From Chartists and Suffragettes to Irish republicans and today’s Palestine activists, the treatment of hunger strikers exposes a consistent pattern in how the British state represses those it deems political prisoners, says KEITH FLETT
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It is time to reject the profit-driven education model
We must question the viability of universities as critical spaces to challenge power for a sustainable future, writes BHABANI SHANKAR NAYAK
THE MESSAGE IS ON THE PLACARD: University of Birmingham staff join a picket line outside the campus as staff at 44 universities around the country begin strike action on February 14 2022
In the aftermath of the illegal US operation against Venezuela, a deliberate misinformation campaign has been waged to sow doubt about the survival of the country’s revolution, warns MANOLO DE LOS SANTOS
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ANSELM ELDERGILL examines our laws concerning the treatment of animals and their rights
THE Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (Codir) welcomes demonstrations across Iran, which have put pressure upon the theocratic dictatorship, but warns against intervention by the United States to force Iran in a particular direction
In a stark warning of things to come JOHN ELLISON invokes the ideological splitting of hairs that weakened any and all opposition to the unravelling WWI when 22 million of mostly Europeans lost their lives and 23 million were maimed
BRITISH universities have not only benefited from slavery and colonialism but also continue to perpetuate it on an everyday basis on their teaching and non-teaching staff members.
Unfair workload, the gender pay gap, racism and sexism are rampant in most of the UK universities, which are operating like family firms.
Most of the British universities are home to multiple forms of discrimination. Critical mass is a big lie.
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