Students
Springtime of struggle in France
05 April 2016A rising movement of workers and students has unleashed a wave of anger against Labour-type president Francois Hollande—and is an opportunity to push back against the fascist Front National. Dave Sewell joined the thousands on the marches and college barricades in Paris during a mass strike last week
France: over a million workers and students march
05 April 2016The revolt against French president Francois Hollande's attack on workers' rights reached new heights today, Thursday. People struck and protested all over the country.
French students defy repression to protest against new law
24 March 2016French police failed to smash striking students off the streets on their third national day of action against a vicious new employment law today, Thursday.
Students in revolt defy French cops to fight proposed employment law
22 March 2016A protest movement in France against an employment law is gathering support, reports?Dave Sewell
Reports round-up
22 March 2016Social work students hold campaigning conference | Final curtain for Opera pay dispute | Holiday hold-up for hot cross buns | Electric action at Network Rail | Heathrow Tube strike takes off | Buses set to stop around Manchester | Coop lorry drivers win talks at Acas | London left rallies against bosses’ EU
Teachers slam Tory academy plan—and prepare for mass protests
22 March 2016The Tories want to force every school in England to become a privately-run academy—but the plan has sparked fierce resistance.
The youth in France are telling the government to get lost
15 March 2016Parisian student Gael Braibant reports from huge protests against the centre-left government’s vicious new employment law
Don't deport Luqman - Sussex students protest to save their classmate
10 March 2016Students in Sussex University were set to protest tonight, Thursday, against the deportation of student Luqman Onikosi. Some 17 students occupied a university building on Wednesday night.
Half a million workers and students march in France against anti-worker laws
09 March 2016New laws designed to reduce workplace rights have sparked a revolt against the Labour-style government of President Hollande
Indian students march against government's 'war on democracy'
02 March 2016A wave of protests has gripped India since the arrest of students’ union leaders in the capital, New Delhi, last month. With a march to the parliament planned for today, Wednesday, Kavita Krishnan explains what is at stake
South African students ignite growing protest movement
25 February 2016SOUTH AFRICAN university campuses are burning with revolt. Protests are bursting out across the country over fees, racism, exclusions and the way the apartheid past still shapes education. At least eight universities have seen battles in the past week.
Reviews round-up
23 February 2016Leonardo da Vinci: Mechanics of Genius at the Science Museum | America in Revolt: the Art of Protest at the Shapero Modern | The Glass Bead Game podcasts
How defiant dancers took on the bigotry of the US South
23 February 2016Students organising an openly gay dance in the Ku Klux Klan’s heartland helped to create a new era, says Tomáš Tengely-Evans
India - protesters vow to continue struggle to free arrested student union president
19 February 2016The biggest wave of student unrest for 25 years has hit India following the arrest in Delhi of Kanhaiya Kumar, a student union president.
Lecturers' action over pay can test SNP's anti-austerity image in Scotland
16 February 2016The Scottish further education (FE) lecturers’ EIS-Fela union launched a strike ballot for equal pay last week.
Industrial round-up
26 January 2016Strikes backing Fife postie |London students stage rent strike | Motherwell XPO workers’ pay fight | Protest against fracking in valley | Occupy to save 120 cider jobs
Reports round-up
19 January 2016Pickets turn away cars at EDF | Examine any offer carefully at DVSA | FBU ballot over South Yorkshire cuts | Students oppose axing of grants
Exclusive - Moazzam Begg and Shelly Asquith defy smears - fight racist witch hunt
12 January 2016The Daily Mail newspaper is spearheading a racist witch hunt against the Muslims and students standing up to the government’s Prevent agenda.
National pay fight looms in Scotland's colleges
12 January 2016Over 4,000 lecturers across Scotland’s further education (FE) colleges are set to begin a national strike ballot over pay on 20 January.
Solid school action puts Dunbartonshire council on back foot over cuts
12 January 2016Secondary school teachers at Labour-run West Dunbartonshire Council in Scotland struck on Tuesday of this week.
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