While international actors discuss governance and reconstruction, Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel has no intention of ending its military occupation, says RAMZY BAROUD
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Build back better: a manifesto for education
GAWAIN LITTLE and HANK ROBERTS argue there is no time to waste — education workers must build on their recent victories to completely overhaul the school system in the favour of staff, students and society as a whole
NICK WRIGHT continues his series analysing the trends in European politics
We have the alternative economics, histories of our struggles and the confidence to change the world
General Federation of Trade Unions assistant general secretary HENRY FOWLER reports on the final day from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at the Workers’ Retreat, Quorn Grange Hotel
Capitalism has exploited — and polluted — our natural resources for too long, it’s time we treated our rivers as living beings, writes MIRIUM GAUNTLETT, LIAM SHAW and ROX MIDDLETON
Treating the Clacton by-election as a joke risks reinforcing the Reform leader’s claim to be the victim of an out-of-touch Establishment, argues JOHN McINALLY
MPs and others called for the urgent release of tortured Palestinian doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, held hostage by Israel and reportedly near death, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
THERE is no need for us to await, Grenfell-like, the result of an inquiry into the causes of the coronavirus pandemic. Total deaths are well over the official 40,000: the highest total number of deaths of any country in Europe and one of highest death rates per million in the world. No insurance firm could write it off as an act of God. The guilty party is beyond doubt: it is the government.
Despite continued secrecy of much of the Sage deliberations and of course Cabinet papers (secret for 20 years) there is no need for us to expend effort to work it out. The overwhelming majority of us have already. The unanimous verdict — guilty as charged.
There are three phases in a crisis — preparedness, response and recovery. We have dealt in passing with preparedness, or rather the lack of it. We have also dealt with their response — criminally inadequate.
The NEU’s response has been magnificent. We have implemented the prime directive of trade unionism, building unity, within our own ranks and with our allies.
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