26 November 2008
New Labour hypocrisy on racism
Hazel Blears, New Labour Secretary of State for Communities, said over the weekend that "where the BNP wins votes, it is often the result of local political failure...
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23 November 2008
House of Lords hears case on right to demonstrate
Lois Austin -v- commissioner of police of the metropolis: An important test case concerning the limitation of the police's power to control demonstrators will be heard by the House of Lords from 24th-26th November 2008...
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19 November 2008
First ever all-Germany school students' strike
One hundred thousand school students went on strike on Wednesday 12 November. This was the first ever national school students' strike in Germany. The largest was in Braunschweig (Brunswick) with 10,500...
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19 November 2008
Eyewitness report: Italian students occupy
"Noi la crisi non la paghiamo" (We won't pay for your crisis) chanted hundreds of thousands of Italian students attending a mass demonstration in Rome on Friday 14 November against €1.5 billion cuts in the education sector, writes Sarah Wrack, Sussex Socialist Students.
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19 November 2008
Student democracy under attack
The National Union of Students (NUS) extraordinary conference in Wolverhampton on 12 November voted through a raft of attacks on union democracy contained in the NUS governance review, writes Matt Dobson, Socialist Students national organiser.
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19 November 2008
Privatisation = FE college students suffer
Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) is a means-tested weekly payment of £10, £20 or £30 to further education college students...
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12 November 2008
'Students in the Red' day of action
The National Union of Students (NUS) called a day of action on student debt on 12 November. Members of Socialist Students welcomed this action, the first called by NUS on student finance for two years,...
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12 November 2008
East Anglia region demands free education
On Wednesday 5 November around 100 students marched through Cambridge town centre as part of the East Anglia regional 'Students in the Red' day of action, writes Edd Mustill, Cambridge University Socialist Students.
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11 November 2008
A future for youth
A whole generation has grown up during a boom in Britain but are now faced with the crisis in the world economy and its consequences...
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5 November 2008
Sri Lanka: Acting out oppression
OVER 20 amateur actors caught the attention of those out in East Ham, east London, on Sunday 2 November...
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