The Socialist 9 June 2010

Reject these brutal cuts

Come to the NSSN conference unite the fightback!

Why public sector cuts are not inevitable

Marches show opposition to Israeli state terror

Determined BA cabin crew ready to reballot

EDL thugs sent packing from Cardiff

EDL protest stopped in Swansea

Fast news

CWU ballots BT workers for strike over pay

Unite conference - union at the crossroads

Wales TUC - rank and file delegates support socialist fightback

Future of cuts a nightmare for youth

College campaign success

Socialist Students national meeting: Preparing for a student fightback

Youth Fight for Jobs open steering committee

Lobby Iain Duncan Smith at his surgery

Socialist Party youth meeting: ready to build a fightback

Soccer World Cup 2010: South Africa, the ugly backdrop to the beautiful game

Oil spill shows hazards of the profit system

Bhopal - little justice 25 years on

Will the Lib Dems survive coalition?

Bradford murders and prostitution

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College campaign success

Socialist Students at Peter Symonds Sixth Form College, Winchester, have been busy over the past few months since starting up our group.

Nich Brook-Hart

At one of our first meetings we decided to start a campaign against high prices in the college canteen. We said that if the private catering company refused to lower prices then the college should bring the service in-house, with student input in its management. Shortly after, when the campaign was up and running, with a well-attended launch meeting, we met with a member of the college management.

We were informed that the board of governors was thinking of taking the canteen into college hands anyway, but we had to put the campaign on hold while they made their minds up, in case it looked like a group of students was pressuring them into doing so!

Following the success of our campaign for a college-run canteen, we turned our attention to the college student union elections. We fielded three candidates who stood out from their opponents, not only in the fact that they had been involved in the canteen campaign, but that they actually went round and canvassed for votes, a novel tactic in college elections it seems!

Our candidate for president, Toby North, was successful, while the other two lost out this time. However, they retain their previous posts as communications and equality and diversity officer, giving us a good starting point for more campaigning work after exams and the summer.

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