Students given no lead
Socialist Press1980 1980-03-12Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 4 →
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London's Malet Street last Friday 7 March.
This was in support of the London NUS-called protest march to the Department of Education and Science on London's Southbank, to demand an end to education cuts, and for decent grants.
Popular frontist
Although the mood of the students was angry and determined, no further policies of opposition to cuts (other than the demonstration itself) were forthcoming from the NUS This reflects the "Broad Left" dominance of the Executive; a popular frontist alliance of Stalinists, reformists and liberals for whom a protest demonstration is an end in itself.
For such a militant demonstration to be more of a consequence than "letting off steam" a revolutionary leadership must be built within the NUS to fight for the mobilisation of students, linking in where possible with the labour movement behind demands of:
*Occupations against educa-. tions cuts! Defend all jobs and services!
*Open the books of the local education authorities!
*For a 36% increase in grants and the linking of grants and public spending to keep pace with the rate of inflation, as determined by elected committees of students, trade unionists and housewives!
*Full grants End the means tionary grants!
*Campaign strike to bring to be replaced answerable to working class.
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