Martin Powell-Davies - teacher, trade unionist and socialist

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

Sunday, 19 May 2013

Greece - a sorry retreat

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Student support in Kalymnos Last week, as reported in an earlier post, t eachers in Greece were preparing for national strike action in ...
Thursday, 16 May 2013

Pay Policy Checklists: Joint Union Letter sent to Lewisham Schools

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The following joint letter is being sent to all Lewisham Headteachers, Chairs of Governors and Councillors from the secretaries of Lewi...
Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Gove threatens 'illegality' & 'ofsted failure' to bully Heads on PRP

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Gove has stepped up his bullying tactics even further today by writing a threatening letter to schools trying to warn Heads and Govern i...
Tuesday, 14 May 2013

SPaG test - how NOT to improve grammar and literacy

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Today Gove is inflicting another damaging 'reform' on our children and on our schools. The Spelling, P unctuation and G rammar tes...
Sunday, 12 May 2013

Solidarity to teachers striking in Berlin and Greece

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As the EU and the 'Troika' try to force even more pover ty and repression onto the backs of the working-people of Europe, teaching...
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Lies, Damn Lies and Michael Gove

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Experience has already taught most teachers not to believe anything that Michael Gove has to say a n y more. Unfortunately, that doesn...
Thursday, 2 May 2013

May Day – in London and in Abuja

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In Britain, the trade union move ment does not have the strong tradition of mass mobilisation for May Day seen i n some other countries. ...
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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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