
The Socialist 7 September 2011
Strike together to defend pensions

Strike together to defend pensions
Mobilise the power of the working class
Mass workers' movement - the only way to make the super-rich pay
Tory bribes to promote socially divisive 'Free Schools' agenda
Reject health bill attacks on abortion
The riots, Clarke and the "broken penal system"
New pamphlet - The Rise and Fall of the Scottish Socialist Party
Consequences of 9/11: a world turned upside down
Bristol marches against home care sell-off
EDL kept out of Tower Hamlets by thousands protesting
Scotland - Unison calls for pensions strike
Picket lines at police stations
One in a million...fighting back!
Libya after Gaddafi - Independent workers' action needed
Indian high commission protest over Tamil death sentences
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£36,000 for a degree
Edinburgh University is the third university in Scotland to announce how much it will charge students from outside Scotland (Scottish students will continue to not pay fees) and has made itself the most expensive place in the UK to get a degree. Edinburgh will charge £9,000 a year, despite all its degrees being four years.
This means that even without a maintenance loan, students from England and Wales will incur £36,000 debt. The reality of higher education after the fees increase is becoming clear. Many students from working and middle class backgrounds will feel completely shut out by these costs.
The campaign against fees isn't lost. With the prospect of all public sector workers taking coordinated strike action in the next few months and the burning anger of young people after the attacks of last year, the momentum to reignite the movement against cuts and fees could quickly develop.
The Jarrow march calls for the immediate reinstatement of EMA and the scrapping of tuition fees. When the march arrives in London on 5 November, the end demonstration in Trafalgar Square will be a great opportunity for students to join young workers and unemployed people in telling this government that the fight isn't over!
In this issue
Action to defeat the cuts!
Strike together to defend pensions
Mobilise the power of the working class
The Socialist editorial
Mass workers' movement - the only way to make the super-rich pay
Socialist Party news and analysis
Tory bribes to promote socially divisive 'Free Schools' agenda
Reject health bill attacks on abortion
The riots, Clarke and the "broken penal system"
New pamphlet - The Rise and Fall of the Scottish Socialist Party
Socialist Party feature
Consequences of 9/11: a world turned upside down
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Bristol marches against home care sell-off
EDL kept out of Tower Hamlets by thousands protesting
Socialist Party workplace news
Scotland - Unison calls for pensions strike
Picket lines at police stations
Socialist Party youth and students
One in a million...fighting back!
Socialist Party review
International socialist news and analysis
Libya after Gaddafi - Independent workers' action needed
Indian high commission protest over Tamil death sentences
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