Martin Powell-Davies - teacher, trade unionist and socialist

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Sunday, 27 October 2019

'No Outsiders' - how can we build unity against racism and homophobia?

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After over a decade of intensified attacks on workers’ living standards , and without the labour movement organising decisively to oppose t...
Friday, 27 September 2019

Labour votes to abolish academies and private schools

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This article was written for - and published - in The Socialist newspaper, 25 September 2019 . I would also add that Labour also need to ...
Friday, 23 August 2019

School Teachers’ Pay – 2019 Review Body Report confirms crisis – but completely fails to address it

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At the end of July 2019, the Government again belatedly released the latest recommendations of the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) f...
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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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