Drawing on key themes raised by Professor Marjorie Mayo’s new study ‘Decolonising Community Education and Development: understanding the past, learning for the future’, this panel brings together educators from schools, higher education, the labour movement and the heritage sector.  Panellists will examine how heritage collections documenting challenges to imperialism and exploitation through time - at the MML and elsewhere - can be mobilized today to expose hidden histories, contest existing narratives and enrich learning for diverse groups. Dr Tanveer Ahmed is Senior Lecturer in Fashion and Race at Central Saint Martins, UAL Caroline Kamana is Director of Anti-Apartheid Legacy: Centre for Memory and Learning Alan Kunna is a History teacher and a member of the Marx Memorial Library's Outreach and Engagement Sub-Committee Professor Marjorie Mayo is author of ‘Decolonising Community Education and Development: understanding the past, learning for the future’ and trustee of the Marx Memorial Library

Special lecture from Ofer Cassif, member of the Israeli Knesset for the Hadash party. This onsite and online lecture is free-of-charge, but please register in advance using the link below. Dr. Ofer Cassif is a member of the Knesset, representing the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash) in parliament since 2019. A scholar in the field political science, he obtained his PhD from the LSE on research project involving Marxist approach to nationalism. MK Cassif has been a loud and clear voice against the genocide in Gaza and war crimes of Israel, advocating for Palestinians rights, freedom and sovereignty from the heart of the Israeli political system. He suffered ever growing persecution and repercussions, including an attempt to impeach him for supporting South Africa’s ICJ case and multiplies bans on parliamentary activities. He supports a just peace based on immediate end of the occupation, following the traditions of the Communist Party of Israel, which he is a lifelong member of. He joined its ranks as a young adult after refusing to serve in the occupied Palestinians lands during the first intifada, and consequently facing military imprisonments.