Around 100 Leeds students stopped city centre traffic on 24 October as we marched for free education.
A rally kicked off the demonstration with speakers from the GMB union, the Green Party who pledged to support the campaign and a passionate speech from Socialist Students’ Lilly Green. The reception from the public was fantastic.
To end the rally Sarah Gilborn, vice president for welfare at Leeds Beckett University, spoke on how student leaders need to contribute to the fight-back. Leeds for Free Education’s press officer, Socialist Party member Maddy Steeds, gave a fitting closing speech.
A meeting afterwards was packed out with 33 attendees and there were lots of contributions on how we practically go forward with the fight.
