THE National Union of Students conference at Blackpool last week was a stormy affair.
The far left increased its representation on the nationalexeculuve trom unree to nive of the Socialist Students Alliance, two members or tne socialis Workers Organisation), and a motion oncemnine we treatment o women Republican prisoners Armagh jail was passed wishes or mie outgoing executive.
all other policy DUl ON questions. the er amance the coalition of membearty, Labour Party, COMMUNISI Party are Ene Young Liberals - chalked up one victory after another. (centre) being applauded at NUS conference. Students) candidates were./ elected to the executive and it was clear 1121 NURS members voted with the far left for the reference back • of the strategy document and Tol the resolution on Armagh.
These developments did not arise spontaneously. They were made possible by the waged by the tar over the orevious two terms - on abortion, Armagh, and to a lesser degree, on racist fee Hearerses Dul aso by lie unprecedented degree of unity of the far left itself. Liz Legrua, Women in Armagh Campaign, and Ahn Marie Loughran, of the Relatives Action Committee, positions with SWSO on a of questions and to JulC. agree at conercute on a scric of joint initiatives with SWSO on Ireland.
This development led the SSA to issue a bulletin at a joint fringe meeting no organsaons renerall its commitment to unification with SWSO.
be Tha balone should Provide the basis — a prerequisite for defeating the policies the NUS's leadership and throwing the weight of the student movement the struggles of the working class.
*Correction: In the article CP strategy: keep politics out of students unions' (10 April)
stated that Alliance includes the National Organisation Labour Students. While individual members of NOLS are in the LeT stood te as Left Alliance candidates in the recent NUS decision at its conference last December to withdraw from the left alliance. workers for unionisation, which have also UCCI deleated; two or inese - al Median Plastics were also Slough. that's wny 1L S crucial to reverse the demoralising trend by What can you do?
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