We went to the Freshers Fair at Hills Road on Wednesday where there were three of us on the stall. We had about four and a half hours in total to sign people up to our Marxist society. Our stall was very small but the Revolution newspaper in particular attracted people. Read more…
At UWE last week we managed to sign up over 100 people, run out of the 600 leaflets we’d printed, and sell out of the 30+ Revolution papers we had. There was loads of enthusiasm about the prospect of this new society, and people were really excited about the mix of Read more…
Really good response to our freshers fair stall at Queen Margaret University. 17 gave details to find out more (including two from SNP Students!). We have a meeting on Thursday introducing students to Marxism. Our aim is soon to get 10 people to sign up and 3 people to be Read more…
We had our first Freshers activity today at Heriot Watt University, a campus uni on the outskirts of Edinburgh. The Fair was on from 12-4. Two comrades turned up just before 12 and set up the stall on the grass outside. We were approaching students asking if they “want to Read more…
The dispute over pay between universities and the UCU continues today with a strike at the University of Sussex. While staff pay has fallen by 14.5% since 2009, the vice-chancellor at Sussex has a salary of £287,000. Throughout the HE sector 49% of staff are on insecure contracts and Read more…
At a recent meeting of the Kent, Cut the Rent! campaign we revised our demands which are below. We strongly look forward to the coming year as we move towards direct action to deal with the issues facing this campus. If we stand together, we are strong! Our aims are presented Read more…
The Justice for Cleaners movement held a militant and determined protest on Monday 18th April at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) University of London, which was well attended by approximately 200 people. This included unions, student groups, societies, academics and even Guardian journalist Owen Jones, and this was Read more…
The demonstration and march organised by UCL Cut the Rent on Thursday 17th March was an overall success. In the quad, Max Rayne residents united with students from other halls of residence in order to protest against high student rents. Protesting students, joined by representatives of the media, marched on Read more…
The statement below was passed through the Kent Marxist society last week. It marks the first step in a campaign against rent increases at the University of Kent. For more information about the campaign and to get involved please use the contact form below and check out the campaign’s Facebook Read more…
Delegates from King’s College London will debate a motion opposing the practice of ‘blacklisting’ (denying work to unionists, activists and other ‘troublemakers’) by construction firms at the upcoming NUS conference. Should this motion pass, it will represent a qualitative development in our ‘Blacklist the Blacklisters’ campaign. Last year comrades from Read more…
Over 500 students have pledged to join the indefinite rent strike declared last month by 150 students at University College London (UCL), reflecting campus-wide concerns over soaring accommodation costs and students’ dissatisfaction with management’s response. Organised by UCL, Cut the Rent with support from the Radical Housing Network, the extension Read more…
For Free Education: Defend Corbyn, Fight For Socialism! Education is a public good that should be free to all The NUS can do more to fight for free education An end to cuts and to the social gentrification of our university sector Jeremy Corbyn to power in 2020 on a Read more…
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