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Under capitalism, starvation, war, poverty and environmental destruction blight the lives of millions the world over. At the same time the enormous wealth, resources and human talent that exists in the world is squandered. |
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1 July 2009 Join UCU Lunchtime protests at colleges across the country Fight to defend FE colleges : FURTHER EDUCATION (FE) colleges across the country are facing a major crisis over the next months and years... By Paula Mitchell 1 July 2009
Young people make up 21% of the population, but 40% of all those unemployed... By Sean Figg, Youth Fight for Jobs national organiser 29 June 2009 Linguistics Campaign – concessions won from Sussex Management The struggle to Save Linguistics at Sussex has won concessions from the university management... By To all Sussex Linguistics supporters, 27 June 2009 600,000 from education...to the dole queue – join the protests!
26 June 2009 CWU conference backs Youth Fight for Jobs campaign: THE COMMUNICATION Workers Union (CWU) conference is meeting with its members facing huge threats of mass job losses, pension cuts and post office privatisation... 26 June 2009 Mass protests in Germany the high point of a one-week education strikeOnly the beginning of a powerful movement against government attacks: Students on strike... 7 June 2009 Protests against BNPOllie Paton Sheffield Socialist Students writes : ANTI-RACIST campaigners in Sheffield have protested twice in one week against the election of a BNP member to the European Parliament representing Yorkshire and Humberside region... 26 June 2009 No to cuts at Kings: JOB LOSSES, previously mainly hitting the ex-polytechnic universities, are starting to threaten older universities... 20 May 2009 Save Linguistics at Sussex campaignOn Wednesday 20 May, around 70 students gathered in Sussex University's main square to protest against the axing of the entire linguistics department... 27 May 2009 Higher education under severe attackAs unemployment increases, many young people are desperately looking to higher education as an alternative... By Matt Dobson 26 June 2009 Aston University: Socialists fight for student democracy
The students union, or 'guild' as it now calls itself, at Aston University faced attacks on its, already limited, democratic structures last week... By Steve Burrell 27 May 2009 Southampton protest: Stop the slaughter of Tamils A SMALL but militant group of Southampton University students took their protest against the genocide of the Tamil people in the north of Sri Lanka to the local civic centre and regional BBC building on Monday 18 May... By Rosie Isaac, Southampton Socialist Students 27 May 2009 At the University of Sussex, the campaign to save the linguistics courses continues. Socialist Students are taking a lead.... By Lee Vernon 27 May 2009 Keep fighting for further education funding Wales: Unison and other campus unions in Gorseinon college Swansea are once again having to campaign against the effects of funding cuts... By Ronnie Job, Unison rep Gorseinon college, personal capacity 27 May 2009 Fight to save higher education The University and College Union, UCU, is currently balloting its members in higher education on pay and job security... By Thomas House, Warwick University UCU executive, personal capacity Visit www.socialistbooks.org.uk to buy books on the workers' movement and the struggle for socialism. For up to date war reports and other news visit the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) website. The CWI is an international socialist organisation with affiliated parties and organisations in over 35 countries worldwide. Marxist Education links: To contact us: Email socialiststudents@hotmail.com Call: 020 8558 7947 Post: Socialist Students, PO BOX 858, London E11 1YG |
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A fully funded publicly
owned and democratically run education system at all levels