1st OXFORD WORKING CLASS BOOKFAIR

[Udo Erasmus]

The Role and Future of Trade Union Education

Saturday 27th March, Ruskin College (Walton Street site), Oxford

(For travel information please email Ian Manborde on [email protected])

In 1909, Ruskin College students and their supporters formed an organisation called the Plebs League to fight so-called ‘reforms’ which threatened the independent and working-class nature of their education. Over a hundred years later the relevance of their arguments remains with us. A new campaign for independent working-class education (IWCE) has convened this event to discuss the future of trade union education as a feature of working-class organisation and politics, and to examine the challenges which now confront us.


Programme:

10.30 – 11.30 Tea and coffee available

11.30 Welcome and opening comments – Sheila Cohen (NUJ, author of Ramparts of Resistance)

11.45 Independent working-class education – historical background Colin Waugh (author of ‘Plebs’: the Lost Legacy of Independent Working-Class Education)

12.15 Key themes of the focus on TU Education and IWCE Ian Manborde (Ruskin College)

12.45 Lessons from activist education in the US Kim Moody (Labor Notes)

1.15 Lunch – not provided but plenty of places to buy lunch nearby

2.30 Session for practitioners:

What is TU education for ?

The post-election scenario?

The role of TU educators – an established profession?

A need for a labour educators’ network?

3.30 Proposals for further activity

4.30 End

 

[Sue]

Went to this last year. 99.9% of the people there wouldn't know a working class person if they fell over one. It was the most cringeworthy thing I've ever been to. (Mind, don't tend to go to these sorts of things so maybe they're all that bad?)

 

[Nigel]

Went to this last year. 99.9% of the people there wouldn't know a working class person if they fell over one. It was the most cringeworthy thing I've ever been to. (Mind, don't tend to go to these sorts of things so maybe they're all that bad?)

Weren't you dragged out of one of the meetings

Asked around but doesn't seem to be anything this year.
Shame because there are many ex-Ruskin students who are quite influential & involved in working class politics for instance Dave Douglass and ex Class War people. Not to mention IWCA(but thats stretching it a bit really).

 

[The Black Hand]

The Role and Future of Trade Union Education

Saturday 27th March, Ruskin College (Walton Street site), Oxford

(For travel information please email Ian Manborde on [email protected])

In 1909, Ruskin College students and their supporters formed an organisation called the Plebs League to fight so-called ‘reforms’ which threatened the independent and working-class nature of their education. Over a hundred years later the relevance of their arguments remains with us. A new campaign for independent working-class education (IWCE) has convened this event to discuss the future of trade union education as a feature of working-class organisation and politics, and to examine the challenges which now confront us.


Programme:

10.30 – 11.30 Tea and coffee available

11.30 Welcome and opening comments – Sheila Cohen (NUJ, author of Ramparts of Resistance)

11.45 Independent working-class education – historical background Colin Waugh (author of ‘Plebs’: the Lost Legacy of Independent Working-Class Education)

12.15 Key themes of the focus on TU Education and IWCE Ian Manborde (Ruskin College)

12.45 Lessons from activist education in the US Kim Moody (Labor Notes)

1.15 Lunch – not provided but plenty of places to buy lunch nearby

2.30 Session for practitioners:

What is TU education for ?

The post-election scenario?

The role of TU educators – an established profession?

A need for a labour educators’ network?

3.30 Proposals for further activity

4.30 End

Udo, apologies for not bigging this up earlier, unfortunately I need more time to plan things and I see that this has gone (too skint to just 'get on a train' and need babysitting sorted too).

You should have the email I sent you that talks about some working class education and specifically a course. Copy me into everything to do with this please. You can share that course with these people too.

Cheers

 

[Nigel]

Udo, apologies for not bigging this up earlier, unfortunately I need more time to plan things and I see that this has gone (too skint to just 'get on a train' and need babysitting sorted too).

You should have the email I sent you that talks about some working class education and specifically a course. Copy me into everything to do with this please. You can share that course with these people too.

Cheers

Did you do to this?
Anything interesting happen?