Pablished by Relgocrest Lid. For Socialist Challenge, 328/9 Upper Street,, London N. Printed by Goodhead Press Limited, 25 Murdock Road, Bicester. Delegates representing the National Union of Students on 2 April.
TAI.BOT report.
For the union's national EXCLULIVE. president Slipman's year in office has TENTALE forward for the NUS. CULOLICO efforts •Tory student leaders and Communist Party/Labour Party "Broad Left' resulted in aspects of NUS policy being dropped — such as he 'no platform for fascists' sand - around which the press whipped up so much hysteria.
OVERSEAS NUS is now consulted by the Department of Education and Science before colleges closed and overseas students sper student union: "respon student anionism is on the advance.
FRUITFUL But lor Ibe matorily 0] students the last year has not so fruitful. OUR FUND DRIVE Registered with the Post Office 800,000 students meet in Blackpool for the opening of the annual conference of As well as debating such major issues as student union autonomy, grants and racism, delegates will be drawing the lessons of a year which will go down in student history as the lowest point in collective action for a decade, REDMOND O'NEILL and COLIN training colleges cose, grants have been slashed continue Sue in value and availability, and step Thousands al overseze students The who have survived discriminathe the education system through racist quotas. has CORRIDORS Such is the price for the executive's strategy of institutional harmony and responexecutive's advance into the has not succeeded in defending HITE the de facto sacrifice of the OCTS CECTS BAS ALEWEL and has politically disarmed the arid offensive. in sociely.
ERSTWHILE In electing the national executive, delegates at Blacksheet of all this. In particular L SEATTE porters will have to decide if they will continue to sanction their leaders" open alliance with the student wing of the Tor In opposition to this the main theme of the major far left group, the Socialist Students Alliance, will be for left unity defending the breaking the Tory/ Broad Left Alliance.
DISARRAY The SSA believes that the sara and conson on tre student left can be overcome on the basis of reassembling ali those strugele strenative is ganing credibly specially with those student ho have paid the highest pric for the year of inaction.
WHO?
The SSA slate for the exocutive president, MICK ARCHER; deputy president, CAMPBELL:
LEWIS DAVIS: vice-president education services, GARDINER: welfare, ALISON DOWNEY fascist SIMPSON: executive officers: vice-president arcas, ADRIAN SOMETEE PAULINE ROE, MCCLEARY:
ARCHER and CAMPBELL.
WITH A FEW dass left before the end of the month, we were still short regular Spring Tias week's total of E112.63 was with Easter bolidays the post has beco irregular We are looking forward 1o a bumper postbag in the next couple of days.
Our emergency appeal to enable us to install a small pres saw a new lease of life, Thro donations brought in £121. Our supporters in Oxford apain delivered the goods. Since the ase readers have been ace most energehit and unfailing in their ability to raise mency for Ine pance To dare, their contribution: alone have totalled £176.06 Here is a tatect our other local groups can ser their sights on boundless and even trips on the river.
A regular Canadian sup porter rushed over E100 to ou Emergency appeal and are tor fund drives. the regular fund. Along with the very were shee am these comments: impressed by the reporting quality and the extent of th discussions taking place in th willing to back class Such Includes:
COLIN treasurer, TREVOR vice president members, VON MICK COLIN 6324.29 Tor our find drive.
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readers have been the value on Name ETS for Address Evening This money comes from my savings. Da you realise that connunities inflation reduces ther early 1 percent a menti look upon donations to strike funds, newspapers, and politi Nasa means of inflators and abo as an investment: Socialist Victory weeks.
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Socialist Challenge, 328/9 Upper Street, London N1. Post, a weekly sold in the trish London mentioned what an exocilent article this was, and this has brought in orders for that issue.
Meanwhile. sales WH 1.C. Smith's London shops have taken off. Aller a steady start, tales have risen in The past two The 16 March issue cleared 30 copies at Kungs Cross and Charine Cross, and 27 ar Fictoria, In the lei shops 1h alal was not far short of 1S!
The trial ends in a fortnight.
keep our readers Informed of tbe rcaction of this distribution monopoly, the fund drives our SUBSCRIBE NOWI Cheques, POs and Money Orders should be made payable to 'Socialist Challenge'. For the Tatlin tower C Dorling 0.50 J Graham 0,50 D. Reams Stirting supporters 2.50 R.W Canadian supporter 25.00 TOTAL £112.63 For the emergency appesi: Oxford supporters 36.00 Anon 10.00 Canadian supporter £121,00
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