People take part in a Palestine Solidarity Campaign rally in central London, November 30, 2024
SCHOOLS and colleges must cut sponsorship ties with arms companies worth millions of pounds every year, the National Education Union’s (NEU) conference moved today.
Delegates backed a motion calling on the union to affiliate with the Disarm Education campaign as well as develop resources to raise awareness of the Palestinian genocide in schools.
The campaign calls on schools to publicly commit to banning careers collaborations and partnerships with arms companies.
A packed fringe meeting at the National Education Union conference heard from Iranian teachers, campaigners and journalists
The Morning Star here publishes a speech that would have been given by Stop the War officer and longtime NEU and NUT activist Alex Kenny on the eve of the verdicts handed to Chris Nineham and Ben Jamal this week. He also explains why he couldn’t give it
Trade unionists must raise our voices not only for justice and against occupation, but also to protect our fundamental right to protest, writes LOUISE REGAN, ahead of a not-to-be-missed PSC conference