On 3 May 1968, police brutally attacked student protestors in Paris, setting in motion a revolutionary struggle that could have toppled French capitalism. Given the parallels with the Palestine movement today, we must study the lessons of this rich experience.
Across campuses in the United States, a movement has exploded against the massacre in Gaza. The state has responded with brutal repression, and a whole generation is being politicised. The RCP stands in full solidarity with this courageous struggle.
University students in Britain are facing a barrage of cuts and attacks on their learning and living conditions. The Revolutionary Communist Party is organising on campuses across the country, fighting to kick capitalism out of education.
In recent weeks, student activists have occupied university buildings in solidarity with Palestine. Communists involved in the Leeds occupation examine the effectiveness of these methods, and the role students can play in the struggle against imperialism.
In an effort to distract from their own crises and crimes, and to demonise those protesting against genocide in Gaza, the Tories are promising to ramp up repression, in the name of ‘protecting democracy’. In truth, they are the real extremists.
With budgets already under attack, schools and colleges are being forced to step in to deal with the severe effects of austerity, child poverty, and the mental health crisis. Students and staff must organise to fight this rotten system.
September has been a busy month for the Marxists in Britain, with comrades recruiting for revolution at schools, colleges, and universities across the country. Everywhere, we see a clear thirst for communist ideas and organisation. Join us today!
An explosive crisis is brewing on campuses across the country. Universities face a perfect storm. And staff and students are paying the price, with teaching and learning conditions under attack. We must fight to kick capitalism out of education.
In part one of this series, we discussed why communists need to educate themselves, and how to go about doing this. Now we turn to the question of the role that revolutionary students can play in carrying Marxist ideas into the class struggle.
As the new academic year gets under way, comrades from the International Marxist Tendency will be building on campuses across the country. In the first of a three-part series, we discuss the methods that communist students should learn and master.
Across the country, as the new school year starts up, communist students are getting organised. Socialist Appeal comrades recently held an inspiring day school, with students discussing how to build the forces of Marxism in their colleges.
As a new generation of freshers prepares for university, higher education continues to come under attack. The new academic year is set to be full of strife and struggle. Students and staff must unite and fight to kick capitalism off campus.