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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The TUC Anti-Racism Taskforce must be at the forefront of our collective fight for racial justice, says NASUWT leader Dr PATRICK ROACH
A Black Lives Matter protest in London, 2020
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The suicide of Tamara Jade Logon after her disability benefits were wrongly withdrawn is the latest in a series of deaths in which coroners have cited DWP failings, exposing a pattern of preventable harm, says DYLAN MURPHY
IT’S GREAT to be back at Congress, meeting together for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
Congress is our opportunity to demonstrate our solidarity and affirm the power and determination of our trade union movement to change the world of work for good.
And, at a time of the worst cost-of-living crisis for half a century, rising levels of in-work poverty, and attempts to roll back the hard-won rights of workers, our fight for fairness and justice at work is more important than ever.
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