Liberation Left
| Founded | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Type | Student Union |
| Location | |
Area served | The United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland |
| Website | studentbroadleft |
Formerly called | Student Broad Left |
Liberation Left (formerly Student Broad Left or SBL) is a factional grouping operating within the National Union of Students of the United Kingdom.
The group was formed in 1997 as a split from the Campaign for Free Education (CFE) and first contested NUS elections in 1998. It is characterised by its vocal support for the NUS Liberation Campaigns, Palestinian rights and for free-to-student, state-funded education, and its determined opposition to racism, Islamophobia, fascism, and war. The group describes itself as a "network of left activists campaigning for a progressive student movement", and has Labour, Green, and independent members. Today, the group has members in Labour parliamentary candidacies and its National Executive Committee.
The group should not be confused with the principally CPGB, Labour, and Liberal grouping known as Broad Left, which held the NUS presidency between 1973 and 1984.