Mark Bergfeld is a member of the National Executive Council of the National Union of Students (NUS), spokesperson of the Education Activist Network and is a prominent member of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). He is one of the leaders of the UK student demonstrations of November/December 2010

2010 UK student protests

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. In January 2011 it was announced that he would be standing for the NUS Presidency as part of a united left slate.

He has contributed to Socialist Worker

Socialist Worker

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, Socialist Review

Socialist Review

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and International Socialism.

He has been on television and radio on numerous occasions including ITV

ITV

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's Daybreak

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, Press TV

Press TV

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's Big Story, the BBC

BBC

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's The One Show

The One Show

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, Channel 4 News

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and BBC Radio 5 Live

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He has been profiled in the Evening Standard

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, The Daily Telegraph

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, The Guardian

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and various other international press such as Le Figaro

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(France) and El Pais (Spain).

Bergfeld holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and a Masters in Sociology from the University of Essex

University of Essex

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