Walkouts planned at more than 200 schools, colleges and universities on November 20 for youth strike

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Socialist Students has published the full list of actions, with walkouts in more than 100 towns and cities and the main London protest at noon in Parliament Square.

National chair Adam Powell-Davies said: “With less than two weeks to go, students at more than 200 schools, colleges and universities are getting ready to walk out, and more are signing up every day.” 

He said Labour had cut university teaching grants two years running while planning to raise military spending to close to £80 billion a year by 2029, adding: “We refuse to pay for their wars and their crisis.”

Youth and student organisations across Europe called the strike at a meeting in Cologne in June. 

In Britain, the NEU has backed it, the NUS is taking part, and the UCU and Unison have called for protests in every university. 

Students in France, Germany, Spain and Italy will also take action on the day, with Italy’s CGIL union calling a 24-hour general strike.