UCU Congress dodges Ukraine
Leeds University UCU pickets with Ukrainian flag The worst aspect of the University and College Union (UCU) Congress, 1-3 June, was the arrangement of motions that led to any discussion of the invasion of Ukraine falling off the agenda (along with all motions on “International and European work”) — despite two separate branches and the NEC submitting motions on Ukraine and a series of other branches submitting amendments. The Russian imperialist invasion of Ukraine is perhaps the most significant event in Europe in the last three decades. It is also the subject of much internal debate in the...