A survey circulated by a far-right-linked student group has sparked outrage, with educators, historians and veterans warning that profiling teachers for their political views echoes fascist-era practices. FEDERICA ADRIANI reports
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We need to get people talking about the social issues that actually affect their lives, not the narrow focus of the mainstream media, writes CAROL MOCHAN
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In reopening relations with China, the PM showed an uncharacteristic grasp of power, proportion and Britain’s diminished place in the world – a lesson many in Westminster still refuse to learn, says ANDREW MURRAY
Dockers from Italy, Greece and beyond will stage co-ordinated port blockades on February 6, declaring ‘we don’t work for war’ – in a call in solidarity with Palestine. ALFIO BERNABEI reports
The British Prime Minister’s Beijing visit marked the end of a long diplomatic hiatus and produced tangible, if limited, economic results, says KEITH BENNETT
Schoolchildren who joined a nationwide anti-Trump walkout learned more outside the classroom than in it but could still be penalised, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The suicide of Tamara Jade Logon after her disability benefits were wrongly withdrawn is the latest in a series of deaths in which coroners have cited DWP failings, exposing a pattern of preventable harm, says DYLAN MURPHY
WHEN I was first asked to write for Voices of Scotland the brief centred around encouraging more people to read and discuss pieces from the Morning Star.
I have tried to do this and more, by asking fellow Labour members to review articles, having Morning Star papers at meetings and Morning Star articles as agenda items on committees, by sharing articles with non-political friends online and by having the newspaper in my car, home and workplace.
I was asked recently what should we fight the next general election on. It certainly wasn’t by a colleague at work or a close personal friend, that is not what they are talking about.
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