The past year has been a traumatic one for students, facing isolation and uncertainty. But it has also provided a valuable experience in organising and taking action. These lessons must be taken forward in the fight to defend education.
With the arrival of summer and the lockdown beginning to thaw, the Marxist Student Federation has been busy hosting exciting real-life educational events across the country. Get in touch today to join the Marxists and fight for revolution!
The pandemic has exacerbated the crises facing Britain’s education system. The latest Tory proposals to help pupils catch up are a pitiful response. To save our schools and students, we need to expropriate the rich and put workers in control.
Mass demonstrations were seen in cities across the country over the weekend, as workers and youth took to the streets to condemn the crimes of Israeli imperialism, and to show support for the Palestinian liberation struggle. Intifada until victory!
Young people across the world are bearing the brunt of capitalism’s crises. From precarious work, low pay, and unaffordable housing, to the climate catastrophe: capitalism offers no hope for the youth. We need to fight for a socialist future.
Students at an academy in London have organised and walked out against management’s proposed racist changes in their school. As the establishment ramps up their ‘culture war’, young people are showing the way forward by fighting back.
The MSF recently held its largest ever national conference, with hundreds of young people from schools and universities across the country taking part. There has never been a better time to get involved and join the revolution!
Students across the country are mobilising for a mass rent strike movement this term. Under pressure, university bosses are offering concessions. Activists must fight for full refunds, free education, and democratic control.
Tory attempts to stifle anti-capitalist material from schools have brought attention to the role of education in Britain. But students across the UK have been writing in about the lies they are taught, and discussing how to fight back.
The Manchester student rent strike has won concessions from the university, showing what can be achieved through organisation and action. This militant example must now be replicated across the country.
Students at Manchester University have organised militant action – including rent strikes and occupations – in response to mistreatment and provocations from management. We need mass struggle to make the bosses sit up and take notice.
The pandemic and lockdown conditions have led to an explosion of mental health issues in society, and particularly amongst young people. Palliative measures are not enough. To save our mental health, we need socialist solutions.