Despite the adoring support from Elon Musk and Donald Trump, Javier Milei’s radical-right free-market nightmare is unravelling, and the people are beginning to score major victories against the government in the streets and in elections, reports BEN HAYES
‘We want divestment, we want accountability and we want transparency’
University of Portsmouth students unite in solidarity with staff to oppose job cuts and arms partnerships, writes JESS McCALLUM

STUDENTS at the University of Portsmouth stood against staff cuts and continued partnerships with IDF-affiliated weapons companies outside University House last week.
The announcement of an “academic reset” could see a merger of four faculties and the loss of 445 staff members. This is in spite of the fact that, according to the University and College Union, the University of Portsmouth has almost £329 million at its disposal.
“I believe it’s all being done on a kind of matrix, so we will get points […] and the people with the lowest points are going to be made redundant,” said a staff member at risk of redundancy.
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