Martin Powell-Davies - teacher, trade unionist and socialist

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

Tuesday, 28 May 2024

Stop the Sewage! Don't 'tinker' with the boards, nationalise under democratic workers' control!

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Right across the country, privatised water companies are fleecing the public, and polluting our environment.  Just in the last week, South W...

Chorley needs a MP who will Speak Out against war and austerity, not the 'Speaker'

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Now that the General Election has been called, I have been asked to stand as the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition candidate for Chorle...
Friday, 3 May 2024

TUSC shock Labour with great result in Preston Deepdale

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The 522 votes won by Hasan Tunay, the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) candidate in Preston Council’s Deepdale ward , are just ...
Friday, 1 March 2024

Special Relativity - a short history from Galileo to Einstein

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Once again, these are notes I've written to improve my own scientific understanding - and to also to help put the debates Lenin was anal...
Friday, 16 February 2024

Quantum Physics - a scientific and philosophical overview

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My 2023 blog post on Lenin's Materialism and Empirio-Criticism  - and Rovelli's critique of it in 'Helgoland' - has gained a...
Thursday, 25 January 2024

Why socialists call for nationalising the 'commanding heights' of the economy

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Nationalisation , the taking of major industries, utilities and banks and out of the hands of private profiteers and into public ownership, ...
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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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