On 12th March 2015 Italian students demonstrated all across the country against the decree-law “good school” (Buona Scuola) presented the very same day to the Cabinet. The demonstrations involved almost 40 cities throughout Italy although this was not the largest mobilization we’ve seen in the recent period. Students already mobilized Read more…
Students at LSE have occupied the Vera Anstey Suite, the central meeting room of the university administration, to fight for an end to profit-driven education and the marketisation of the university. Members of the LSE Marxist Society are among those students involved with the occupation. The Marxist Student Federation Read more…
Twenty-four student organizations, representing over 30,000 students, have voted to go on strike in Québec on March 21, with 100,000 students yet to vote. The demonstrations, largely led and organized by the militant student association ASSÉ (Association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante), are a response to province-wide austerity measures Read more…
In celebration of International (Working) Women’s Day, Marxist Student interviewed two women who were among the millions involved in the Egyptian Revolution of the last four years. Sarah Nagaty is an Egyptian post-graduate student studying in Portugal, as well as a member of the Sheffield Marxist Society and the Read more…
To celebrate International Working Women’s Day 2015 Natasha Sorrell from the Sheffield Marxists discusses women in revolution throughout history. Below we reproduce several quotations from Lenin, Kollontai and others on the same subject. “No party or revolution in the world has ever dreamed of striking so deep Read more…
On Thursday, 26th February, the UCLU Marxists held a public meeting to discuss the recent political situation in Greece. Titled “Greece: No Surrender,” the discussion featured a lead-off by Fred Weston, the editor of www.marxist.com. The lead-off focused on the recent election of Syriza to power and what this might Read more…
English version here To jest odpowiedź w imieniu Federacji Studentów Marksistowskich na atak przeprowadzony przez państwo Polskie przeciwko protestującym pracownikom w Jastrzębiu w dniach 2. i 9. lutego, gdzie użyto przeciwko bezbronnym demonstrantom gazu łzawiącego, armatek wodnych i gumowej amunicji raniąc dwadzieścia osób. Jako międzynarodowy ruch robotniczy, który głęboko Read more…
On Friday, 13 February, students occupied the Bungehuis at the University van Amsterdam (UvA). By the end of the first day of the occupation the movement grew in support with around 200 people participating in the occupation. It lasted 12 days and during this time they held several student activities Read more…
PEGIDA’s debut on British soil fell flat on Saturday 28 February, with the counter-demonstration led by Newcastle Unites outnumbering the right-wing protest group over fifteen-to-one. The build up to PEGIDA’s first British rally was mired in administrative difficulties from the off. The movement’s leaders have recently come under fire, due Read more…
Polish translation here This is a response on behalf of the Marxist Student Federation to attacks by the state against protesting workers in the Polish city of Jastrzebie on the 2nd and 9th of February, where tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets were fired at unarmed protesters, injuring twenty people. This Read more…
In the latest move aimed at using the territory of Gibraltar to bolster political support, the Spanish foreign minister, Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, has announced the closure of the Cervantes Institute, a Spanish language school in Gibraltar. Gibraltar has always been a bone of contention between Spain and Britain which Read more…
With the student elections at QMUL fast approaching, adverts have begun appearing around campus encouraging people to run for a position as a student representative. The situation faced by students today is a difficult one. We are paying £9,000 fees and racking up enormous debts, despite the graduate job Read more…
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