As Colombia approaches presidential elections next year, the US decision to decertify the country in the war on drugs plays into the hands of its allies on the political right, writes NICK MacWILLIAM
Government must invest in teacher-led education recovery and renewal
To bring about the education recovery that our children deserve there must be better support for and investment in our teachers, says NASUWT leader DR PATRICK ROACH
The move against alleged PKK members that sparked outrage as a community centre in north London was raided last year has now come to trial, writes TONY BURKE, but in the meantime, the peace process abroad has changed the situation almost entirely
A new report points a way to overcome complacent framing of climate issues, ‘by sparking a wider public reckoning with climate realities,’ and reconnecting with working-class people. IAN SINCLAIR reports
We cannot understand today’s world without understanding the rise of China – and we cannot understand China without understanding how it was shaped by the second world war, writes JENNY CLEGG
NICK WRIGHT reports from Italy, where 80 cities saw Gaza strikes as unions paralysed transport and massive crowds clashed with police in Milan — but France is also kicking off, and Westminster, in a very different way, is facing a crisis of legitimacy too
Escalating anti-China rhetoric from the West has a clear purpose – to manufacture consent for the new cold war, and potentially a hot one, argues CARLOS MARTINEZ
WE will not build the longer-term recovery we need without ambition matched with greater investment in children, young people and our education system.
The last 18 months have had a major toll on children’s education. Millions of days of face-to-face education have already been lost, while children have also endured the national trauma of lockdowns, social isolation and the devastation of family and friends lost to coronavirus.
While government ministers appear dewy-eyed when talking about the importance of catch-up tutoring, they have fallen well short of their promised investment in education recovery, leaving England lagging behind the commitments made by countries such as the United States and the Netherlands.
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