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
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Chile: the long and winding road ahead
El Siglo editor HUGO GUZMAN puts into context the immense electoral victory of Gabriel Boric and the progressive, left-wing forces united in the Apruebo Dignidad coalition
Chilean president-elect Gabriel Boric
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
Once able to defy a US president before Congress, Netanyahu now finds himself weakened by military setbacks and facing a populist Trump who may yet put ‘America first’ instead of Israel, writes RAMZY BAROUD
RON BROWN makes the case for the Morning Star as the daily paper of all trade unionists, and especially education workers who have seen it cover their issues and their actions, day in, day out
Without due process, hundreds of Venezuelans living in the US have been arrested, slandered as terroristic criminals and sent flown in chains to El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison under an obscure 18th-century law, reports JOHN PERRY
The NEU’s annual conference promises heated debate, with motions on international politics, curriculum reform and union amalgamation likely to provoke strong reactions and challenge the status quo, writes Education for Tomorrow editor ROBERT POOLE
THE former law student, Gabriel Boric, 35, received the most votes in any presidential election in Chile in the post-dictatorial era (55.86 per cent — 4.6 million votes).
He will be the youngest president of the republic and his election came as a result of unprecedented voter participation — almost 56 per cent of the around eight million entitled to vote.
The turnout came as a surprise and Boric won by 10 percentage points over his opponent, rightwinger Jose Antonio Kast — a political and electoral thrashing.
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