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🍎 NOTES FROM BELOW ISSUE 26 - CLASS DISMISSED: AGAINST THE STATE OF EDUCATION 📖 OUT NOW ONLINE: notesfrombelow.org/issue/class-di… 📮 SUBSCRIBE TO US TODAY FOR A PRINT COPY : notesfrombelow.org/subscribe

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! With @CharmaineSChua , Sarahl Jaffe, Kieran Knutson, and Peter Linebaugh. Hosted by @commonnotions and @redmayseattle. Details: commonnotions.org/events1/2026/5…

🚨 NEW [SPECIAL] TOUR EPISODE 🚨 Building on last week's 1926 general strike episode, we bring you conversations about the strike w/ workers, trade unionists, and communists from across the country. We also went to Pentrich to learn more about the failed uprising of 1817!

It was great to hear more about the General Strike and what it means for workers a century on. If you're not already familiar then it's well worth checking out @NotesFrom_Below as well!

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"Education is no longer fulfilling the role historically assigned to it by the state. Increasingly, schools and universities fail to supply the capitalist economy with labour-power that meets its technical and ideological requirements."

🚨NEW EPISODE UP ON THE FEED🚨 @CallumCant1 and Matthew Lee join the podcast to mark 100 years since the 1926 general strike in Britain. We talked about how workers brought the country to a standstill, engaging in open conflict with the British state

Second chapter of a book on the historic struggle at the university clinic in Rome in the 1970s @NotesFrom_Below @longhaul_mag @feminiscity @SocialistHB @NurseSayNO @wrkclasshistory @SteveWright1958 vitalsignsmag.org/posts/n-stame-…

The Combine was a UK rank & file Ford workers organising effort in the 70s. Here some great examples of The Combine film screenings for workers, family and friends:

In April 2026 a wave of strike and riots swept into the industrial outskirts of Delhi. It was a response to massive price increases. Workers demanded massive pay increases and a reduction of working times. More on the strike wave here: angryworkers.org/2026/04/15/mee… @WorkersAngry

🍏 'Situating the Work of Education' by Ellen David Friedman is out now in our latest issue. 🪱 Here, we interview Ellen David Friedman, founder of Labor Notes and a veteran rank-and-file labour organiser within K-12 education in the US. 🔗Read now: notesfrombelow.org/article/ucore-…

late-night delivery of some @longhaul_mag and @NotesFrom_Below issues that they graciously donated to Occidental College encampment 3.0!

🚌 '‘A Lesson in Class Struggle’: Working in a South London School' by Matthew is out now. 📝 In this worker's inquiry, a former teaching assistant discusses the class composition and self-organised campaigns at their secondary school. 🔗Read now: notesfrombelow.org/article/a-less…

Next Friday (1 May) in London: on Annie McClanahan's new book, with a presentation from Annie and responses from Jamie Woodcock and Roberto Mozzachiodi @NotesFrom_Below Details in poster/link below

🌊 'Turning the Tide: Organising Against Militarism in Schools' by Disarm Education is out now. 📉 In this piece, an education worker and member of Disarm Education lays out the reasoning behind and history of their campaign. 🔗Read now: notesfrombelow.org/article/turnin…

New episode of Acid Horizon! We cover 'The Future in Our Past: The General Strike, 1926/2026' by Callum Cant and Matthew Lee. @VersoBooks Nine days that shook Britain, and the lessons they hold for labour movements today.

🎓 Challenging the State: Building a Rank and File in Higher Education' by Rank-And-File University Workers is out now! 📷Read now: notesfrombelow.org/article/challe…

🧏 'A Right to Language? Working in Deaf Education' by Jack and Alex is out now in our latest issue. ✍️ In this inquiry, an SEN worker discusses the state of d/Deaf education and the possibilities for worker-organising in the sector. 🔗Read now: notesfrombelow.org/article/a-righ…

📚️ 'Fighting for our class: Working and Organising in Further Education' is out now in our latest issue. 🍎 In this piece, a former FE worker reflects on over a decade working in the sector and organising against its destruction. 🔗Read now: notesfrombelow.org/article/fighti…

Summary of the current strike / riot wave in Delhi and beyond... @longhaul_mag @NotesFrom_Below @ElSalariado @FAUGewerkschaft @labournettv @weareplanc @heatwvmag @adam_tooze @as_a_worker angryworkers.org/2026/04/15/mee…