What we stand for homophobia, poverty and oppression are built in to every level of life under capitalism. So we need to replace the power of the ruling rich with the direct democracy of the ordinary people. wear them. We support and actively build autonomous organisations of Black people, women, lesbians and gay capitalist system, or by simply 'waiting for the revolution'. Strong independent organisations of the oppressed are needed both to fight for immediate gains and to unite with working people in the struggle for liberation. famine and ecological decay, but our world is in crisis. Even the ruling rich cannot control capitalism. The west is entering an international depression. The burden of debt it has placed on underdeveloped countries means only one in five human beings can live without hunger. lion people are kept unemployed. The Maachtrict treaty attempts to build a racist super-state which massively cuts state social security and welfare provision across Europe. solidarity with people in struggle around the world. We support all those fighting for national self-determination and freedom from imperialist oppression. future. It is not enough to put forward minimum demands defending our rights today. We need to put forward demands that help students and youth turn their defensive struggles into a mass united struggle to replace structures - the student and trades unions and the Labour Party. So we must be prepared to camapign for our interests - with or without the support of our 'leaders'. more elitist. The 'quality' of the graduate is becoming less important as recession lessens the need for intellectual labour. Fourteen elite universities or university colleges train the children of the rich. While other universities will be underfunded but numbers of students will increase. In the school and colleges the situation is worse. management in schools and colleges will ruin state Power in our world is held by a tiny class. Racism, sexism, There are none so fit to break the chains as those who Liberation will not be achieved either within the The knowledge and technical means exist to conquer In the United States and European Community, 40 milWe need to unite to defend our rights, and to work in The ruling rich are destroying both our planet and our That struggle won't always go through the traditional The Higher Education system today is becoming even Socialists must fight for an education system that serves The numbers of first-year full-time students in higher education reached record high of 318,000 in 1990: 47% more than in 1980 and 9% more than in 1989. The proportion of women in higher education rose from 41% in 1980 to 47% in 1990.
What do these statisics really mean? Are there more working class people entering higher education, more women or black people?
Still more men than women ore entering higher education. In 1990 the numbers of male university students was 164,000 while the number of women students full time at university was only 132,000.
Women are still concentrated in arts, humanities and social science courses, while the government pumps money into science and technology courses.
The Tories aim to have one young person in three studying in higher educa tion by the end of the 90s: but they refuse to improve funding for education -something that hits hardest at women dependent on their families and partners for money and childcare.
The vast majority of working class youth, women and black people are denied a decent education. If they go to college they get a paltry sum of money (described as a "living grant!) and long term debt from top up loans.
Living standards have dropped now that students get no benefit. This will heavily effects working class students who cannot rely on being subsidised by their families.
Many college administrations will cut back on courses and library facilities. Overcrowded lectures and inadequate childcare and study facilities will all become more common. Consider this:polytechnics becoming universities; 2 year degree courses; the way education has been restructured in general; testing 7 year olds, the core curriculum. The ethos of the Tories is education on the cheap to those who can't afford to pay extra for it! The way forward is to fight the Tories with the support and backing of an unflinching student movement. Recently there has been organised student militancy against these Cuts inevitably hit workblack people the hardest which is why it is vital for united action. Student unions, and especially NUS, must be working and campaigning with women and black people: not paying the usual tokenistic