Oxford University Labour Club
| Founded | 1919 |
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| Website | http://oulc.org/ |
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The Executive Committee: Hilary Term 2017 |
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| Honorary Chair | |
| Co-Chair | Katie Oldham, Wadham |
| Co-Chair | Lucas Bertholdi-Saad, Wadham |
| Co-Chair Elect | Hannah Taylor, St Hugh's |
| Co-Chair Elect | Tom Zagoria, St Anne's |
| Women's Officer | Zoe Hodge, Mansfield |
| Secretary | Rida Vaquas, St Hilda's |
| Treasurer | Alfie Steer, University |
| Publicity Officer | Felix Bunting,
St Anne's |
| Membership and Alumni Officer | Matt Myers, Wadham |
| Campaigns Officer | Keir Mather, Wadham |
| Social Secretary | Iris Kaye-Smith and Mercy Haggerty, Pembroke and Hertford |
| Disabled Members' Officer | Louis McEvoy, Christ Church |
| LGBTQIA+ Officer | Keir Mather, Wadham |
| BAME Officer | Aliya Yule, Wadham |
| Ex Officio Chair | Tom Turner, St Catherine's |
The Executive Committee: Hilary Term 2017
St Anne's
Oxford University Labour Club (OULC) was founded in 1919 to promote democratic socialism and is today the home of the Labour Party and the left at Oxford University. OULC is the largest university Labour club in the country and has a particular reputation as an active campaigning force.
The club caters for any students who are interested in the ideals of the labour movement whether members of the Labour Party or entirely new to politics. Stewart Wood, special adviser to consecutive Labour Party leaders Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband, said that 'OULC is held up as an exemplar of what needs to be done.' During his visit to Oxford in July 2009 the Prime Minister Gordon Brown was reported as having praised OULC’s 'brilliant contribution to progressive politics in the University, the city and the country.' The club was instrumental in returning Andrew Smith to Parliament for Oxford East at the 2010 General Election with a 4.1% swing to Labour, the largest in England outside London.
Throughout the year it hosts a range of speaker, social, discussion, and campaigning events, as well as producing a termly magazine called Look Left. Signature events include the annual Barbara Castle Memorial Lecture and John Smith Memorial Dinner.
In 2016, some officers of the Oxford University Labour Club resigned citing allegations of anti-Semitism in the Club. This resulted in the national Labour party officially investigating the Club for anti-Semitism.
When David Lewis came to Oxford, the Labour Club was a tame organization adhering to Christian activism, or the not-quite-so-scrappy-socialist theories of people such as R. H. Tawney and his book The Acquisitive Society. David's modified Jewish Labour Bundist interpretation of Marxism, that Cameron Smith labels "Parliamentary Marxism," ignited the renewed interest in the club after the disappointment with Ramsay MacDonald's second Labour government.
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