A great colleague @uonsoe. Volker Wedekind Sarah Speight Peter Gates pamela.sammons Howard Stevenson Dr Rebecca Suart Sharon Clancy Darshna Soni UoN EducationHistory Dr Yuwei Xu 徐玉炜 Zach Brock @https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/apr/30/hugh-burkhardt-obituary?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

International Journal of Lifelong Education just released John Field 🌻's obituary written by Alan Tuckett 'Professor John Field, expert scholar, lifelong educator, advocate, internationalist and policy adviser, died 25th March 2024' tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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well well well. The further irony is that the Freedom Association is where the deranged libertarians (hello Tufton Street) hang out. They believe laws should be imposed at maximum force on people they don't like, but that they should be exempt from said rules and regulations.

We honour pacifists when they're gone - but dont forget to vilify them when they're alive.

Despite protests and petitions to #NEMCA only one council leader has agreed to meet us. An open letter has now been sent to all #NEMCA leaders and mayoral candidates asking for a 12-month stay of execution to keep WEA learning within reach! thewea.info/OpenLetter

Today is the 50th anniversary of a moment of liberation & democracy for workers in Portugal and in Europe.

Solidarity to workers & their trade unions CGTP-IN & UGT on this historic day.

An iota of sanity in today's alphabet of madness ... theguardian.com/environment/20…

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has set up an information support force.
Xi stressed that the force is a new, strategic branch of the military and a key pillar in coordinating the construction and application of the network information system. xhtxs.cn/SMF

Brilliant!

🚨 Potential strike action at University of Lincoln 🚨

Over 220 employees face the axe, including 1 in 10 academics.

We must stop the cuts ✊ Read more 👇

UCU Lincoln **NO COMPULSORY REDUNDANCIES**
ucu.org.uk/article/13542/…

Chatbot will assist workers in unionising workplaces
lrd.org.uk/free-read/chat…
General Federation of Trade Unions BFAWU ASLEF Organise Now!

Can we stop calling National Museum Wales ‘an attraction’. We are not at risk of losing a theme park here. We are at risk of losing an institution that offers free education to millions of people and showcases Welsh culture and the National Treasures of Wales to the world.

Happy birthday to the legendary strike leader, labour organiser, union official, and revolutionary socialist agitator Tom Mann, born today in 1856 Society for the Study of Labour History WCML North West Labour History Warwick MRC Intl. Association Strikes & Social Conflicts Strike Map

The Simpsons latest episode took on Amazon and their union-busting tactics.

A lot of grumbling amongst some councillors about this intervention from Labour’s NEC in Nottingham…

DHL should be better than this.

‘You can’t run in the ⁦TCS London Marathon⁩ because you dared exercise your legal right to take strike action’

Vindictive. Pathetic.

Full support to Michael Dallard & ⁦Unite the union: join a union⁩ ⁦Unite East Midlands⁩ nottinghampost.com/news/local-new…

Threat of 'soft resistance' in #HongKong schools, apparently.

I don't mean the tree, obviously!

Can someone - 🏹 My Nottingham Open Nottingham LeftLion Magazine Nottingham Nottinghamshire Police Visit Nottinghamshire or anyone else - explain what these are (in Nottingham General Cemetery)?