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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It's all kicking off in the classrooms
Teacher ROBERT POOLE reflects on the year past and the year to come, as education staff prepare to fight the government not just for their rights, but for the future and purpose of schooling itself
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
AS always, there is never a shortage of educational news, but the last year exposed the ineptitude of a government that misplaced nearly £400 million in funding for schools because they forgot there were two new council areas and it turns out that several schools were built with crumbling concrete.
It turns out that cutting funding for the building of new schools has consequences.
Tory austerity has had several other negative results. Unseen, of course, to policy-makers, but obvious to the historical materialists among us. Cheating on exams is up, school absences are up and mental health issues among young people are up.
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