Taking on the Tories – join NUS Liberation Officers fighting the government’s reactionary agenda
TAKING ON THE TORIES’ REACTIONARY AGENDA
Students for Peace, Equality & Education for all
Saturday 22 October from 10am, University of London Union
The NUS Black Students’ and LGBT Officers are urging students to join this year’s Progressive Students Conference to discuss how we can fight back against the Tories’ assault on students.
Vicki Baars (NUS LGBT Officer) and Kanja Sesay (NUS Black Students’ Officer) will be speaking alongside many other student leaders and campaigners including Jeremy Corbyn MP, Josie Long (comedian & anti-cuts activist), Kate Hudson (CND), Owen Jones (author of ‘Chavs’) and Aaron Kiely (NUS NEC).
Register by emailing info@progressivestudents.co.uk
Vicki Baars, NUS LGBT Officer (Women’s Place) said:
“The Tories are leading an unprecedented attack on students and ordinary people. Cuts to education, healthcare and all public services will see women, LGBT communities, Black people, disabled people, the poorest and the most vulnerable sections of our society suffer the most, whilst at the same time the rich will get richer.
These disgusting policies need to be opposed and defeated. Students have already shown that we have a vital role to play in resisting the Tories’ attacks. The Progressive Students Conference will be a key opportunity to plan the next steps in our campaigns to defend education and fight for liberation and I hope you will join us on Saturday 22 October.”
Kanja Sesay, NUS Black Students’ Officer said:
“Students and young people are being hit hard by the Tories’ reactionary agenda.
Millions of young people are having their futures taken away from them by a government of millionaires who are cutting education, jobs and the public services we all rely on.
Yet as the cuts bite, the Tories are using the classic weapon of mass distraction: racist scapegoating of immigrants, Black people, Muslims and asylum seekers. They want to blame these groups for a crisis caused by the bankers.
All students opposed to this reactionary agenda must unite and commit to build a progressive, fighting student movement against cuts, fees, racism, bigotry and war. Join us at the Progressive Students conference on 22 October to discuss the next steps for the student movement.”
Progressive Students Conference 2011
Saturday 22 October 2011, 10am – 6pm, University of London Union
Register today: email info@progressivestudents.co.uk with your name and college/university/organisation to reserve your place today!
Brought to you by the Student Broad Left and the National Black Students’ Alliance.
Speakers include
* Josie Long, UK Uncut & award-winning Comedian
* Jeremy Corbyn MP
* Jody McIntyre, Equality Movement
* Owen Jones, author of best-selling book ‘Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class’
* Cat Smith, Next Generation Labour
* Seanna Walsh, former political prisoner during 1981 Irish Hunger Strike and close friend of Bobby Sands
* Sabby Dhalu, One Society Many Cultures
* Sarah Colborne, Palestine Solidarity Campaign
* Kate Hudson, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
* Vicki Baars, NUS LGBT Officer
* Estelle Hart, NUS Women’s Officer
* Kanja Sesay, NUS Black Students’ Officer
* Statement from Rupy Kaur, NUS Disabled Students’ Officer
* Sean Rillo Raczka, Vice President ULU
* Steve Bell, Stop the War Coalition
* Aaron Kiely, NUS NEC and Student Broad Left Co-convenor
* Samaira Anjum, Vice President Community Manchester Met Uni
* Neelam Rose, NUS Black Students’ Committee
* Bell Ribeiro-Addy, National Black Students’ Alliance
* Kofi Klu, PANAFRIINDABA
* Adam Ramsay, People and Planet
* Dannie Grufferty, NUS Vice President Society & Citizenship
* Deborah Maccoby, Jews for Justice for Palestinians
* Francisco Dominguez, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign
* Mick Burke, Socialist Economic Bulletin
* Fiona Edwards, Student CND
* Daf Adley, Love Music Hate Homophobia Co-Founder
* Mark Bergfeld, Education Activist Network & NUS NEC
Themes include
* Resist the cuts: alternatives to austerity!
* Turning back the racist tide – opposing Islamophobia and the fascist BNP and EDL
* Taking on the Tory bigotry: advancing women, disability, Black and LGBT rights
* Peace not war: cancel Trident, stop the wars and end the siege of Gaza
* Power to the people: supporting social progress and democracy in Latin America and the Middle East
* Stop climate chaos – investing in a greener future
To register your place in advance please email info@progressivestudents.co.uk with your name, university/college/organisation.
Registration fee is £4 payable on the day of the Conference or online from early October.
The Conference is taking place at the University of London Union, Malet Street. The nearest tube stations include: Euston, Euston Square, Russell Square and Kings Cross.
Please follow this link for a map.
Conference website: www.progressivestudents.co.uk
Conference twitter: @prostudents #prostudents
