Due to austerity and marketisation, tuition fees have soared, leaving graduates with a mountain of debt. And with inflation now surging, the interest on these loans is skyrocketing. We must demand free education, funded by expropriation.
The struggle to prevent Holland Park School from joining a giant academy trust is escalating, with management and a hostile press attempting to sow confusion, and teachers set to strike. Parents, students, and staff must unite and fight.
On the 11th of May the Goldsmiths, Greenwich and Lewisham Marxists held a meeting at Goldsmith’s University on the revolutionary events of May 68. Even during a busy period for everyone, we had a great turnout of 14 radical young workers and students showing enthusiasm and thirst for revolutionary ideas. Read more…
In Birmingham, the Marxist society at UoB held a meeting on the history and revolutionary lessons of May 1968. The meeting was attended by 12 people despite the upcoming exam season, a mixture of new faces and longtime members. As a group of both students and workers, learning about the Read more…
We held a meeting to discuss the revolutionary events of May ’68 on May 9. In the introduction to the discussion we focused on the accidents expressing the deeper necessity festering under the surface of French society at the time, the role of students, and the treacherous role of Stalinist Read more…
On May 5th, Newcastle Marxists had our first Marxist society meeting of the summer term on the events of May 68.
On May 4th, the University of Sheffield and the Sheffield Hallam Marxist Societies held a joint meeting on the history and lessons of May 68. We had a dozen people there, including many who had not been involved in the Marxist Societies before. The discussion was fantastic,with the speaker highlighting Read more…
Alan Woods went to Paris in May 1968 seeking contact with revolutionary workers and youth. He describes here what he encountered, the mood, and the discussions with workers and students. He explains how the workers were looking for leadership but never found it, neither in the ultra-left groups, nor in the Stalinist leadership that betrayed them.
On April 28th, we held a meeting on the legacy and lessons of May ’68. With the crisis of capitalism sweeping across the world, revolutionary movements to match those of May 68 are coming across the world. It is vital to understand the reasons behind the rise and fall of Read more…
NEU members at a Catholic school in Croydon have voted to strike against the scandalous decision to ban a gay author from speaking to students. This shows the way forward in the fight against oppression: through united class struggle. Last week, on 16 April, 90% of National Education Union (NEU) Read more…
Should history be objective? The answer seems self-evident – of course, it should. However, as Trotsky pointed out, “under the influence of the market and of the historic process in general…” no historian is ever truly free of subjectivity. Indeed, this is most proven by the many distorted histories of Read more…
Staff, students, and parents at Holland Park School in London are organising to oppose the proposed takeover by a giant academy trust. To defend education, the labour movement must fight to end academisation, and put workers in control.
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