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Marxist Society begins at Queen Mary, University of London Print E-mail
By Nadia Mirza, QMUL   
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
uluqmula.jpgDay by day the capitalist system is showing itself for what it is. The impact of the credit crunch and the news of the collapse of major investment banks in the US is radicalising young people. This was evident to see at Queen Mary’s Freshers Fair last week, where the Marxist Society intervened, attracting a fresh layer of young people looking for an alternative.
 
Hands Off Venezuela at Glasgow Fresher's Fair Print E-mail
By Ewan Gibbs   
Monday, 22 September 2008
hov_but.jpg For the second year running the Hands Off Venezuela campaign and Socialist Appeal made an intervention at the University of Glasgow Fresher’s Fair. Through the course of the three day fair four supporters of HOV and Socialist Appeal manned a stall selling various pieces of material including the Hands Off Venezuela magazine and Socialist Appeal journal. Hundreds of flyers for the Hands Off Venezuela campaign were distributed and over fifty names were registered as showing interest in setting up a Hands Off Venezuela society at the university.
 
Socialist Appeal Northern Weekend School a success! Print E-mail
By Michael Docherty   
Monday, 22 September 2008

northen-school-2008.jpgThe first Northern weekend school was held on the 12th-14th September, organised by Yorkshire supporters of Socialist Appeal. The school took place in Saddleworth, on the edge of the Peak District National Park. The theme of the school was "The Class, the Party and the Leadership". The weekend proved tremendously successful, both in terms of political education and bringing together socialists in the movement and young activists.

 
Student living: this isn’t Hollyoaks Print E-mail
By Ben Curry   
Thursday, 18 September 2008

housing.jpgWith the beginning of the 2008/09 academic year fast approaching, students will soon be settling in to the realities of student life. For new students this means at some point they’ve made a choice: between studying away from home on the one hand and continuing to live with their parents on the other. Almost a third of students choose the latter option. This often means a long commute to a university chosen on the basis of its location instead of its merits – but at least these students have the security of a roof over their head. For those who have chosen to study away from home, often unaware of the true cost of student life, this means moving in to student accommodation and an ongoing struggle against poverty, unscrupulous landlords and, more often than not, appalling living conditions.

 
New Leaflet: Defend the Bolivian and Venezuelan revolutions! Print E-mail
By www.handsoffvenezuela.org   
Monday, 15 September 2008

flyercolsmall.jpg Join us for a picket of the US embassy and public meeting on Wednesday, September 17, in London to defend the Bolivian and Venezuelan revolutions! Download and print off this A4 leaflet and distribute it as widely as possible.

 
Making money from education Print E-mail
By Dan Morley   
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
ed.jpgThe American education company Kaplan has announced plans to open a profit seeking university in the UK. Although only a small beginning, this opens the way to a profit-driven higher education system. The first move was the government's, who recently relaxed laws on who can award degrees. They are in effect trying to open up the concept of a degree to market speculation and commodification.
 
Scottish students – up against it Print E-mail
By Ewan Gibbs   
Monday, 18 August 2008
student1a.jpgFor centuries the Scottish education system has fiercely maintained itself as an independent entity at all levels and has been seen by many as superior to that of England and Wales. After devolution the Scottish Parliament was granted responsibility for Scottish education and with this for administering the associated fees and benefits. The Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition scrapped tuition fees in favour of a one off graduate endowment payment, it was £2,289 when scrapped, and paid at the end of a course once a student was earning over £15,000 per year.
 
Marxist Day School in London Print E-mail
Wednesday, 16 July 2008

marxist-day-school.jpgEven the bourgeois press has admitted that the sudden shift in world economic fortunes has brought Marxism ‘back from the dead’ – the Sunday Times ran an article last week under the title ‘The credit crunch is bringing Marxism back into fashion’. From our perspective, Marxism is not a fashion or a strange breed of animal, as the bourgeoisie like to kid themselves, but the only answer to today’s problems. And as the deep crisis of world capitalism comes more and more to the surface, more and more people will seek our ideas. This was shown by the turnout of more than 30 at ULU Marxist Society and Socialist Appeal’s Marxist Day School on Saturday 12th July.

 
[From HoV] - Report of film screening “The hour of the furnaces” in London Print E-mail
By Pablo Roldan, HOV London   
Wednesday, 04 June 2008
Over seventy people gathered on Wednesday, May 21, at London's Bolivar Hall for the opening of the film season Venezuela: a revolution in film, which is organised by Hands off Venezuela in association with the Venezuelan embassy in the UK. (Also in Spanish).
 
Audio File: 1968 - Year of Revolution (part 2) Print E-mail
By Alan Woods   
Friday, 16 May 2008
may-68-adfjk.jpgForty years ago the world was experiencing upheaval on a world scale that hadn't been seen for a generation. In the US opposition to the war in Vietnam gathered momentum, as it did in Britain. In Pakistan revolution was on the order of the day, and in Czechoslovakia we saw the Prague spring and Soviet Invasion. In May there was the glorious rising of the French working class, that saw 10 million workers down tools in a general strike.
 
Audio File: 1968 - Year of Revolution (part 1) Print E-mail
By Fred Weston   
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
1968-day-school.jpgForty years ago the world was experiencing upheaval on a world scale that hadn't been seen for a generation. In the US opposition to the war in Vietnam gathered momentum, as it did in Britain. In Pakistan revolution was on the order of the day, and in Czechoslovakia we saw the Prague spring and Soviet Invasion. In May there was the glorious rising of the French working class, that saw 10 million workers down tools in a general strike.
 
Jacqui the Child Catcher Print E-mail
By Anthony Healy   
Monday, 12 May 2008
jsmith-childcatcher.jpgThe latest attempt to criminalise young people by "framing and shaming" them and "filming and repeatedly stopping identified persistent offenders on problem estates" owes more to the Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang than it does to evidence based practice. But what are the real reasons that "Youth Disorder" takes place and what works?
 
Student Power: A Microcosm of right-wing manoeuvres and how they were defeated by the left Print E-mail
By Melanie MacDonald   
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
military-in-schools---eveni.jpg Recently, The University College London Students’ Union (UCLU) voted to ban The Officer Training Corps (OTC) from recruiting at union organized events like Freshers' Fair. The ban has caused quite a stir on and off campus, making the front cover of the ‘Evening Standard’ with the banner headline, "Students Ban Military". Speaking about those in opposition to the motion, UCLU General Secretary, Samantha Godwin, said: “they know that if replicated elsewhere, it would become a really effective method of protesting against the war."
 
Wolverhampton: Capitalism kills! Looking for an alternative? Print E-mail
By Socialist Appeal students in Wolverhampton   
Friday, 18 April 2008
On Wednesday April 16th our second meeting of students trying to set up a Socialist Society at the University of Wolverhampton took place.
 
Report: Socialist Youth Network conference 2008 Print E-mail
By Joe Boustead   
Tuesday, 01 April 2008
syn.jpgOn Saturday the 29th of March the Socialist Youth Network (SYN) held its 3rd annual conference at the ULU building near Euston. The Socialist Youth Network is the youth wing of the Labour Representation Committee (LRC), the left wing of the Labour Party led by John McDonnell. Youth comrades from Socialist Appeal attended the meeting reported here.
 
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