July 16th – a date in organising history
Last weekend saw four fantastic Labour women selected to fight for parliamentary seats at the next General Election. Since…
Kathryn Perera
An exciting future – both for David Miliband and Movement for Change
Today’s news Everyone at Movement for Change wishes David Miliband well in his exciting new role. As David…
Legal loansharks and football: Whatever will be will be?
This evening, dozens of Movement for Change activists will host a ‘Night of Action’ in Wembley to call…
Legal Loansharking: organising for change
Today, Ed Miliband visited Walthamstow as part of his Real Change to Win tour to see how Labour…
Battersea Labour Party: asking the fundamental questions
I recently attended an extraordinary meeting of Labour Party members in Battersea, which gave me cause for quiet…
Get on and do it: Mo Mowlam
Kathryn Perera’s History of Labour Women It’s tricky to write a portrait of Mo Mowlam (1949-2005) in a…
What have you done for the feminist movement?: Edith Summerskill
Kathryn Perera’s History of Labour Women In her wonderful biography of Jennie Lee, Patricia Hollis recounts an anecdote…
For what we have done and for what we have failed to do: Barbara Ayrton Gould
Kathryn Perera’s History of Labour Women Barbara Ayrton Gould (1886-1950) may seem an unusual choice of Labour woman…
Susan Lawrence: The monocled maverick
Kathryn Perera’s History of Labour Women In the Poplar area of London, a school now sits on land…
Mary MacArthur: the unstoppable power of organisation
Kathryn Perera’s History of Labour Women In the history of the Labour movement, there are shining stars and…
