Political education part 1: Who are we actually?

In this 2-part conversation we meet two organisers in Brighton to discuss political education: Jo Taylor from the Solidarity Economy Association and Amy McGourty, a trade unionist and Irish language organiser.

In this episode we talk about what we mean by political education, the forms it can take, and the role it has played in movements around the world. We discuss the relationship of language to collective self-being, and the idea that by developing political consciousness we become ‘more fully human’.

We discuss examples and challenges of political education in Britain: why it seems hard to prioritise in our movements, the need to bring theory and practice together, and what we can learn from anti-colonial struggles about our own place in the world system.

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