On the weekend of 24/5 February, Labour Students held its National Conference in Manchester. At this conference really important motions were discussed in terms of reforming the organisation’s internal workings. Aberystwyth University Labour Club had sent in a motion to introduce one-member-one-vote in elections to national committee. The motion passed but with amendments from national committee to investigate the financial viability of such a plan. Although many members may well be disappointed by this result considering the amount of great campaigning that went into it, it is a clear sign of democratic progress in Labour Students. Continue reading
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The case for OMOV in Labour Students
Next week Labour Students will be holding their National Conference – an event the organisation refers to as ‘democratic ’. Policy is discussed, motions are debated and officers are elected. But there is one flaw in the democratic process of National Conference: not everyone is allowed to vote. Continue reading
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Youth unemployment: Young Labour should make its voice heard
When I was a member of the Labour Party Young Socialists, we prided ourselves on being as much of a pain in the arse to the adult party as was humanly possible.
In those rare moments when we were not heatedly discussing finer points of the Transitional Programme and passing resolutions demanding the nationalisation of the top 200 monopolies, we organised regular protests and demonstrations against the Thatcher government. Continue reading
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Refounding Labour offers young people nothing
Last week’s decisions on the final recommendations of Refounding Labour by Labour’s national executive’s Organisation Committee offered absolutely nothing to young people. Not even a passing reference. Not surprising then the Chair of Young Labour, Susan Nash, and the NEC youth and student rep, Callum Munro, have to issue a call this morning for a party that embraces, not controls, the next generation. We hope everyone will sign up to their appeal here. Continue reading
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Callum Munro for the NEC Youth place
The youth place on Labour’s national executive is up for election at a Young Labour ‘event’ planned to take place in Scotland on 11-13 February 2011, venue to be announced. The deadline for nominations for this and the posts of regional representatives on the Young Labour National Committee is given as 10 December 2010. 
The progressive candidate for the NEC place is Callum Munro. You can download his manifesto here. Please do try to get nominations for Callum (and for the regional Young Labour committee places) through you CLP before 10 December.