From Athens and Madrid to Manchester, ordinary people continue to fight back against a deepening economic crisis. On 20 October, 200,000 workers, students, pensioners, disabled people and unemployed marched together in London against Austerity.
The struggle continues: on 14 November, the European TUC has called for a day of action and millions of workers will strike in Portugal, Spain, Greece and Italy.
Defend education!
Since in office, the coalition government has launched serious attacks on our education: tripling tuition fees, scrapping EMA, closing down courses resulting in numerous job losses while university services are being outsourced and lecturers such as Ian Parker and Chrsitine Vié (MMU) who stand up against these attacks are being victimized and suspended.
British universities are being driven by priorities shaped by the needs of big business and this restructuring of higher education is part of a much broader economic and political process which reaches universities all over the world known as neoliberalism.
The government is determined to turn education into something to be bought and sold while trying to turn students into passive consumers and staff into service providers. They value marketing and branding more than critical thought and academic independence.
At Manchester University, Professor Brown from the School of Education has announced the closure of the Applied Youth and Community Work course claiming ‘there is no point to the course’.
Students & staff will demonstrate on that day to show our opposition to cuts in education and in solidarity with those fighting austerity!
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