What's so secret? treat to our life and limhi Campbell's defcoce is hindered by the fact that the clares Picket of more ficiaL Secrets trial ot ortially die c *i the way in which ecutiy vening of the jury has invite who & known to Sinted our nsed they culiar aspect of Jor freedom DE unprea was displayed at Brighton tAs CLOSE ON a million students are preparing for the new academic year.
They know that their school days weren't the happiest in their life, but few can believe that life in further and higher education will he any better, writes accommodation, library books, course closures. fees that are extortionate except for the wealthy - just a few of the problems facing most of those seeking a place in further or bigher cducation the the past decade, have consistentiv their the means to organise around But increasingly the NUS leadership, dominated by the and Communist Party students, has failed to meet this filed to -lead campaigns against the closure of reacher training colleges. Live purchasing power of the scudent grant, and campaigos which. stu dents bave takeo up.
lt is hardly surprising that members have Broad Left for a lead. Student swell the ranks of the Anti Novi and the women' mosement. They participaled in the Trish prisoners mant in But that does not mean that the majority of students have away TRAIN organisation; simply that they postpone Involvement in the campaigas the crisis of leadership in the NES is resolved.
This question of leadership cannor be ignored, and the student movement may well have to face up to it sooner than L alike MaShane's speech was to have taken up the demand for a Freedom of Information Act, There is now a consensus to reject totally the Department of Education's proposis student union autonomy and financing.
But there is no consensus ou basis which the Government's plan should be rejected, The Broad Left argues, in elfect: 'Don't Oppose the run-down of teacher training places. We will use the colleg for something else'. We wil introduce new elemeels into the curriculum, don't Worry about leaving class sizer at an unacceptable level.' This kind project. is excellent for gaining respecia OUR ATTIC OVERTREEL SHEI self activity of students in their APPARATUS The alternative to tbis Shi the Socialist Students Allians puts Toryatd is for a initel politically and argun atonally student nonement which Sodependent the apparatus and iS capable of campaigning defence of its interests Students cannot win their battles alone For students, their alliance with workers is a practical necessity.
For the working class, this alliance poses the porsibility of having an ally in confronting the problems of unemploy. ment, of housing, of standard of living, of edscation, which lace both students and workers fevered General Coite