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Rebuilding labour movement education at the Marx Memorial Library
MEIRIAN JUMP explains how the MML is developing its proud history of trade union education for activists to build their knowledge of struggle and class analysis
Meirian Jump speaking outside the Marx Memorial Library
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Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
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TRADE union militancy is in the ascendancy, with many young members engaged in industrial action for the first time.
How can labour movement educators harness this opportunity? What does non-sectarian political education look like today, and how can we deliver? How can an understanding of sex and race discrimination enrich a class analysis?
These were some of the questions posed at the Marx Memorial Library’s conference on the future of trade union education earlier this year.
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The Marx Memorial Library’s Spanish Collection remains a powerful tool for the working-class movement today, writes MML director MEIRIAN JUMP
The newly catalogued News International Dispute Archive ensures the history of the Wapping dispute – and the solidarity it inspired – is preserved, accessible and alive for future generations, says MATT DUNNE
From hunting rare pamphlets at book sales to online panels and courses on trade unionism and class politics, the MML continues connecting archive treasures with the movements fighting for a better world, writes director MEIRIAN JUMP