IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

It's 'Schoolkids for Stanton'

Socialist Challenge No. 91, 12 April 1979 · p. 4 of the scan · 593 words

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SCHOOLKIDS have virtually no rights at all today. We're herded about in concentration camps that KHOWEL schools; most of us are forced to wear drab, moronic school uniforms; boys are trained for dull and boring jobs; girls are trained to be housewives, and at Lane the end of it we're sent off into the dole queue or if we're lucky might get a dead-end job.

Even prisoners beaten but schoolkids can have daylights out of them. The Schoolkids for Stanton campaign has been set up to oppose this and start also SOCIALIST Unity is putting a lot of stress on the rights of those without a voice in this election — young In Hull school students have started their own 'Schoolkids for Stanton' campaign (Pauline Stanton is the SU candidate). They have put out a leaflet the fightback for schoolkids' rights. supporting Stanton of Socialist Unity in the general election because she totally supports fighting for their rights.

Just because allowed to vote doesn't mean this election doesn't affect us. low paid The next government will tell us what our schools will be like can t be whether youth clubs, how much records thrashed will cost, whether bus fares will go up or not and hundreds of other things like that.

If they won't allow us to vote last five years.

schools, Pauline more bored.

They've candidate who schoolkids profits can have more spend on Already we've got to start our own campaign to tell the politicians and bosses what we think.

The politicians have done The nothing for schoolkids in the The Labour government has cut millions of pounds off public spending, the which means that we've got less school.

less teachers, less books, less youth clubs but these thrown over a quarter of a million schoolleavers on the scrapheap of the on dole queues just because the bosses aren't making enough The Tories would be even worse, they've promised to take money for new hospitals, new wherer schools and new houses to guns and tanks.

Thatcher has said that exams will get harder and discipline Humberside also want: the Tory county council has PAULINE STANTON — SU Hull candidate banned schoolkids from belonging to the National Union of School Students - NUSS.

want schools to teach kids about the British Empire, listen to Elgar and then be sent into Army when they leave Socialist Unity opposes all of parties they say schoolkids should have the right to control their own lives. They want more money spent schools, houses and lives. hospitals as well as creating new jobs for the million and a half unemployed people.

They say women should be allowed to decide themselves For not to have abortion and that discrimination against women and black people should be abolished Schoolkids for Stanton support all these things.

*End the ban on the National Union of school students.

*Stop discrimination against girls in schools.

*Abolish the cane and school uniform.

*Schools to be run by democratically elected board of pupils, parents and teachers instead of an undemocratic governors board This is want in schools but we also want the campaign to give uS control over all sections of our Schoolkids for Stanton want to take the campaign into every are where you are Involved Join in the campaign now and start the fight for your rights Old enough to work, old enough to vote — votes at 16!

Join the National Union of School Students!

Jobs for school leavers now!

Free abortion and contraception parental consent!

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