Adam Gillman, Socialist Students

Socialist Students organised a campaign stall opposing Donald Trump’s war in the Middle East at KCL uni in central London. Lots of people queued up to take leaflets, hungry for ideas on how to stop this devastating conflict.

There were lots of conversations on why this war is taking place. A lot asked questions: “Why is there more war around the world? How do we fight back against it?”

We pointed out that capitalism is in crisis, the links between universities and weapon manufacturers, and the need for fully publicly funded free education.

Getting organised

We said how young people can organise on campus to protest against war, for full funding, and to demand universities open their financial books to workers and students. We raised other issues we face – tuition fees, high laundry fees, and the need to fight for a socialist alternative.

This got more young people interested in our ideas, and had people looking and asking for leaflets, our petition, and our Socialist paper.

At our London Socialist Students meeting opposing the war in the Middle East, there was enthusiasm to go out and find young people angry at the war, and to build a fightback on the campuses.

Young people are angry at this war, and all the chaos of climate change, attacks on our living standards, and the capitalist chaos that blights our future. So let’s find these students, and build a socialist alternative against war and capitalist chaos.

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