Lessons on Revolution

Steve arrived at the LSE in October 1965, just in time to demonstrate against the white racist Unilateral Declaration of Independence of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) from Britain. He immediately started the Agitator duplicated paper that in 1966 called for the Election of the LSE Director and Steve was joint author of the Adams Report attacking LSE's management's appointment of a collaborator with the Rhodesian racist regime as new Director of the LSE. The first to be suspended at the 1967 sit-in, Steve was also one of 15 LSE students who occupied the Greek Embassy in protest against the military coup that overthrew Greek democracy. In 2012 he was suspended for a month as Professor and Director of the Working Lives Research Institute at London Metropolitan University when the Palestinian victim of a major miscarriage of justice (whom Steve had appointed to a part-time administrative post five years' earlier) was elected by admin staff to the university's Board of Governors. Steve retired as Emeritus Professor of European Employment Relations in 2014 and is outraged by Labour calling Palestine Action 'terrorists'.

On May 14th 2024, the eve of the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, LSE students launched their encampment for Palestine, or the LSE Liberated Zone. In line with LSE Students Union’s Palestine Society’s “Assets in Apartheid Report” (2025), as well as the more recent “Stakes in Settlers Colonialism” publication (2025), the Palestine Society and allies continue to campaign against LSE’s investments in crimes against the Palestinian people, the global arms trade, and climate breakdown.

Nadia Idle is a London-based writer and lecturer with over 20 years’ experience working in politics and social movements across the UK, Europe, and the Middle East. She co-edited Tweets from Tahrir: Egypt’s Revolution as It Unfolded, shortlisted for the Bread & Roses Award. Nadia delivers consciousness-raising workshops and has spoken at cultural, academic, and political events internationally. She runs a strategic communications business and co-hosts ACFM, a politics and culture podcast ranked in the top 10% of global downloads. Her fiction blends the macabre with emotional intensity and social insight—her short story imagining Ancient Egyptian gods in a London corner shop was published in Whispers in the Earth (2025).

Sam Rees is a critically acclaimed theatre-maker whose work has been staged at leading UK venues including Soho Theatre, Jermyn Street, and Summerhall. Recent credits include The Food Bank Show (‘magnetic, it defies the rules of the genre ★★★★’–Broadway World). Described as an artist ‘making space for radical conversation’ (A Young(ish) Perspective), Sam’s unique brand of political storytelling has seen him receive major commissions including the UK Space Agency. Earlier this year, he was selected to join Camden People’s Theatre’s prestigious Starting Blocks programme. In October 2025, he begins a PhD at Queen Mary University of London.

Gabriele Uboldi is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist and producer. They are the founder and artistic director of Undone Theatre, a company producing experimental queer and migrant work. Gabriele’s work has toured internationally to destinations such as Japan, Ireland, Italy, and Luxembourg. Selected credits include: The Butterfly Project (★★★★ Theatre Weekly) at Toyooka Theatre Festival; site-specific audio installation Hidden St James’s with Jermyn Street Theatre (★★★★★ Reviews Hub), and LONDON/LONDRA, a digital work on queerness, migration, and psychogeography (winner of the Lynne Segal Prize).