Rent strike now! Fight for free education!

For this week's episode of Marxist Voice, we are joined by Fiona Lali - lead organiser at the Marxist Student Federation - who will be interviewing Olive and Tori - two Marxist students playing a leading role in the ongoing rent strike movement. With young people being lured back into universities by the Tory government and corruption university management, rent strike movements have exploded on campuses up and down the country. Students are rightly rising up in indignation at their shameful treatment. Having been deceived with false promises of continued in-person teaching, many have been left trapped in shoddy accommodation buildings, with little to no support, to receive reduced-quality teaching by underpaid and overworked academic staff. This comes as no surprise: although the coronavirus pandemic triggered these events, the incessant drive towards marketisation of our universities has long been a feature of the British education system, affecting both staff and students alike. The Marxist Student Federation poses the question squarely: capitalism got us into this mess; only socialism can get us out of it! The rent strike movement could use this momentum to build a radical, nationwide campaign alongside the trade unions, linking demands for abolishing rent and free education with workers' rights and democratic control of universities. Listen to this episode to hear how Marxist students have been intervening in this movement, and the demands that they're putting forward for young people to rally around. Join us in the fight for socialism: Join - socialist.net/join Donate - socialist.net/donate Subscribe - socialist.net/subscribe Follow us on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and our podcast, Marxist Voice: Facebook - facebook.com/SocialistAppeal YouTube - youtube.com/c/SocialistNet1917​ Twitter - twitter.com/socialist_app Podcast - wavve.link/marxistvoice