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

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

Yanis Varoufakis and Jeremy Corbyn laid out a roadmap for peace, justice and equality as they celebrated the legacy of inspirational socialist Tony Benn, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

A recognition that individually we are powerless both politically and socially is essential, writes GORDON PARSONS

ALEX HALL recommends a book that places empirical evidence at the heart of understanding racism

MARTIN GRAHAM recommends a book that makes a critique of neoclassical economics and attempts to envision a sustainable global future

JOHN GREEN is fascinated by a history that excavates the enormous role played by agricultural workers in recent times

Team fight past Netherlands to claim place in tournament’s climax

But Business Secretary downplays prospect of full nationalisation and declines to extend emergency assistance to Port Talbot or Grangemouth