Students must rely on their own strength, not the courts might antagonise Tory leaders.
But court intervention in NUS would end its tradition of autonomy - what ony elected student representatives should rule on its internal affairs and policies.
Pressure group
So activists have launched an ad hoc pressure group 'De fend Yourself! Defend Your Union!' (DY! DYU!) to oppose both the NUS bureaucracy's rigging of the conference and the dangerous court case.
The group has released a statement We are opposed to way in which the attempts at structural reform have been made in NUS. We are also opposed to the court action being taken against NUS by the opponents ution of the debate on reform to be carried out in an indisputably fair way - by NUS солference, according to NUS rules.
NUS London drew Berry said 'Socialist OutNUS will not organise action while there is civil war between the right and a misguided layer of the left.
We do not blame Socialist Organiser for this court case.
Blame
'The blame Hes with the labour-right leadership of the But Socialist Oroanicer are wrong to give up the autonomy of NUS. The left can't defend NUS conference without winning the arguments in the colleges.
Initial signatories to the appeal:
Manchester University: Doug Wong (Communications Officer): Bill Eyres (Academic Affairs Officer); Jamie Moore (Internals Officer elect); Duncan Chapel (Manchester Area NUS Council).
Anne Taylor (Campaigns Officer, Manchester Polytechnic); Anthony Gregory (President, University College Sal(Campaigns Officer, University Colfege Salford); Mike Brooks (President, Salford College of FE);