Students Union entirely in the hands of conservative careerists and a tiny left presenting the lett 1a3S Students had seized the administration block ind administration staff io resume work: for a thwarted ES PeRICu altempts by time students controlled and were able to operate the university triennone switchboard. more than 2000 students successfully defied a threat of severe disciplinay action for all remaining in the building after a specified deadline: by the end of the occupation attendance at mass meetings had risen to more Inan 4E Transformation How can we explin this transfog Events in Birmingham University last November have provided perhaps the clearest Socialist Union contained hardly more than 20 active members. And yet for eight days at the end of Novemmer the University was convulsed by an offensive involving thousands of students, bringing the University administrations to its knees and with the opportunity of challenging both the "University producing reforms.
Lessons The first lesson of our experience is therefore that OD CLErC anatuouYc ConciEOs Dimungnan were no mote sovouran sor an upsunge u Suuent rEsor tnan Ios wwen exit i most Ol CHINYTSS In ras COmTV,rE TmUaKAE toros behind the movement was in tact a pencralied Scient ane aacoaan Du th DarE Or e SEDAr experiences in University. The cole played by the left Emoc ol studems aume rom lictow MES STOV TO MONOC S MICSI OI CAMECASKH TOE EOD in thee tread day. And yet, ten te superien DEh EnC SUCca CaRa Su DOnE coded the Union neand ng ed b зІВ ватоВса rege sapper wis are the let suto wiz il.
Failures The anner fies in weakpesses at both a theoreticl 1 organizational lovel The Soriiit Onion reall Pn B Usmans an aionie Doua 1 oi tre students Union R amerslon fouget SHTE HO M GUGO TOPME CO. Boa SuoieT to stent tEsi '. SaC M BE AReIrO lus altmzte sroat even to win the forms af hands of the CACTUUVU BES ESL decalc Brochure naes ah orgianon equal to that i2 H438 0-50 Bound to e teterin ho ate te bo ten val barity of the left but by the politic: churscter and toulone examine lhe Counter-Revolution waile the occupation consciousy set out to dier Wing the efficary of the content of t the studenes were subjected, And WW Voos nos as yCL Passch critical weapons squal to that task.
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