From teacher to Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr’s first Labour MP, Steve Witherden made history during the 2024 General Election as every constituency in Wales has now been represented by a Labour MP at some point throughout history. Not afraid to challenge reactionary...
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The Educator: Shaking up the PLP (Vol. 1)
Neil Duncan-Jordan was one of 243 Labour MPs elected for the first time last year. Winning with a mere 18 votes, he is the first Labour MP to ever represent the constituency of Poole in Dorset since the seat’s creation in 1950. Neil was one of 58 MPs, including 20...
The Educator: From Westminster to the West Bank
The Lancet medical journal estimates that 186,000 deaths or more are “attributable” to Israel’s brutal war on Gaza. Meanwhile, the United Nations has warned that famine has spread throughout Gaza as more children die from malnutrition. But as Israel continues to...
The Educator: The British State’s Authoritarian Turn
Home Secretary Suella Braverman recently revealed she will “not hesitate” in changing the law to crackdown on basic forms of solidarity, particularly after pro-Palestine rallies were held across the country amid the ongoing siege in Gaza. It’s just the latest in a...
The Educator: To Municipal Socialism, and Beyond?
This month’s local elections were very, very bad for Rishi Sunak. Voters overwhelmingly abandoned a Tory Party which has itself abandoned them to poverty while allowing corporate profits to soar. Despite high abstention rates, we were delighted to see the...
The Educator: Behind the Worker Fightback
Something is stirring in Britain. As another economic crisis savages the country, the ruling class strike up a familiar tune: it’s the working class who should pay the price; runaway corporate profits are untouchable; ‘there’s nothing we can do’. Collectively, the...
The Educator: Ukraine & Anti-Imperialism
⬤ Putin's war Putin’s war on Ukraine has led to thousands of deaths, upended the world order, and intensified the global energy crisis. At home in Britain, it has led to an outpouring of support for Ukrainian refugees – if not for black and brown people fleeing war...
The Educator: Why We Shouldn’t Leave the Labour Party
⬤ Don’t Think Like a Liberal Last month, the current Labour leadership declared that the party is opposed to the ‘Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions’ movement, which aims to pressure the Israeli government into ending its illegal treatment of Palestinians using tactics...
The Educator: Comradeship and Solidarity
⬤ Why is this topic important? How should white people relate to black people? What does it mean for men to support women’s struggles for equality? How should people who aren’t direct victims of certain forms of oppression relate to others who are? And what about the...
The Educator: How Labour Came to Be
⬤ Why does this topic matter? The Labour Party was formed in 1900. But what led to its emergence? Historians have argued that the period beginning with the downfall of Chartism after 1848 and ending with the Taff Vale case (1900-1901) left a lasting legacy upon the...