STUDENT FIGHTBACK 2012: Preparing for an autumn of resistance
Student Broad Left is proud to be organising STUDENT FIGHTBACK 2012 alongside the National Black Students’ Alliance on Saturday 13 October at University College London from 10am – 5.30pm. Register your place now by emailing info@studentfightback.org.uk with your name university/college/organisation, email and phone number.
Students across the country are preparing for an autumn of resistance in response to the biggest attack on students and wider society for generations.
The NUS #Demo2012 will be a central focus this year with tens of thousands of students mobilising to march on Parliament under the banner of defending education for all.
‘Student Fightback’, on Saturday 13 October, will be a key opportunity for activists from across the country to come together and plan the next steps in the student-fight back to the Tories, cuts, racism, inequality and war.
Speakers include:
Ken Livingstone
Diane Abbott MP
Salma Yaqoob, Respect Party Leader
Senator Kathryn Reilly, Sinn Féin
Dimitrios Tzanakopoulos, Syriza
Vicki Baars, NUS VP Union Development (video appearance)
Owen Jones, author of ‘Chavs: the demonisation of the working class’
Aaron Kiely, NUS Black Students’ Officer
Malia Bouattia, NUS NEC (Black Students’ Campaign)
Sabah Jawad, Stop the War
Francisco Dominguez, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign
Kanja Sesay, National Black Students’ Alliance
Sarah Colborne, Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Sabby Dhalu, Unite Against Fascism
Mick Burke, Socialist Economic Bulletin
Matt Stanley, NUS LGBT Committee, NUS NEC & President of MidKent College
Speakers from Student CND, the National Campaign Against Fees & Cuts and more!
Themes include:
NUS #Demo2012: building massive student resistance to cuts, fees & student debt
Investment not cuts is the alternative: fund free education & Bring Back EMA!
Uniting against racism: no to scapegoating, Islamophobia and the far right
Taking on Tory bigotry: advancing women, Black, disability and LGBT rights
For international peace and justice: cancel Trident, stop the wars and end the siege on Gaza
Power to the people: opposing neo-liberalism and supporting twenty first centry socialism – building international solidarity from Europe to Latin America
Investing in a Green future – tackling climate change
Help build the STUDENT FIGHTBACK
Help us spread the word throughout the student movement about this important conference by following @studentfightbk on twitter and sharing the official facebook event.
If you’d like Student Fightback 2012 posters and leaflets to give out on your campus please email info@studentfightback.org.uk and request a free mobilisation pack – to be sent out in early September.
Check out the official STUDENT FIGHTBACK 2012 website here.
