Alvaro Uribe is found guilty of witness tampering and procedural fraud, reports NICK MACWILLIAM
The lifelong learning house has been pulled down
DOUG NICHOLLS argues that the current cuts to adult residential learning represent the coup
de grace for lifelong education opportunities
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On the anniversary of the implementation of the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act, ROGER McKENZIE warns that the legacy of black enslavement still looms in the Caribbean and beyond
Starmer’s decision to recognise Palestine only as long as Israel continues to massacre its inhabitants has been met with outrage, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The creative imagination is a weapon against barbarism, writes KENNY COYLE, who is a keynote speaker at the Manifesto Press conference, Art in the Age of Degenerative Capitalism, tomorrow at the Marx Memorial Library & Workers School in London
RAMZY BAROUD explains why the world can no longer ignore Palestine
Starmer’s decision to suspend Diane Abbott yet again demonstrates a determination to maintain and propagate a hierarchy of racism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
ONLY publicly funded places of learning, communities of exploration, can instil the excitement to think critically and assimilate knowledge and provide the personal support needed to develop.
Virtual search engines are no substitute for the real investment in real people, in real institutions engaging together in a community of learning from birth to old age.
Useful knowledge may be gained from a random Google or Wikipedia search, but the discovery of truth and real understanding are skills accrued and nurtured with others.
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