The Communist Society is a group of students organised in the active struggle for communist revolution in Britain and across the world. If you're reading this, you probably already agree we need a change. The question is how. Many choose to organise locally and campaign around specific issues. There's plenty of charities, tenant's rights groups, food banks, migrant solidarity campaigns and so on. The list is as endless as the problems created by the decaying capitalist system. But we want to strike at the heart of the matter - the capitalist system itself. Thus, we do not confine ourselves to single-issue local struggles, and connect them to a broader picture. 

Capitalism is teetering on the brink of collapse. The pressures of staggering economic crises, climate crises, war & imperialism, are causing millions to question the current system and look for a fundamental change. We have all grown up knowing nothing but economic crisis, austerity and increasingly deranged governments in parliament. 

We meet every week to discuss the ideas of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Trotsky. We then take these ideas into the local student and labour movements, onto the streets, pickets and protests. Our aim is to create cadres. This is someone who has conquered the fundamentals of Marxism and can flexibly apply them in practice. It is someone who can be dropped anywhere in the country, or abroad for that matter, and crystallise a cell of communists around them. 

Marxism is the only explanation of the current capitalist crisis, the deepest crisis yet, and we must study these ideas closely so that in every corner of society, we can build the revolutionary leadership needed to overthrow capitalism. 

Join the SUSU Communist Society if you:

• Want to learn more about Marxism and be a well-rounded communist
• Enjoy discussions about philosophy, history, economics and current world events
• Want to get in involved in struggles and build strong links to the working class, and
• Want to fight to overthrow capitalism and fight for the socialist revolution!

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The Southampton Communist Society stands with the Southampton Branch of the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP), the British section of the Revolutionary Communist International (RCI), which is fighting in over 70 countries around the world for the overthrow of capitalism and a socialist future for humanity. Join us! 

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The Committee

All clubs and societies within the Students' Union are run entirely by students. The student committee for Communist Society this year are: