In this podcast from last week’s Marxist Student Federation rally, speakers from the UCU, NEU and the MSF outline the crisis facing the education sector, how we got here, and what we can do to support the UCU strike and put an end to marketisation altogether.
Hear the author of A Communist History of the British General Strike talk on the contents of his new book. And order your copy of the book.
Reform is raising a hue and cry over their supposed ‘right’ to speak at universities. But if students decide they don’t want pro-austerity, pro-genocide politicians on their campus, they have the right to mobilise in protest. That is the free speech we’re interested in.
Last week the High Court ruled that Palestine Action could no longer be brandished as terrorism, coming after the inability to find a jury which would sentence the activists. Both the harsh repression from the British state and the inability to put this repression into practise in a systematic way shows the mess the British ruling class is in. Here we share Nelson Wan, RCP executive committee member speaking on this topic at our 2025 Revolution Festival.