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Strikes best tribute to Estelle Morris

The liberal broadsheets have all but canonised Estelle Morris, following her resignation as Education Secretary. Raised on Manchester council estate, went to a local school, failed her "A" levels, taught at a tough comprehensive, understood teachers. Some readers no doubt were taking in by this and requested handkerchiefs to wipe away their tears. Most people who work in schools were looking for a sick bucket into which they could throw up. by Liam Conway The Guardian wheeled out Polly Toynbee to pour on the sugar coating. "There was real shock and sorrow at Estelle Morris's resignation, with...

NUT left divided

By Patrick Murphy A meeting of National Union of Teachers activists on 29 November in Nottingham failed to reach a consensus on a left candidate for the General Secretary election next year. The previously agreed candidate, John Illingworth, has withdrawn because of illness. There were three potential candidates at the Nottingham meeting, Ian Murch of the CDFU, Alex Kenny of the STA and Martin Powell Davies of the Socialist Party. But it was neither a local associations delegate meeting nor a joint meeting of the main left organisations in the union (STA and CDFU). An indicative vote was taken...

New AWL study course starts 9 May

The AWL in London will start a new study course on Thursday 9 May: "Understanding the history of the 20th century in order to make the history of the 21st - A Marxist study course on the rise and the nature of Stalinism". Each session will be run three times - on Thursday evening, and on the following Sunday afternoon and Sunday evening - and you can attend at any one of the three times each week, so as few people as possible miss sessions. Time and place: Thursdays, 7pm at the Exmouth Arms, Starcross St, London NW1. Sundays, please phone or email for details. The basic reading is excerpts...

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