Education Struggles

2+ years of militancy in universities: What do we know and where do we go?

By Gareth Brown and David Harvie. Cover photo credit: Jacob. On the move UCU (University and College Union) is on the move. Less than six years ago, our union’s national leadership was ordering 2-hour strikes. A handful of lecturers plus assorted librarians, technicians, and others stood shivering on the perimeters of campuses in what appeared […]

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How to combat the far right on campus

Fascism and the far right can come in various guises at universities. Rather than, for example leading demos where they attempt to present themselves as “ubermensch” as part of a “march and grow tactic”, or stirring up race hatred on estates, the far right at British universities usually attempts to proliferate their ideas through being

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HE strike – What next?

In the wake of the UCU strike, the 2018-19 Pay Negotiations are now underway. Last year, the unions settled for a below inflation increase of 1.7%, this year things might be a bit different. Militancy on campuses, distilled into collective action, sowed the seeds of discontent, and there’s a real possibility that we will be

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Struggles in education and political re-composition: On the latest UCU strikes

The student movement which started in 2010 in protest of the tripling of tuition fees in higher education predominantly took the form of direct action, with its preferred tactic being the occupation of public space. This was a powerful act of defiance against the privatisation of services forced through austerity. While we should have no

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From A-Z to Counter-Power

This article by Callum Cant is a response to Shelly Asquith’s article on A-B marches. The National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts (NCAFC) is a democratic student organisation, established in 2010, that seeks to co-ordinate a militant Free Education movement based on the activity of grass roots organisations. They called the 10,000 strong demo on

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