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Adelante! Trump, Latin America and the world: an inspiring and empowering conference
BEN CHACKO appreciates the largest Adelante! conference yet, and how much there was to learn about decolonisation and defiance across Latin America and beyond
Cuba 09.02.25
In a revealing speech, Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy behind the tariff policy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US world hegemony, reports MARC VANDEPITTE
Activist Angie Zelter has been arrested more than a hundred times. She’s not stopping now, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Natalia Marques looks at last week's ruling that Khalil can be deported and its implications
We are not here to advocate for the arms industry or its CEOs, writes STEVE HANDFORD, and that means we must take a stand against the government’s spending on war
As Labour mimics Tory welfare cuts while ignoring crumbling schools, educators must collectively resist the government's priorities and fight for an inclusive, creative system that values all children, writes NEU president SARAH KILPATRICK
Although our sector is hearing better things from the current government, the recognition that what we do is education in its own right, rather than just childcare, is still not reflected in policy, writes LUCY COLEMAN
ALEIDA GUEVARA, daughter of Che, leading a packed hall in singing the Internationale.
Diplomats from Cuba, Venezuela and Colombia assessing the impact of Trump’s trade wars and mass deportations on Latin America. Break-out sessions looking at the continent’s place in black liberation, the new cold war and the rise of the global South.
The annual Adelante! conference, held in the National Education Union’s Hamilton House HQ yesterday, was as inspirational and intellectually stimulating as ever, and larger than ever before — with the audience filling overflow rooms as well as the main Mander Hall for the plenary sessions.
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