A California union’s decision to host a meeting about US policy towards Cuba has prompted a congressional probe and renewed attacks on international solidarity, writes CAMERON HARRISON
Learning to be exploited
Teacher EFREM CRAIG explains how the underfunding of education benefits the capitalist class
POINTS MADE: (L to R) Picket line outside Bristol Cathedral School, College Square, Bristol on April 23 2023 and ttriking teachers march in Westminster on February 1 2023
The Baltic state is set to reverse its constitutional prohibition on nuclear weapons and foreign bases as part of accelerated Nato war preparations, warns TOM UNTERRAINER
Long-term underfunding and state neglect, while simultaneously probation services have been undermined, have intensified the prison crises, argues SOLOMON HUGHES
Holyrood incompetence has cost jobs and put the future of Clydeside’s Ferguson Marine shipyard into jeopardy. Its future should have been assured, argues KENNY MACASKILL
With the agitated debate now raging in the media about the early release schemes, Prison Officers Association general secretary STEVE GILLAN gives the view of those who work in the sector
The hounding of the late Jason Arday is an all too familiar experience for many black people. ROGER McKENZIE calls for collective action to combat what can feel like personal isolation
IT SEEMS counterintuitive, or even conspiratorial, to believe that a government would intentionally damage its own education system.
Why would anybody choose to disadvantage children or fail to give them the skills needed to survive adult life?
This obviously isn’t the case for the entire education system. Regardless of who runs the government, it is a fact that at least some decent education must be delivered in order to ensure there are enough skilled people to work in future generations.
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