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
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Anty-capitalists and anty-communists
How do we hold on to the belief in our own power to contribute to the world in a huge and complex society of billions of people? Sometimes it helps to watch ants, explain ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL
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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
Once able to defy a US president before Congress, Netanyahu now finds himself weakened by military setbacks and facing a populist Trump who may yet put ‘America first’ instead of Israel, writes RAMZY BAROUD
RON BROWN makes the case for the Morning Star as the daily paper of all trade unionists, and especially education workers who have seen it cover their issues and their actions, day in, day out
Without due process, hundreds of Venezuelans living in the US have been arrested, slandered as terroristic criminals and sent flown in chains to El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison under an obscure 18th-century law, reports JOHN PERRY
The NEU’s annual conference promises heated debate, with motions on international politics, curriculum reform and union amalgamation likely to provoke strong reactions and challenge the status quo, writes Education for Tomorrow editor ROBERT POOLE
IN A world of nearly eight billion people, it can be easy to feel small and unimportant. Particularly when the political climate is hostile and the prospects for change seem bleak.
Nevertheless, change is made by the people that work together to build incredible things. The great pyramids and cathedrals, all of the grandeur of human engineering, the feats of mass education, health provision and food distribution are built by people working together to create the world we live in.
Even where these feats have been made by people coerced by violence or deprivation, they show the total reliance of capital and bosses on the incredible power produced entirely by workers.
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