Uphill
battle March 8 2007
David Sabbagh reports on the excellent result that Communist
Students achieved in the University of Sheffield elections
Fountains
and fireworks March 1 2007
David Sabbagh and Laurie McCauley report from the University
of Sheffield student union elections, where five members
of Communist Students are standing for office
Communist
Students conference debates way forward December
14 2006
At
the founding conference of Communist Students in Sheffield
on Saturday December 9, some 20 comrades, most of them
not members of the CPGB, were present. Ted North reports
Low-key
rally December 7 2006
Dave Isaacson reports from the so-called conference
of Student Respect, which attracted no more than 80
people - a reflection of the state of the organisation
nationally
Go
home and write to your MP November 2 2006
The October 29 student demonstration against the further
marketisation of higher education was uninspired and
timid. Ben Lewis and Dave Isaacson report
A
good beginning September 28 2006
Ted North explains what Communist Students, the newly
established national organisation sponsored by the CPGB,
has been up to
Sofie's
choice April 13 2006
Dave Isaacson replies to Sofie Buckland of the Alliance
for Workers' Liberty
Political
strategy needed March 23 2006
The National Union of Students holds its three-day annual
conference starting on Tuesday March 28. Dave Isaacson,
a delegate from Leeds Metropolitan University student
union, looks at the left, NUS and student politics
Rights
and wrongs April 6 2006
Sofie Buckland of the Alliance for Workers Liberty,
newly elected to the leadership of the National Union
of Students on the Education Not for Sale ticket, takes
issue with David Isaacson and the anti-economist emphasis
of the CPGB
Service provider or
trade union? April 21 2005
James Bull reports from the annual conference of the
National Union of Students, which saw the SWP walk out
when Iraqi communist Houzan Mahmood criticised political
Islam
Labour
loses NUS presidency April 1 2004 James Bull and Tina Becker report on the
end of an era for the students' union
Education
for all, not the few January 29 2004
The fragmentation of revolutionary youth into various
sects raises the question of how students organise to
oppose top-up fees, writes Ben Lewis