Mark Bergfeld
Mark Bergfeld is a former member of the National Executive Council of the National Union of Students (NUS)[1] and the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP).[2] He stood in the elections for NUS President in April 2011.[3]
Political career[edit]
He was one of the leaders of the UK student demonstrations of November/December 2010[citation needed] and the spokesperson of the now defunct Education Activist Network.[4] He was a member the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP)[2] for a year until early 2013, when he resigned from the Central Committee and joined the internal opposition to the Central Committee majority's handling of the 'Comrade Delta' rape scandal.[5] He resigned from the SWP and joined Left Unity in 2014.[6]
Bergfeld holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and a Masters in Sociology from the University of Essex.[7]
Media appearances[edit]
He has been on television and radio on numerous occasions including ITV's Daybreak,[citation needed] Press TV's Big Story,[8] the BBC's The One Show,[citation needed] Channel 4 News[9] and BBC Radio 5 Live.[10]
He has been profiled in the Evening Standard,[11] and quoted in the The Daily Telegraph,[12] The Guardian[13] and other international press, namely Le Figaro[14] (France) and El País[15] (Spain).
He now writes regularly for Al-Jazeera English [16]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Breaking point". Sunday Herald. 14 November 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Leadership". Socialist Worker. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
- ↑ "Student protests: The Marxist revolutionary aiming to lead the NUS". The Daily Telegraph. 09-04-2011. Retrieved 2013-02-07. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Student protests: police boost presence for tuition fees march". The Daily Telegraph. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ↑ "SWP crisis: Twilight of the idols". Weekly Worker. 14-02-2013. Retrieved 2014-03-12. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Internal Elections 2014: Directly-Elected Section – candidate(s) & statements". Left Unity. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- ↑ "Mark Bergfeld: The right man for the job?". gair rhydd. 05-03-2011. Retrieved 11-03-2011. Check date values in:
|accessdate=, |date=(help) - ↑ "Press TV". Presstv.ir. 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
- ↑ "Student protests: more unrest to come - Channel4 News". Channel4.com. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
- ↑ "Radio 5 live Programmes - Stephen Nolan, 10/12/2010". BBC. 2010-12-10. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
- ↑ "Bring down the Government, says student march organiser". Evening Standard. 12-11-2010. Retrieved 2011-02-04. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Student protests: police boost presence for tuition fees march". The Daily Telegraph. 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
- ↑ "Tuition fees: Student demonstrators catch a wave of youth fury". The Guardian. 10-12-2010. Retrieved 2011-02-04. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Les étudiants anglais prêts à de nouvelles actions d'éclat". Le Figaro. 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
- ↑ "Los estudiantes se rebelan contra los recortes de Cameron". El País. 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
- ↑ "AJE". aljazeera.com. 2014-19-01. Retrieved 2014-19-01. Check date values in:
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