IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

STUDENTS FIGHT ON IN DESPITE BROAD LEFT FOCUS

Red Weekly No. 191, 17 March 1977 · p. 3 of the scan · 489 words

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Nearly 20,000 students marched in London last Wednesday to protest at brodose• increases InTuition fees. The end-of-march rally drew close when resident shouted amone otners were down oy me chans onousands of students: NUs off your knees lead the fight to freeze the fees Photo: ANDREW WIARD (Report students showea huge potential for the campaign _nev also expresseo oissatistacBroad for Loudleyy alliance between the NUS and the college autorties.

NUS Executive member Harry Dean aim the campaign institutions ODDOSILION increases for self-financing students La national level, he said, campaigns should try to negotiate completely restructure ses could not answer where the finances necessary for HIS WOU COTTO HUEE ACCEPTS outs or ne necessary immedlate fight Governments clear BILLIC strategy DeInC offered Broad Lent. For me ren colleces faced with court orders to institutional Iner occupalions consensus' is meaningless.

Sussex University students and workers nave which unite ine won oack. on ang off campus. Local bus workers in phrase Sussex are distributing leaflets on the town's buses. camous trade unions now support students' Cements. how to isolate the administrations student demands.

Eight of membets Ler in essex resioneon eiscus trom their local group three They occurred after the Hallons broad Lett Issuea a concemnino ne occupation in its second day. It was described being in the hands of an ultra-left The Broad Left hoped to mobilise ory suooon tor is proposals to call out ine occupation in ine union meeting.

DITUELTICTETE in weir eyes an occupali od tactic to neo our in our HENDON COLLEGE student university unity we can win. The unity of ine mess meeting. collaborationist implement the exception firm in its opposition to the Broad the Broad ne Presi better in sussex University, one o its former strongholds. A mere 20 , resigat a recent mass meeting of 1,500 statemen NUS conterence members of the imG society and only one Broad Left member.

Twenty-six colleges sent delegares to a conterence in oussex idol weekend to plan ine tuture or the They argued that In Al be refused to give official backing to this initiative nours volute apolou saturdays of four votes - wa Broad Left has done little emercency resolution cast for their position Three delegates to the unredis Include established last month.

Leone alon slate proposea Dy policies.

in the union meetine overwner mingly rejected ine strategy the campaign offered by the NUS Campaign Were emanged to Sup- The demands port a policy or treezing tees now as the first step to their abolition.

A plan of action for the summer •ine forthcoming NUS Conference. It provides for an organised national defence of colleges facing legal The Socialist Student Alliance, Gistrib uted 5,000 leaflets outlining an almontreat Me asters leadership SSA is committee to montine or nest campaign for the provides a good basis for socialist militants

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