For the left to grow and win, more people need to understand why society is unjust, why we should pursue socialism, the history of the socialist struggle and its current situation and prospects. People can learn by themselves through reading, podcasts, social media, online videos, with others through informal conversation and in more formal settings, such as lectures, seminars and workshops. Within formal education, there are different approaches to teaching, from traditional one-way instruction from teacher to students to collaborative mutual learning.

There used to be more institutionalised, formal political education, such as through trade unions, and people also used to read more by themselves – and, presumably, discuss what they read with each other. These days, The World Transformed does political education work. Otherwise, people mostly learn, if at all, from podcasts and social media.

The left probably needs to provide more formal political education – and perhaps it could also do more to encourage individual and informal learning. What should this formal political education look like? What should it teach and using what methods? Who will make this happen and how will it be funded?