In August a teenage Deliveroo cyclist, Raven Morrello, was dragged off his bike, roughed-up and thrown in the back of a van by police in Manchester. He was riding his bicycle along a street when a police horse (why do the police have horses anyway??) got ‘spooked’ by the bike. Read more…
Grants for students from poor backgrounds have now been replaced by loans. Sorana Vieru, National Union of Students vice president, pointed out that this“basically punishes poorer students simply for being poor”, because they will rack up even higher debts that students from better off families. This is on top of the fact Read more…
From 11 to 15 July the Unite the Union policy conference is meeting in Brighton. The conference of Britain’s largest trade union comes at a critical time for developments in the Labour party and defending Jeremy Corbyn against the Blairite coup attempt should be top of delegates’ agenda. Important questions Read more…
Labour groups all over the country are coming out in defence of Jeremy Corbyn. See below for a selection of motions and statements that have been passed in the last few days. Using these and the model resolution below as a guide, activists should move resolutions in wards, branches and Read more…
I’ve just returned from the picket at King’s College London where we had a very respectable turnout of ten striking staff. The next step in our strike schedule after the two-day national strike was for branches to select one day of action in June/July. I voted in favour of co-ordinating Read more…
There was a Momentum meeting in Sheffield yesterday to discuss the best way to defend Corbyn against those Labour MPs who are trying to remove him. Around 200 people turned up to the meeting, which was a great turnout. Peter and Rhea both addressed the meeting, with the latter’s speech talking Read more…
This week is seeing staff at 44 universities across the UK go on strike as part of their campaign for a decent pay increase, an end to zero-hour contracts and a closing of the gender pay gap. Already the University of the Arts London, the University of West London and Read more…
Events are moving at lightning speed. Decisive action is required and socialist ideas can be a powerful rallying point. We will be updating this page as events unfold to help guide those who want to defend Corbyn and fight for socialism. The system is broken, we need a revolution! Read more…
Students at Queen Mary’s College in Basingstoke are furious about an Edexcel Biology A Level exam. Edexcel exams are set by the largest education multinational company in the world: Pearson PLC. The exam had almost nothing to do with the course that has been taught this year. In fact, according to Read more…
Today Marxist students have been out supporting UCU members on strike as part of the ongoing pay dispute. Ross, a UCU member from Queen Margaret University (QMU) who was on strike today has sent in the following report: There were about 12 of us on the picket line. The university Read more…
Three days ago, six people were killed and dozens wounded outside Oaxaca when the Mexican police opened fire on unarmed protestors defending state education: http://www.marxist.com/mexico-brutal-repression-of-teachers… This is another chapter in the story of the Mexican state’s assault on workers through violent repression of unionists and a brutal swathe of privatizations, Read more…
A petition opposing the retrospective alteration to student loan repayments, begun by Durham University student Alex True, has been rejected by parliament. Having gathered over 120,000 signatures in the space of a few days, it demonstrates the strength of feeling against tuition fees and this latest modification. Nonetheless, it will Read more…
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