Martin Powell-Davies - teacher, trade unionist and socialist

Sharing views, information and resources for school staff, trade unionists and socialists.

Thursday, 25 March 2010

Thanks for your support!

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A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who has supported me. Your help has made sure that I HAVE BEEN ELECTED onto the NUT National Executive. The res...
Saturday, 20 March 2010

NUT support London UCU demo against cuts

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The National Union banner on today's march against cuts in Higher and Further education. £2.5 billion of cuts to Higher Education are pl...
Thursday, 18 March 2010

The threat of the Swedish 'free-schools' model

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A seminar, hosted by Ken Purchase MP and the Anti-Academies Alliance, held in Westminster last night focussed on the threat to education fro...
Saturday, 13 March 2010

United against cuts and racism in Barking

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I was proud to carry the Lewisham NUT banner on the Youth Fight for Jobs march today through the streets of Barking, where the BNP's lea...
Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Please support Lewisham NUT members taking action

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NUT members at Northbrook School took strike action today - see the report on the Classroom Teacher website and send in your messsages of su...
Sunday, 7 March 2010

Thanks for visiting my blog

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If you have decided to take a look at my blog after receiving a ballot paper for the NUT Executive election, many thanks for taking the time...

SERTUC Public Services Conference success

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The desire to build united opposition to public sector cuts was evident in the response to yesterday's meeting called by the SE Region o...
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Martin Powell-Davies

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* Brought up as a socialist by parents who hungered for what is right * One adopted grandfather left me a double-barrelled name, the other his name on a 1926 General Strike black-list * Given a comprehensive education at St.Andrew's, Leatherhead * First-class degree from King's College, Cambridge, for those who like that kind of thing * Secondary science teacher in London 1986-2015 * Lewisham NUT Secretary 1993-2015, organiser of many campaigns to defend teachers and education * Father of four who were all so well-supported by Sedgehill School, SE6. * Member of the NUT National Executive 2010-15 * NEU London Regional Secretary 2016 - 19 * Moved to Cumbria to return to teaching 2019 * Candidate for NEU DGS in 2021 * Proud to have been name-checked by Gove for saying that his 'reforms' could make teaching unbearable * Member of the CWI, following its global struggles via http://www.socialistworld.net * Exiled member of Penge CC, still a 'Middle Aged Man In Lycra' when I can be.
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