THE CONFERENCE the National Organisation of Labour Students took place on 5-6 March. The conference clashed with the TUC march to defend the NHS. Delegates voted overwhelmingly to attend the demonstration much business was lost from the agenda.
As a result, the discussion on Ireland, to reaffirm NOLS' policy of supfrom Ireland and araliaand affiliation to the LCI, was not taken.
President SOAS students union (personal capacity)
The did discuss the Alton bill and the poli tax On Alton the incum bent leadership of NOLS, the Democratic altempted to defeat a call for three whip agbinst the Alton bill. But vote in spite of the Democratic Left's big majority delegates voted to support a three line whip. Similarlemocratic Left tax, the Democratic 1 organised for the adoption of support for the Scottish campaign of encouraging individuals not councils who refuse demonLeft though re-elected reasons.
Student were Their lost' at Cual leis oppositión the Democratic NUS, failed Ilas NOLS. The combined of SSIN each others' candidates in over in NOLS primarily they the official the fight to official cantheir cies. oppose policy British withdrawal racism of February, official for no of Labour which 25 clubs, descriptions other than ed out.
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students, doing leadership places bourgeois only to stand in addition to NOLS candidates, but against them, in elections where Tories and Alliance stand. This is opposiDemocratic Left leadertaking a campaigning candidates VUS wit] the help reactionary Jewish Students.
full slate; NOLS candidates stand they should be but where does didates, given for candidates against Tories ditional cancandidale.
The issues which have to be con• as c national union and how to defend the interests of all students against the will resolved not only through policy adopted but in the leadership which emerges at con ference This leadership has to be a Labour leadership if students are to gain the support of the labour movement. It also has to be one which campaigns in support of those in strugworldwide against Thatcher her iminterests oppressed.
This year students will have the chance to vote for a current which is standing support of these prin ciples in addition to, not against, official candidates: the Internationalist for Socialism, WiCH Coll prises candidates Students for Palestine, the Solidarity Campaign Student Net work, and Campaign Stu dent. Candidates standing at both NUS and NUS Women's conference Such a current in the present situation has the potential to draw together campaigning on the leadership of NUS and break up th cipled NOLS-CP-SDI alliance which currently controls the executive of for NUS