Manchester Area NUS Socialist Outlook supporters in the National Union of Students are mobilising support for the miners in the colleges. Students facing attacks on grants, education spending and the NUS have an unequalled opportunity to support a fight to reverse the new round of government and employers' attacks.
In the city with the greatest concentration of students in Europe, Outlook supporters have won the Manchester Area NUS to a programme of actions in support of the miners.
A MANUS free newspaper will be produced to help draw student on the November 4 national demonstration against student debt onto the TUC egional demonstration, now o be held on November 7 near Parkside pit. Student organisations have been encouraged to 'twin' with Parkside, the last remaining pit in the North West.
Lancashire Area NUM are calling for an all-industry strike on the day of November 17 march in Manchester. Our proposal that MANUS backs the call for a one day strike was blocked by the Socialist Organiser leaders of MANUS, but socialist, labour and green activists are organising for big student contingents on both demonstrations.
A November 15 dayschool in central London will provide a valuable opportunity for socialist students from around Britain to place the British crisis in context. Organised by LIBERATION now!, the student and youth paper of Socialist Outlook, students can hear labour and student movement activists join in discussion with international. For details of the event, write to LIBERATION now!, PO Box 1109, London N4 2UU.