interested in building an organisation capable of fighting for socialist policies within the student movement. Below are reports from some of these freshers fairs, with more on the way in Part Three. (See Part One for more reports) Newcastle Over the course of two days, Read more…
Over the past couple of weeks Marxist students all over the country have been attending university freshers fairs and holding their first meetings of the term with hundreds of students who are eager to learn about the ideas of Marxism and their relevance to today’s world. Below are reports from some areas who have had their freshers fairs already. Stay tuned for many more to come over the next couple of Read more…
The Jammu Kashmir National Students Federation is holding its 19th central convention on 24 and 25 September in Muzaffarabad. Theconvention will coincide with the anniversary of the killing of former General Secretary of JKNSF Fahim Akram who was martyred by the reactionary forces. We send our greetings and solidarity with the 19th convention of the JKNSF. The successes of the Pakistani Marxists are a constant source of inspiration for comrades around the world, Read more…
Comrade Riaz Lund, a leading member of the Pakistan section of the International Marxist Tendency and well-known class fighter in Karachi, has been shot in cold blood by assassins. In a cowardly and brutal assault, he was hit three times, twice in the stomach and once in the chest. It appears now that his condition has stabilised and the immediate danger to his life has passed. It was members of the Read more…
This month the pawnbroker Albemarle has been targeting its advertising at cash-strapped parents who are struggling to cover back-to-school costs. The advertising campaign claimed that the pawnbroker could help with the cost of textbooks, uniforms and other school supplies needed at the beginning of the new academic year. This is part of a general trend that has seen more and more people willing to take on short-term debt to cover what seems Read more…
The Oxford Marxist Society and the Cambridge Marxist Discussion Group are sickened at the suggestion by former Universities Minister David Willets that tuition fees at Oxbridge may rise up to £16k a year in return for the Universities buying the student loans of its alumni. As Marxists we oppose all student fees and campaign for free education for all, as such we condemn this proposal in the strongest possible terms. It Read more…
On May 26, teachers across British Colombia (B.C.) took to the picket lines in a series of rotating strikes, protesting the unwillingness of the B.C. government to bargain on key issues. The teachers, represented by the B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF), have maintained that class size and composition are equally a part of contract negotiations as wages. The government, represented by the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA), is adamant that teachers Read more…
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