N20 youth walkout full list and international meetings

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London

  • AIM Academy North London
  • Ark John Keats Academy
  • University of the Arts London (UAL)
  • Blackfen School for Girls
  • Camden School for Girls
  • Capital City College Enfield (CONEL)
  • Christ’s College Finchley
  • Croydon College
  • University of East London (UEL)
  • Enfield County Upper School
  • Fortismere School
  • Goldsmiths, University of London
  • University of Greenwich
  • The Grey Coat Hospital
  • Guildhall School of Music and Drama
  • Highgate Wood School
  • Inns of Court College of Advocacy
  • Kingston College
  • Kingston University
  • King’s College London (KCL)
  • Lambeth College
  • LaSWAP Sixth Form
  • Latymer School
  • Latymer Upper School
  • University of Law (ULaw), Moorgate and Bloomsbury
  • London Metropolitan University
  • London School of Economics (LSE)
  • New City College Hackney (BSix, Clapton)
  • New City College Tower Hamlets (Poplar)
  • Newham Sixth Form College (NewVIc)
  • The Norwood School
  • Oak Wood School, Hillingdon
  • Oaklands School
  • Oasis Academy Shirley Park Sixth Form
  • Queen Mary University of London
  • Ravensbourne University London
  • SOAS
  • South Bank Colleges
  • Stoke Newington School
  • Streatham and Clapham High School
  • Swanlea School
  • University College London (UCL)
  • Uxbridge College
  • Waltham Forest College
  • University of West London (UWL)
  • University of Westminster
  • William Morris Sixth Form, Hammersmith

South West

  • Access Creative College, Bristol
  • Archway School, Stroud
  • Arts University Bournemouth and Bournemouth University
  • University of Bath
  • Bridgwater College Academy
  • University of Bristol
  • Cirencester College
  • City of Bristol College
  • E-ACT Montpelier High School, Bristol
  • University of Exeter
  • University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham
  • Gloucestershire College, Gloucester
  • Hartpury University, Gloucester
  • Holmleigh Park High School, Gloucester
  • King Edward VI Community College, Totnes
  • Launceston College
  • Penryn Campus (Falmouth University and University of Exeter)
  • University of Plymouth
  • Plymouth Marjon University
  • St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School, Bristol
  • UWE Bristol
  • Wiltshire College

Southern

  • Barton Peverill Sixth Form College, Eastleigh
  • University of Brighton
  • Brighton Metropolitan College (sixth form)
  • Canterbury Christ Church University
  • Edgbarrow School, Crowthorne
  • Haywards Heath College
  • The Judd School, Tonbridge
  • King’s School, Hove
  • University of Law, Reading
  • Milton Keynes College
  • University of Oxford
  • University of Portsmouth
  • Queen Mary’s College, Basingstoke
  • University of Reading
  • Richard Taunton Sixth Form College, Southampton
  • Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham
  • Solent University, Southampton
  • University of Southampton
  • Southampton City College
  • University of Surrey, Guildford
  • University of Sussex, Brighton
  • University for the Creative Arts (UCA), Farnham
  • The Willink School, Burghfield
  • Woking College

West Midlands

  • University of Birmingham
  • Birmingham City University (BCU)
  • Bishop Challoner Catholic College, Birmingham
  • BOA Sixth Form, Birmingham
  • Cadbury Sixth Form College, Birmingham
  • City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College
  • Colmers School, Birmingham
  • Coventry College
  • Coventry University
  • Heart of Worcestershire College, Worcester
  • Hereford Sixth Form College
  • Holyhead School, Birmingham
  • Keele University
  • King Edward VI College, Nuneaton
  • Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG), Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • Paget High School and Burton and South Derbyshire College, Burton upon Trent
  • Shrewsbury Colleges Group
  • South and City College, Longbridge, Birmingham
  • University of Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent
  • Swanshurst School, Birmingham
  • The Telford Park School
  • University College Birmingham Sixth Form
  • University of Warwick, Coventry
  • Warwickshire College University Centre (WCUC), Leamington Spa
  • University of Wolverhampton
  • University of Worcester

East Midlands

  • Caistor Grammar School
  • Chesterfield College
  • Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies, Nottingham
  • De Montfort University (DMU), Leicester
  • High Pavement Sixth Form (Nottingham College)
  • Lady Manners School, Bakewell
  • University of Leicester
  • Leicester College
  • University of Lincoln
  • Lincoln College
  • Malcolm Arnold Academy, Northampton
  • Northampton College
  • University of Nottingham
  • Nottingham Trent University
  • South Nottinghamshire Academy, Radcliffe-on-Trent
  • West Notts College, Mansfield
  • WQE College, Leicester

Eastern

  • Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford
  • University of Bedfordshire, Luton
  • University of Cambridge
  • Harlow College
  • The Hemel Hempstead School
  • University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
  • Hills Road Sixth Form, Cambridge
  • Long Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge
  • Palmer’s College, Grays
  • Peterborough College

North West

  • Cardinal Newman College, Preston
  • University of Chester
  • Childwall Sports and Science Academy, Liverpool
  • Edge Hill University, Ormskirk
  • Gateacre School, Liverpool
  • University of Greater Manchester, Bolton
  • Haslingden High School
  • Holy Cross College, Bury
  • University of Lancashire (UCLan), Preston
  • University of Liverpool
  • Liverpool Hope University
  • Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU)
  • LMA (Liverpool Media Academy)
  • Loreto College, Manchester
  • University of Manchester
  • The Manchester College
  • Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Runshaw College, Leyland
  • University of Salford
  • Spirit Studios, Manchester
  • St Ambrose Barlow RC High School, Salford
  • Turton School, Bolton
  • University Academy 92 (UA92), Manchester
  • Walton-le-Dale High School, Bamber Bridge
  • Xaverian College, Manchester

Yorkshire and the Humber

  • Askham Bryan College, York
  • Barnsley College
  • Doncaster College
  • Franklin Sixth Form College, Grimsby
  • Grimsby Institute
  • Hessle High School
  • High Storrs School, Sheffield
  • Horizon Community College, Barnsley
  • King Edward VII School, Sheffield
  • University of Leeds
  • Leeds Beckett University
  • Leeds City College
  • Leeds Conservatoire
  • Melior Community Academy, Scunthorpe
  • New College Doncaster
  • New College Pontefract
  • Notre Dame Sixth Form, Leeds
  • Oasis Academy Wintringham, Grimsby
  • Ridgewood School, Doncaster
  • Rodillian Academy, Wakefield
  • University of Sheffield
  • The Sheffield College, City Campus
  • The Sheffield College, Hillsborough Campus
  • Sheffield Hallam University
  • Wakefield College
  • Woldgate School, Pocklington
  • University of York
  • York St John University

Northern

  • University of Cumbria, Carlisle
  • Trinity Sixth Form, Carlisle
  • Darlington College
  • Durham University
  • Gateshead College
  • Grace College, Gateshead
  • Northumbria University, Newcastle

Scotland

  • University of Dundee
  • University of the West of Scotland (Paisley campus)

Wales

  • Aberystwyth University
  • Cardiff University
  • Carmarthen School of Art (Coleg Sir Gâr)
  • Coleg y Cymoedd, Nantgarw, Caerphilly
  • Gower College Swansea (Gorseinon)
  • Llangatwg Community School, Neath
  • University of South Wales (Cardiff campus)
  • University of South Wales (Treforest), Pontypridd
  • Swansea University
  • Ysgol Maesydderwen, Ystradgynlais
And the central rally points

London

  • Central London: 12pm, Parliament Square
  • Local London meeting points (then travel to Parliament Square):
  • Canary Wharf (east and south-east London): 12pm, Eden Dock (Canary Wharf Jubilee line entrance)
  • Croydon: 11am, Croydon College
  • Enfield: 9am Enfield Town
  • Hackney: 10:30am, Hackney Town Hall
  • Kingston: 11am, Kingston University, Town House
  • Law students bloc (all law students): 12pm, outside the Red Lion pub, Parliament Street
  • Muswell Hill: 9am, East Finchley station
  • Queen Mary University of London: 11am, Library Square
  • SOAS: 12pm, SOAS Library courtyard
  • Tower Hamlets: 11:30am, outside Tower Hamlets Town Hall, Whitechapel
  • UAL: 12pm, Chelsea College of Arts courtyard
  • Waltham Forest: 10am, Walthamstow Town Square (near Walthamstow Central)

Outside London:

  • Bath: 11:30am, University of Bath Students’ Union, Claverton Down
  • Birmingham: 12pm, University of Birmingham, Green Heart; city demo 2:30pm, High Street (outside Waterstones)
  • Brighton: 12:30pm, St Peter’s Square, Richmond Place
  • Bristol: 1pm, College Green
  • Caerphilly: 10am, Coleg y Cymoedd Nantgarw, outside the Training School
  • Cambridge: 4pm, outside King’s Parade, CB2 1ST
  • Cardiff: 11am, Cardiff University Students’ Union, Park Place
  • Carlisle: 12pm, Market Cross, CA3 8JA
  • Chelmsford: 4:30pm, The Vineyards, Great Baddow
  • Cheltenham: 12pm, Imperial Gardens
  • Coventry: 12pm, outside Coventry Cathedral, Priory Street, CV1 5AB
  • Doncaster: 12pm to 1:30pm, outside Doncaster railway station
  • Durham: 1pm, Palace Green, between Durham Cathedral and the Castle
  • Exeter: 11:30am, The Forum, University of Exeter, Streatham Campus
  • Glasgow: 2:30pm, Buchanan Steps, top of Buchanan St
  • Grimsby: 1pm, St James Square, DN31 1EP
  • Guildford: 12:30pm, Philip Marchant Building, University of Surrey, GU2 7XH
  • Harlow: 12:30pm, Velizy Avenue, at the pedestrian crossing into Harlow College
  • Hatfield: 11am, The Forum, University of Hertfordshire
  • Hull: 12:30pm, Queen’s Gardens
  • Leeds: 12pm, Parkinson Steps, Cavendish Road
  • Leicester: 1:30pm, the Clock Tower
  • Liverpool: 1pm, University Square, L69 7ZX
  • Manchester: 12pm, Whitworth Arch (Queen’s Arch), then a march to Lincoln Square, behind No10 North
  • Newcastle: 12pm, Civic Centre Gardens, next to St Thomas’s Church
  • Northampton: 12:30pm, Angel Square
  • Nottingham: 12:30pm, Nottingham Trent Students’ Union
  • Paisley: from 11am, UWS Paisley Campus Library
  • Plymouth: 12pm, the Sundial, Armada Way, PL1 1RJ
  • Pontypridd: 12pm, outside G Block, University of South Wales, Treforest Campus
  • Preston: 12pm, outside the University of Lancashire Student Centre, Fylde Road, PR1 2HE
  • Reading: 12pm, Forbury Gardens, RG1 3EJ
  • Salford: joins the Manchester protest, 12pm, Whitworth Arch (Queen’s Arch)
  • Sheffield: 1pm, City Hall, Barker’s Pool
  • Southampton: 12pm, Guildhall Square
  • Stoke-on-Trent: 12pm, Ember Square, ST4 2DE
  • Swansea: 12pm, Swansea University, Singleton Campus, Fulton House Green; and 12pm, Gower College, Gorseinon Campus, College Gates
  • Wolverhampton: 12pm, Wulfruna Street, outside the University of Wolverhampton, WV1 1SE
  • Worcester: 3pm, Sabrina Bridge
  • York: 2pm, St Helen’s Square

Get in touch with Socialist Students to add your protests to the list

Students was one of the organisations which met in Cologne, Germany in July to draw up plans for the 20 November youth strike. Discussions are underway internationally about what follows. Socialist Students has been invited to send speakers to meetings of youth organisations, at which our members have raised the idea of forming a European-wide socialist youth network.

Spanish school student union conference

Adam Gillman, a national organiser for Socialist Students, was invited to attend the conference of Sindicato de Estudiantes, which organises tens of thousands of school students in the Spanish state. We publish Adam’s contribution to the discussion:

Hello comrades, it’s an honour to speak at your congress, 40 years after the founding of Sindicato de Estudiantes.

Young people, and the working class alongside them, have erupted in inspiring mass movements across Europe and the world. From the cockroach movement in India, to the movement in France, and of course the movement in the Spanish state against the housing crisis.

Capitalist governments are frightened of the potential. These movements have toppled governments such as in Nepal and Serbia, and won significant concessions. However, the prospect of war, austerity, climate chaos – all a result of the crisis-ridden capitalist system, are felt everywhere.

Of course, we have heard today how this is affecting you in the Spanish state, but in Britain we face similar attacks. Our entire education system is chronically underfunded, with staff being threatened with redundancies, students facing cuts to courses and even entire university campuses being closed down, this is while uni students face thousands in tuition fees.

Colleges and secondary schools, are also underfunded and some FE colleges have had courses cut after students enrolled. In the secondary schools, class sizes are on average over 30 students per class.

Academisation has seen schools be put into the hands of trusts, charities and even in some instances, private education trusts. This has led not only to underfunding being managed even more brutally, but also greater bullying and repression of both staff and students.

Students can be put into isolation/internal exclusion – solitary confinement conditions – forced to stare at a wall with a camera watching them for most or all of the day. They can get this for minor offences such as not having a top button up on a uniform, or even organising a walkout in school.

The level of student organisation in Britain is much lower than in the Spanish state, and hasn’t existed in the secondary schools since the 1980s, although there have been walkouts against the Iraq war, the 2010 anti-fees movement and 2019 Fridays for future. With 20 November, this has the potential to change, with students organising walkouts and protests at their schools on the day. Socialist Students is discussing with students and helping to rebuild this tradition in Britain.

On 20 November, we’re going to see a huge movement with hundreds of thousands taking action all across Europe (and the world). This could have huge positive effects on consciousness and organisation, but capitalism will still be here on 21 November.

Capitalism is a system in huge crisis, that will be preparing for more attacks. As the attacks ramp up, the capitalist governments will be bolstering more racist and divisive ideas. European governments are divided, not by whether to increase defence spending, but by how much. They are preparing the ground for more austerity.

This will not be solved without the socialist transformation of society, where the vast wealth and resources of society are not controlled by the capitalists for profit but instead by the working class for the needs of all.

It’s great we’ve been able to co-ordinate this huge youth movement through the international anti-war youth network. However, there are still many opportunities for us to coordinate internationally, such as an international mobilisation of solidarity with young people in France if Le Pen wins the presidential election and implements even more repressive measures in France, or in Manchester against the G20 summit next year. But we need to point the way forward to what sort of society replaces capitalism and the governments that defend it.

There is an international conference of the network being planned for February. Socialist Students will be proposing and fighting for the network to become an international revolutionary socialist youth network, that doesn’t only coordinate on how to fight against austerity and the rise of militarisation, but actively fights to replace the crisis-ridden capitalist system that causes it with a socialist society.

We would like to invite Sindicato De Estudiantes to join us in fighting for this.

Anti-militarist meeting in Germany

Socialist Students attended an ‘anti-militarist’ meeting near Berlin between 30 October and 1 November. We were invited by Die Falken, a German youth organisation which, like Socialist Students, belongs to the network of groups building for the international youth strikes on 20 November.

The discussions coincided with about 100,000 people taking to the streets in Germany “in echo of last month’s French riots”, in the words of the pro-capitalist Financial Times.

Socialist Students also attended a meeting in Paris a few weeks ago which included 27 organisations from eleven countries and focused on concrete next steps for 20 November. (See ‘European youth organisations meet to plan 20 November walkouts’ at socialiststudents.org.uk).

The German meeting was smaller. It was attended mainly by German youth organisations, with representatives from Senegal and Peru, but it included workshops and sessions on militarisation in society, war across the world, and how to build on the eruptions seen across Europe.

Our delegation explained that we are living through a period of profound crisis for world capitalism. Economic instability, inequality, environmental destruction and escalating international conflict are shaping millions of lives. Young people face unemployment, unaffordable housing, student debt and declining living standards, while enormous wealth accumulates among a super-rich minority.

Discussing anti-militarism is important at this juncture because the accelerating drive towards militarisation is one of the clearest expressions of this crisis. The decline of US imperialist dominance and the rise of China have intensified competition between capitalist powers over markets, resources and geopolitical influence. Governments are responding with military expenditure and rearmament. The wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Iran demonstrate the devastating consequences.

Young people are increasingly resisting this future. Across Europe and internationally, demonstrations, school strikes and student movements are developing against conscription, austerity and imperialist war. These struggles demonstrate the potential for international solidarity.

We emphasised that, while young people can provide the initial spark for mass movements, the organised working class holds the decisive power to transform society. The events of France in May 1968, for example, were only given a potentially revolutionary character when ten million workers entered a general strike following student occupations.

The trade union movement must therefore play a central role in opposing militarisation, because workers can disrupt arms production and transportation through industrial action. Socialist Students led a session on linking the trade union movement to the 20 November international youth strike. Some in Germany are rightly frustrated that the trade union leadership has not supported the German youth strikes against conscription. We explained, however, that right-wing union leaders who defend the arms industry only strengthen the case for socialists to orientate towards the unions’ working-class base, rather than abandon workers to pro-capitalist ideas.

An appeal should be made to trade union branches across Europe for joint action against militarism. This approach has succeeded in Britain, where Socialist Students has won the support of the NEU, UCU and Unison, which together represent almost two million workers, for the international youth strike. This is not support on paper alone. The NEU in particular has offered practical support and pledged to back any students facing disciplinary action.

The 20 November strike offers an opportunity to unite students, education workers and the wider trade union movement. Ultimately, ending imperialist competition and war requires an international socialist transformation. By nationalising the banks, utilities and major monopolies, society’s wealth can be democratically planned according to human need. Our fight against war must therefore be inseparable from the struggle to replace capitalism with socialism, the only way to secure our futures. That struggle will be led by the working class, which, because of its role in production, has the power to transform society in a socialist direction, beyond capitalist war driven by competition and instability.

Joe Woolfall, Liverpool Socialist Students

Trade unions backing N20

Socialist Students welcomes the support for N20 from the National Education Union (NEU) – the biggest trade union representing teachers and other school support staff.

The union’s leading body – its executive – has agreed to “provide advice, in line with safeguarding requirements, professional responsibilities and legal obligations, to NEU members who wish to volunteer as stewards at local student demonstrations”. And also to “oppose disciplinary action against students participating in peaceful protest activity, including detentions or other sanctions, and to support campaigns defending students’ rights where required”.

The University and College Union (UCU) has called a day of action in higher and further education on 20 November. It is highlighting the funding crisis in both sectors and using the opportunity to build support for the nationwide strike ballot due to take place in FE.

Unison, which represents workers in schools, colleges and university has also expressed support for the action on 20 November.

National Union of Students

The NUS, which bringing together affiliated students unions represents seven million students, has announced it is calling for walkouts on 20 November. It has shared campaign guidance with its affiliates and its Vice President Higher Education Lewis Wilson will speak at the pre-N20 international youth strike rally at Socialism 2026 (see page 16)

Additional backing:

Socialist Students welcomes the support from the Green Party in Leeds for N20, and its statement (below), signed by its ten councillors.

“Student movements have always been at the forefront of the progressive call for a fairer, more democratic society. Here in Leeds, students are staging a walkout in solidarity with student movements around the world, including those in France, India, and Serbia. They are demanding the kind of economic, social and environmental justice that will enable future generations to thrive. From the Leeds Green Party, our members and our councillors, we give our unequivocal support to students exercising their right to protest and oppose any disciplinary action that may be taken against students taking part in the walkout. Solidarity, always.”