The Night Time Industry Association (NTIA) has said they have seen a rise in drink-spiking throughout the UK over recent weeks. This confirms again what women already know; that we are not safe. Whether it be walking at night like Sarah Everard or Sabina Nessa, going to the club, or Read more…
The UCU is enthralled in battles across at the moment. This is shown by the situation of deep crisis in Goldsmiths. The History and English departments both stand to be completely gutted. This is a crisis of capitalism. Karl Marx once said that “the education of all children, from the Read more…
Zac Larkham, a student at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) recently exposed his university management for tracing his physical and online activities with the student rent strike movement last academic year. In a tweet thread about this scandal, Zac revealed 190 pages of records obtained via a subject access request, showing Read more…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Marxist Student (@marxiststudent) On April 22nd 1870, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov was born. Born in Ulyanovks (then called Simbirsk, he would go on to become Lenin, a guiding figure of the Russian Revolution and Communist International! His father was a schoolmaster Read more…
For many women, news over the last week has laid bare our worst fears. It has been uncovered that Wayne Couzens spent months planning the violent rape and murder of Sarah Everard – or, more precisley, any woman on the streets of Clapham that night. Couzens has admitted that he Read more…
On 19 March, Orla Murphy walked up to the Department of Foreign Affairs building in Dublin and splashed pink paint against the building before spray painting the words “No More Empty Promises” on the front of the building. Meanwhile, her friend, fellow activist, and supporter of the Irish Marxists (the Read more…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Marxist Student (@marxiststudent) Friedrich Engels was born on 28 November 1820, and is one of the founding fathers of “scientific socialism” – the theoretical ideas collectively and commonly known today as Marxism. Both in life and in death, however, Engels Read more…
We interviewed László Molnárfi, founder of Students 4 Change at Trinity College Dublin. The University has faced an upsurge in anger from students, surrounding their education. They are organising on campus and demanding changes from the University. However, László also believes that this cannot just happen at Trinity College but Read more…
The academic year 2020/21 was rough for students. University students were charged £9,000 plus rent for tiny accommodation, poor quality online lectures (not the fault of staff but of government and university management), and terrible mental health. School students suffered through trying to study from home, being guinea pigs in Read more…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Marxist Student (@marxiststudent) Karl Marx was born on May 5, 1818 (New Style), in the city of Trier (Rhenish Prussia). He went on to make the greatest single contribution to the working class struggle against capitalism. He was a great Read more…
It is undeniable that the pandemic has hammered the final nail into the coffin of the previous epoch. But jubilant claims that austerity is a thing of the past have proved premature, as the ruling class begins to wind up its COVID spending spree and resume attacks on workers. The question is, what is the character of this new period, and what will it entail for the working class?
Tensions are rising in higher education, as university bosses look to use recorded lectures to undermine the job security and conditions of staff. Workers and students must fight back.
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