January 3rd 1911 was the date that the full force of the British state was pitted against two Latvian anarchists, or former Latvarian Social Democrats to be precise, taking refuge in an East End property. The two Jewish radicals named Fritz Svaars and William Sokolow held their own for Read more…
After being informed that a third of accommodation fees, which have risen by more than 20% in the last three years, will go into “capital and borrowing”, students at Durham demanded to know what exactly the University is investing in. A Freedom of Information request revealed that in the Read more…
To mark the publication of Marxism and Anarchism, we publish below a review of this text by Archie Marshall, President of the LSEsu Marxist Society and member of the MSF Executive Committee. ——————————– The 2008 economic collapse had a radicalizing effect on students and young workers, who are always the first Read more…
136 years ago this month, in March 1879, Albert Einstein was born. His contribution to science is unquestionable, but lesser known are his political views. Einstein was a convinced socialist and wrote an essay in defence of socialism in which he discusses the role of the individual in society Read more…
The students organised in the Polytechnic Students Committee of Struggle-Revolutionary Student Union (CLEP-UER) send revolutionary greetings from Mexico to the students at LSE. We show our solidarity in the struggle that they have taken up in defence of public education. In Mexico, just a few months ago, the most Read more…
The Marxist Youth of Venezuela, the youth wing of Class Struggle, expresses its support for the students of the London School of Economics (LSE) who on 18 March bravely occupied the main meeting room of the university. We offer our solidarity and revolutionary greetings to your movement: “Occupy LSE Read more…
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…
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