Israel and the US talk as if they’ve won a victory, but the reality is that world opinion has turned decisively against the Israeli regime, says RAMZY BAROUD
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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
SOLOMON HUGHES finds one-time Cameron-centrist EU fans now promote vicious anti-migrant rhetoric in their bid to get attention for their ailing party
From terrifying the children of immigrants to pepper-spraying frogs, the US under Trump is rapidly descending into mayhem, writes Linda Pentz Gunter
Farage and other Reform-ers keep pointing to Dubai’s immigration policy – but there migrants make up most of the population and do all the work without any rights, muses SOLOMON HUGHES
Modi has rolled out the carpet for the Taliban in New Delhi — and we shouldn’t be surprised. They have more in common than you might think, argues Bhabani Shankar Nayak
HUGH LANNING says there is no path to peace without dismantling Israel’s control over Palestinian land, lives and resources
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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