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John Fisher

John Fisher was a lecturer in Adult Education at the University of Surrey and more recently National Secretary for Research and Education at the Transport and General Workers' Union (now Unite).

The People’s War for Education

During the Second World War, Britain’s soldiers insisted that they were fighting for more than a return to the status quo – and the popular educational programmes they established helped to pave the way for Labour’s victory in 1945.