Students face: Cost-of-living crisis, economic chaos, climate catastrophe…Come to Socialism 2022
Lluis Bertolin, Birmingham UCU (personal capacity) and Socialist Students
Students are worried. Gone are the days when they only worried about their lectures, their marks, and where to have their night out.
They must now worry about whether their maintenance loan will last for the whole year, amid spiralling inflation, or whether they will get that part-time job that they require to pay the rent and bills. They even wonder if there will be a liveable world for them in the future.
All of them are carrying the burden of a cost-of-living crisis, Tory fiscal flip-flopping, and an ill-conceived model for funding education. This is while the bosses and capitalists get richer and richer, fattening themselves on engorged profits at our expense.
Students feel to their very core that this cannot go on, something must give. Many wonder what they can do to change things, and what the path to a new society is for the many and not the few.
If you agree that change is necessary, want to learn more about how to make it, and what role you can play, you could not do better than coming to Socialism 2022.
This event – taking place in London on 19 and 20 November – brings together socialists, trade unionists, young people, and anyone interested in socialist ideas, in order to sharpen our understanding of socialism and the affairs of today, and to give us needed perspective and tools to change the world.
You will be able to discuss all sorts of issues – from the recent strike wave to historical materialism, trans rights, the history of women in trade unions, the Russian Revolution, and Scottish independence – with dedicated working-class fighters and campaigners.
Socialism 2022 is an excellent complement to the education of students, allowing them to inquire and learn about the subjects that worry them, meeting new people, and setting the groundwork for a better understanding of today’s society and what it could become.
Anyone worried about the current situation can take something away from the Socialism 2022 sessions, and gain confidence to make an impact in the struggle of workers and young people to get rid of this capitalist system and usher in a new era.
