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Europe – where now after Brexit?
Communist Party general secretary ROBERT GRIFFITHS asks what are the outstanding questions three years on from Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union
THE REMAIN ELITE: Then chancellor George Osborne (third left) campaigns for Remain in Belfast, June 2016
Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US world hegemony
Activist Angie Zelter has been arrested more than a hundred times. She’s not stopping now, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Natalia Marques looks at last week's ruling that Khalil can be deported and its implications
We are not here to advocate for the arms industry or its CEOs, writes STEVE HANDFORD, and that means we must take a stand against the government’s spending on war
As Labour mimics Tory welfare cuts while ignoring crumbling schools, educators must collectively resist the government's priorities and fight for an inclusive, creative system that values all children, writes NEU president SARAH KILPATRICK
Although our sector is hearing better things from the current government, the recognition that what we do is education in its own right, rather than just childcare, is still not reflected in policy, writes LUCY COLEMAN
RENEGOTIATION of the Northern Ireland Protocol signalled the desire of the British ruling class for rapprochement with the EU.
Most of big business and its Tory government never wanted Brexit. The CBI, the Institute of Directors, the City banks and all the major employers’ federations urged the electorate to stay in the EU and its single market.
They put their money where their mouths were, helping the Remain campaign outspend Leave by £19 million to £13m, while the Cameron-Osborne government spent £9m sending a pro-EU brochure to every household in Britain.
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