Youth walkout against war on 20 Nov!
Since the start of September, the US has carried out further bombing on Iran. A recent strike hit a residential building and a wedding ceremony, killing four people and injuring more than 60. This isn’t an isolated incident, but an increasingly regular occurrence in the era of war which we live in today. The ongoing…
School walkouts ‘Down Under’, we can too!
Join the international youth strike on 20 November Tom Gibson, Yorkshire Socialist Students August saw thousands of students walk out of schools, colleges and universities in Australia against the reactionary right-populist politician Pauline Hanson. Hanson uses dog-whistle politics against minority communities, particularly the Muslim and trans communities, while portraying herself as the only alternative to…
How can youth take action against war and climate change?
International youth strike – 20 November Hackney – ‘you’re not going to get far’ Adam Gillman, Socialist Students Young people were curious about how they can change the world on our Socialist Students stall outside Capital City College in Hackney. The principle came out and said: “You aren’t going to get very far with your…
Fight for our futures, not their wars: Walkout 20 November
Many young people growing up today are rightfully recognising that the capitalist system cannot offer us a future. In 2021, polling from the pro-free-market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs showed that 78% of 16-to-34-year-olds blamed capitalism for Britain’s housing crisis, and 67% said they would prefer to live under a socialist economic system.…
School and college students: Fight for our futures
WALKOUT 20 NOVEMBER Scrolling online, we see the horror taking place in our world. From the onslaught on Gaza to devastating wars in Ukraine and Iran. Climate chaos, pollution in our rivers, fire and extreme heat. As our planet spirals into chaos, companies that sell weapons or pollute our planet make record profits, at the…
Fight for our future, not their wars!
Build international youth walkout on 20 November Socialist Students Socialist Students – which organised walkouts of school, college and university students last September in protest against Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK – is one of twenty European youth and student organisations planning action. The International Youth Strike has been launched by a coalition…
School students can organise for change
Adam Gillman, Socialist Students ‘Has discipline gone too far in schools?’ This is the question raised in the BBC Radio 4 documentary: ‘File on 4 Investigates – Strict schools: Taking discipline too far?’ The documentary has many examples of what students face in secondary school. Launceston College has uniform inspections and silent corridors. One student…
Join the fight for our future – Youth walkout 20 November
Fight for socialist change Becca Bayman, University of Liverpool Socialist Students The consequences of climate change are blasting us in the face. Britain is in its fifth heatwave this year, drought conditions are spreading and temperatures soaring, again. Wildfires are burning – stretching cut-back fire services, and farmers are harvesting smaller yields early. Around 3,000 excess…
We need free education, not militarisation
Manchester and Liverpool Socialist Students 35 universities have become founding members of a new initiative launched alongside the Ministry of Defence, the ‘Defence Universities Alliance’, which aims to use the resources of universities around the country to ‘strengthen research and innovation and build the highly skilled workforce needed to support the UK’s future defence capability.…
November 20 International Youth Strike
On Friday 20 November, students and young people across Europe will be striking in opposition to capitalism, war and racism as part of the International Youth Strike, “Fight for our future, Not their wars”. Tens of thousands of young people are set to walk out and protest across Europe on November 20 – and you…
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