Solidarity 348, 7 January 2015

PCS leadership suspend elections

The following (20 December) article comes from the website of the PCS activist network Independent Left , of which AWL members in the union are part. See the IL website for numerous other articles and updates on the crisis in PCS, and also the new PCS - Democracy Deferred blog. More on the campaign against this attack on trade union democracy soon. PCS LEADERSHIP ATTACK OUR UNION'S DEMOCRACY! In an unprecedented attack on the democracy of our union the rudderless leadership of PCS has announced the suspension of National and Group elections for possibly up to 12 months. The NEC decision – by...

University bans conference under pressure from far right

The cancellation by Birkbeck University management of room bookings for a 13 December conference on "Institutional Islamophobia" should be condemned. Following the bans on the Socialist Workers Party by Goldsmiths Students' Union and Edinburgh University Students' Association, and the attempt to ban the SWP in University of Sussex SU, this is yet another blow to freedom of speech and organisation on campuses. It is particularly alarming because Birkbeck management acted after threats from far-right racist groups Britain First and Casuals United that they would disrupt the event. The conference...

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