May 12 2006

ACTIVIST GATHERING AT SUSSEX UNIVERSITY 27 MAY

On Saturday May 27, ENS and other organisations including UK Students Against Coke, Earth First Students and Students Against Sweatshops will be holding an activist gathering at Falmer House, University of Sussex. The event aims to be an open forum for anyone committed to building a fighting, political student movement to discuss ideas and share skills.

The event will include debate and discussion, practical workshops and action training, and will feature speakers from activist campaigns from across the UK and internationally including United Students Against Sweatshops from America.

Sessions will include:

- How students can organise to change the world, with speakers from ENS, AUT, University of Sussex Students' Union and US United Students Against Sweatshops
- Fighting cuts on campus (Sort US Out campaign, Lambeth College SU)
- Building political, campaigning women's groups
- Campaigning for a living wage on campus and beyond (USAS, Queen Mary campaign, Students Against Sweatshops)
- Environmental campaigns training
- Workers' resistance in Latin America (Bolivia Solidarity campaign, Colombia Solidarity campaign, eyewitness from Bolivia)
- Discussion and organising session on fighting top-up fees in 2006
- Kicking killer corporations off campus (UK Students Against Coke, Campaign Against the Arms Trade)
- How to fight racism and fascism
- Lessons from the French students' and workers' struggle against CPE, with a French student movement activist

Plus stalls from many campaigns, fringe meetings and a social in the evening.

For more information download our letter to student activists at
 http://www.free-education.org.uk/may27letter.pdf and our leaflet at  http://www.volsunga.co.uk/May27.pdf

To register email  daniel.randall@nus.org.uk or ring 07961 040 618