This Wednesday morning, comrades from Newcastle Marxist Society made their way to County Durham to show solidarity with the striking teaching assistants. We got a bus through from Newcastle which sadly, due to poor weather, meant we arrived a little too late to join the picket line at East Stanley Read more…
The recent actions of the administration of the American University of Cairo represent an direct assault on the student body. The sudden decision to raise tuition fees by 40% will severely affect the students, many of whom would have to chose between leaving their studies or become heavily indebted. The Read more…
Today and tomorrow teaching assistants involved in a dispute with Durham County Council will be on strike over the question of pay cuts. This follows on from previous days of strike action earlier in the month. Here is a report on the struggle so far. And below is a report Read more…
The Marxist Student Federation marched alongside thousands of other students and workers on 19 November to defend education. Read the full report by Sarah and Rosie from Manchester here. See below for pictures and a video of the demo
Lecturers are being balloted for strike action at the University of Aberdeen after 15 members of staff were threatened with redundancy as part of the University’s bid to make savings. One of the UCU (University and College Union) reps at Aberdeen, Derek Dawson said “Nobody wants to take industrial Read more…
The Nation Union of Students (NUS) and University and Colleges Union (UCU) have called a demo on 19 November – we’ll be there, united for education. The demo has been called to defend education against cuts, privatisations and marketization. Recently there have been endless attacks on bursaries, grants, teaching standards, lecturer’s pay, Read more…
The Southampton Marxist society has written an article for the Wessex Scene, the local student newspaper in Southampton. The full article can be found here and some key excerpts from it are below. Students across the country have already devised ways of fighting back against the exploitation of their rent. With Read more…
There’s an old Chinese curse which roughly translates into English as “May you live in interesting times” and it certainly seems that in recent months these words do make for a particularly painful curse. It seemed laughable this time last year that there was any chance of a Donald Trump Read more…
Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections has delivered the biggest political upset in history; a political earthquake that has shattered the entire global Establishment, making Brexit look like a minor tremor in comparison. In reality, however, Trump is not the problem, but a symptom of a more general Read more…
Racism has reared its ugly head on the University of Manchester campus in the form of disgusting, racially motivated attacks against BME students standing in Students’ Union officer election. In recent weeks on the University of Manchester campus elections have been held for part time officer positions in the Read more…
Around the world, millions of people are waiting nervously for the upcoming presidential election in the United States on November 8th. Will Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump become the most powerful person in the free world? Comedians and economist alike foretell of impending political catastrophe, social ruin, and the fall Read more…
In 2015 the ruling class of the Republic of South Africa promised to the Fees Must Fall movement that there would be no more rises in tuition fees. As we know now – they’ve simply lied. Since the very beginning of the rises they didn’t shy away from openly admitting Read more…
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