Workers' Liberty

A statement from the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts

At a recent higher education cuts conference, attended by sabbaticals and student activists from across the country, the National Union of Students was mandated to call a national demonstration against cuts and fees.

1. We oppose the Lib Dem-Tory coalition government's plans for a graduate tax.

The next step for the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts is a newly formed and affiliated movement, “NCAFC Women’s Liberation”.

A number of socialists, including supporters of the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts, have recently been elected as full-time student union sabbatical officers. Ashok Kumar is a non-aligned leftist, NCAFC supporter, and Vice-President Education-elect at the London School of Economics Students’ Union.

This year a number of socialists, including supporters of the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts, have been elected as full-time student union sabbatical officers. Below is an interview with one of them, Michael Chessum, who is a non-aligned socialist, an NCAFC supporter and Vice-President Education-elect at University College London Union.

Four students and three lecturers have been suspended by Middlesex University management, in retaliation for the 12-day occupation of the philosophy faculty by students and staff in early May.

The election of the Lib-Con government has given bosses in the education sector a renewed enthusiasm for further marketisation and profiteering of universities.

This year a number of socialists, including supporters of the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts, have been elected as full-time student union sabbatical officers. Below are interviews with four of them. More to follow soon.

The management at Middlesex University have decided to axe the world-renowned philosophy department, but are meeting more resistance than they expected.

Last week anti-cuts activists swept the board in our student union elections. All three candidates on the “Stop the cuts! Shake up YOUR union” slate were elected — Robin Law as President, Fatima Hagi as student Trustee and myself as VP Education.

Despite a background of grassroots struggles against cuts and fees, NUS conference 2010 saw the Blairite leadership entrench itself and push further down the road of bureaucratisation, depoliticisation and capitulation to the government.

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At the SWP fringe meeting at the recent National Union of Students conference, in Newcastle on 13 April, SWP speaker Yunus Bakhsh accused the AWL of racism: “You don't like black people”.

Despite a background of impressive grassroots struggles against cuts and fees, NUS conference 2010 (Newcastle, April 13-15) saw the Blai

This year’s National Union of Students conference (13-15 April) represented a new low in terms of political and organisational culture for the student movement.

From Education Not for Sale

Even if you’re a left-wing activist, it’s very likely you don’t know who Socialist Action are.

As mass student protests coincided with a UCU strike, Sussex University management has backed down and reinstated six students suspended for anti-cuts activity - including AWL member Patrick Rolfe.