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
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A dogmatic curriculum for primary schools
The government says that we have a school-led system. Nothing is further from the truth, writes KEN JONES
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 National Emergency Briefing outlines the need for urgent action to address environmental crisis, says PAUL DONOVAN, warning that there’s no time to indulge the arguments of the fossil-fuel-funded climate-change deniers
Campaigners say criticism of Labour MP Stephen Morgan’s position on Gaza has been met with police intervention and cancelled opportunities for debate. HESTER WOLFE reports
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights warns of escalation danger in Iran war
IT IS 28 years since a Conservative government introduced the Education Reform Act.
Those with long memories will remember the rhetoric of “choice” and “freedom” that accompanied its introduction.
Elated by its victory in the 1987 election, Thatcher’s ministers promised to liberate education from what they presented as the grip of progressive teachers and radical local education authorities.
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