21 March 2018

UCU strike: staff and students unite to continue pensions fight after magnificent 14 days of action

Workers at 64 universities have completed a historic 14-day programme of strike action in defence of pensions

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21 March 2018

US school shootings: student walkouts challenge establishment

On 14 March, nearly a million students in the USA walked out of their schools to demand an end to gun violence

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21 March 2018

Walkout from undercover policing inquiry

Socialist Party activists were among around 200 core participants who walked out of the inquiry

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14 March 2018

Strike continues: set dates for next national action

University strikers have determinedly fought on with their pensions strike

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14 March 2018

Spain: millions on streets against sexism and capitalist oppression

The 8 March feminist strike in the Spanish state was unprecedented. Never has there been such a deep and massive mobilisation against the oppression of working class women

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14 March 2018

Seeing-off the bigoted, billionaire toff!

On 9 March, Birmingham Socialist Students played a vital role in organising a protest against arch-reactionary Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, at the University of Birmingham (UoB) campus.

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7 March 2018

UCU strike: bosses on the run

Years of fees, cuts and marketisation have created an army of low-paid and casualised workers

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7 March 2018

May's EU speech kicks the can down the road

The closing line of Theresa May's speech - "now let's get on with it" - will have led to jeers of frustration from any workers listening.

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1 March 2018

National lecturers' pension strike continues

Students have been actively supporting the strikes of UCU members

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28 February 2018

United States: young people demand change after latest mass shooting

Parkland school massacre: Socialists support some limitations on access to guns as a public health measure. However, this will clearly not solve the problems of poverty, inequality and alienation that underlie violence

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28 February 2018

Socialist Students conference highlights successful work

Over 100 students attended the annual Socialist Students conference, which highlighted the successes of Socialist Students' work and the growth in the popularity of socialist ideas

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23 February 2018

Lecturers strike around country in defence of pensions

UCU members in 61 universities have started their 14 days of strike action

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21 February 2018

Leicester Uni makes Tory fee tripler David Willetts chancellor - sack Willetts!

During his time in government, Willetts was a key orchestrator in raising tuition fees from £3,000 to £9,000

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21 February 2018

How can students and young people fight the Tories?

Prime Minister Theresa May has proposed cutting tuition fees for some students - who are clamouring to get involved in the fight on any issue they think they can win

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14 February 2018

Tamil youth march for justice

Brigadier Priyankara Fernando's cut-throat threat to peaceful protesters outside the Sri Lankan High Commission caused massive outrage

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7 February 2018

GCSE grading game stresses out students - even more than before!

The government has implemented new GCSE rules and with them stress, and with them fear, and with them anxiety.

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31 January 2018

Fat cat vice chancellors schooled by Brum students

Students at the University of Birmingham lambasted their fat cat vice chancellor (VC) David Eastwood during his 'Question Time' event on 25 January. The room was filled with students rightfully angered by Eastwood's role at the university.

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31 January 2018

Failing academy chain strips school assets - end academisation!

In businesses when cuts are made, they sell off their facilities and equipment in the interest of maintaining profits. Now that's what's happening with our schools.

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25 January 2018

Southampton Socialist Party: Solidarity with the revolt of workers and youth in Iran

Mass revolts across Iran in protest at price increases and government corruption raised demands for the end of the regime, writes Room 1101 at the Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, Southampton SO17 1BF.

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24 January 2018

Southampton: Pay rise for uni boss, job losses for lecturers

Universities in England have become a microcosm of capitalism. At Southampton University the vice-chancellor has awarded himself a pay rise to £424,000, while at the same time making plans to sack over 50 lecturers.

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