Fight for your future

ISR/Socialist Students conference

Fight for your future

With only days to go, the ISR and Socialist Student conference looks
set to be the biggest yet! Our opening ‘Fight for your future’ rally
will have speakers talking about campaigning in their workplaces,
schools and colleges.

Clare James

Linda Shuetz, from Rostock, Germany, was involved in the massive
student strikes against the war, led by Youth Against War (ISR in
Germany). More recently, she has been an organiser of the regular Monday
demonstrations taking place throughout Germany against the huge cuts to
the welfare state the government are trying to push through.

Young people have a hugely important role to play in these movements
internationally – it is vital to get other young people organised and
active in fighting against attacks on our future.

Sevi Yesildalli, a Socialist Party member on the PCS union national
executive will be speaking about the current PCS campaign against the
government’s 104,000 job cuts. On 5 November, PCS members throughout the
civil service took strike action in protest. Many young people work for
the civil service and are facing losing their jobs, getting an increased
workload and struggling to survive on low pay.

Kat Fletcher, the president of the National Union of Students (NUS),
will speak on the fight against student poverty, tuition fees and the
cuts in higher education.

After the speakers, there will be some time for ISR and Socialist
Student members and supporters to ask questions and speak about
campaigns in their areas.

After the rally there will be a number of workshops taking place (see
list) for people to get a better chance to ask questions and share their
ideas for campaigns.

Conference workshops:

What is socialism?

How can socialism be achieved, and would it last?

Socialist Students – building in the universities

How can we defeat tuition fees?

Fight for your rights at work

How can we get organised in the workplace? What is a trade union and why should you join?

No to racism – stop the far right

How can we combat racism and the ideas of the far-right?

Campaigning in schools and colleges.

End the occupation of Iraq. No more blood for oil!

How can US imperialism be defeated?

The new sexism. Campaigning against sexism and exploitation.


Conference details

Saturday 20 November 2004, 11am-6pm.
Upper Hall, University of London Union, Malet Street, London WC1
(nearest tubes: Euston, Goodge Street, Tottenham Court Road). Tickets: £4 waged/£2 unwaged

www.socialiststudents.org.uk

www.anticapitalism.org.uk

020 8558 7947 PO BOX 858, London, E11 1YG