While international actors discuss governance and reconstruction, Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel has no intention of ending its military occupation, says RAMZY BAROUD
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University for proles: the Tories weren’t always against it
There was a time in the 20th century when even the Conservatives recognised the value of higher education for anyone capable of it – a far cry from today, writes KEITH FLETT
NICK WRIGHT continues his series analysing the trends in European politics
We have the alternative economics, histories of our struggles and the confidence to change the world
General Federation of Trade Unions assistant general secretary HENRY FOWLER reports on the final day from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at the Workers’ Retreat, Quorn Grange Hotel
Capitalism has exploited — and polluted — our natural resources for too long, it’s time we treated our rivers as living beings, writes MIRIUM GAUNTLETT, LIAM SHAW and ROX MIDDLETON
Treating the Clacton by-election as a joke risks reinforcing the Reform leader’s claim to be the victim of an out-of-touch Establishment, argues JOHN McINALLY
MPs and others called for the urgent release of tortured Palestinian doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, held hostage by Israel and reportedly near death, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
RISHI SUNAK has said — again — that universities should focus on degrees with earnings potential. So farewell then English literature, history and indeed Sunak’s own degree in politics, philosophy and economics.
It begs the question of what the modern Tory Party is.
In 1961 a Tory government commissioned the Robbins report into higher education. It was released in 1963 and the proposals were accepted, leading to a significant expansion in the number of people going to university.
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