Personal Accounts
Marx wasn’t born a Marxist, many different things pull people towards Marxist ideas or inspire them think in a certain way. Learn about different inspirations for Marxist students.
Students and staff suffer as Osborne gets into bed with Manchester uni
The University of Manchester (UoM) plans to cut 171 jobs, including those of 140 academic staff (leaving up to 1000 staff uncertain about their future) and Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) plans the closure of their Crew Campus (leading to a further 160 job losses). The staff cuts will affect the Read more…
[Video] Warwick University: the birthplace of neoliberalism
Thomas from Warwick explains some of the history behind neoliberal ideas. Check out this video:
Strike action at Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College
UCU members at Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College are planning strike action on Thursday 29th June over the threat of compulsory redundancies of up to 10 lecturers – one of the people under threat is the UCU Branch Secretary. The redundancies arise from cuts in a number of departments and Read more…
Newcastle Marxists hit the streets and the tweets
Yesterday afternoon the Newcastle Marxists were on Northumberland Street selling copies of the Revolution newspaper and talking to people about the ideas of Marxism. As of last Friday they’re also on Twitter. Follow them for revolutionary news, socialist updates and handsome pics of the society President: https://twitter.com/NCLMarxists
Revolutionary revelations
Two Marxists, one from Swansea and one from Leeds, walk into a London bar…
Save our Statute at Warwick
Within the context of already tense relations between students, academics and the management at the University of Warwick, the effective removal of provisions contained in statute 24 of the University’s constitution marks a new attack by the management on academia. What is this “statute 24” and what is its significance? Read more…
Victory for LSE cleaners! Workers’ struggle vindicated!
Cleaners at the London School of Economics have won a significant victory today, as university bosses conceded to their demands to bring all cleaning services in-house ‒ resulting in a significant improvement to working conditions. The largely immigrant and ethnic minority workforce of cleaning staff at LSE was formerly employed Read more…
Justice for workers – shame on SOAS – la lucha continua!
12 June was the 8th anniversary of the forcible deportation of 9 SOAS workers. This day has since become one of commemoration in the SOAS community, in order to condemn what was a horrific attack on the staff. Yet it was on the anniversary of these events that SOAS management Read more…
SOAS management offices occupied by J4W campaigners – rally today!
Yesterday, on 12 June, SOAS Justice For Workers campaigners had decided that enough is enough, and bravely decided to take a direct action and occupy the first floor offices of the university management. The action was decided on immediately after Elior, the outsourcing company contracted by SOAS, had issued a Read more…
