While international attention focuses on ceasefire frameworks, Israel is openly advancing plans for a permanent expansion of its control over Gaza, writes RAMZY BAROUD
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The NUT turn towards an organising model and away from ‘partnership’ and ‘servicing’ has made the union stronger, says CHRISTINE BLOWER
Researchers PAUL HOLDEN and JESSICA MURRAY are calling for whistleblowers and documentary records to uncover how Labour Together helped build the parliamentary majority that now dominates the Labour Party
Cuba continues to embody a vision of internationalism that imperialism has never forgiven, argues ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE explains why opposing war is inseparable from defending jobs, wages and public services – and why readers should come to the London Peace Conference on Saturday June 20
As protests erupt over Henry Nowak’s murder, ANDREW MURRAY argues that anger is being exploited to advance a wider racist and anti-immigration agenda
CARLOS MARTINEZ explains the sound case for car manufacturing co-operation with China
The Germ is spreading — an infection that is a threat to teachers, students and the notion of a progressive education system.
What are the symptoms of this Germ? Well, for Pasi Salhberg, the Finnish educationalist who coined the acronym, the key symptoms of the “global education reform movement” include competition within and between schools, the notion of “consumer choice,” standardised testing and test-based accountability and consequential performance-related rewards.
Looking around the world, it is clear to see that much education policy has been infected by this pernicious neoliberal bug.
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