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From The Socialist newspaper, 4 March 2008
Campaign to Defeat Fees
KENT UNIVERSITY Socialist Students held a memorable Campaign to Defeat Fees (CDF) day of action (see The Socialist 522) on 29 February. Two of our members dressed up as a 'fat cat philanthropist' and a 'student in chains' to create a powerful image of how tuition fees burden and chain university students with debt.
As well as a petition, which plenty of students and some lecturers signed, we invited students to write down an estimate of how much debt they thought they would be in at the end of their degree on a big white sheet. This symbolic 'wall of debt' captured students' imagination. We also thoroughly enjoyed the occasion even if it was a particularly windy day.
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In The Socialist 4 March 2008:
Greenwich workers score victory against single status
Angry civil servants strike over pay
Socialist Party NHS campaign
Thousands protest at threats to hospital
International Women's Day
Fight for a woman's right to choose
Anti-War
Sheffield activists fight militarism
Environment and socialism
Walthamstow 'RAPpers' against toxic incinerators
Socialist Party news and analysis
Meet Brown's new finance expert
International socialist news and analysis
Turkey's invasion destabilising region
Workplace news and analysis
Unison witch-hunt: Members bite back
Teachers must reject real pay cuts
Greenwich workers fight attacks
Socialist Party member stands for Unite (T&G) general executive
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