Monthly Archives: March 2014

Guardian excerpt Christine Blower calls on schools minister to persuade education secretary Michael Gove to take part in negotiations   A teachers’ demonstration in London protesting against government education reforms. Photograph: Alex MacNaughton/Rex Features The general secretary of the National … Continue reading →

Thousands of schools in England and Wales are closed, as teachers join rallies and picket lines in a strike over pay, pensions and conditions. Members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) are taking part in the action, leaving many … Continue reading →

Position of Marxist-Leninist Party of Quebec on Urgency to Declare a Free and Sovereign State of Quebec The Marxist-Leninist Party of Quebec (PMLQ) was founded in 1989 with more than 1,000 members under the law governing political parties. This happened at a … Continue reading →

Root Out The Rot Of Tuition Fees  Morning Star in Editorial At every stage of the destruction of our free education system we have been lied to REPORTS that the Tories are planning to scrap the cap on tuition fees for higher … Continue reading →

by Mat Thomas This Teacher’s strike, this time round, shows that it is a good action and is developing in scope.We say this because it is opening up the long struggle for education led by educators themselves. The debate is opening … Continue reading →

The EU is promoting zero-hours contracts, casualisation and poverty pay as a part of its structural adjustment programme known as austerity There has been an explosion in the use of agency workers and zero-hour contracts here and across the European … Continue reading →

Ukraine (TML) Crimean people celebrate being accepted as part of the Russian Federation in Simferopol, the Republic of Crimea, March 18, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and leaders of Crimea signed a treaty on Tuesday accepting the Republic of Crimea … Continue reading →

Turkey downs Syria military jet ‘in airspace violation’ Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says its armed forces have shot down a Syrian military jet which had violated its airspace. He warned such action by Syria merited a “heavy response”. … Continue reading →

Unrelenting persecution RANDY ALONSO FALCÓN THE central command of United States imperialism may not be focused on Cuba at the moment, with so many internal problems and international conflicts requiring attention, but the machinery already in place, designed to continually hound … Continue reading →

C U B A Havana.  March 19, 2014   President of Chile receives CubanVice President Díaz-Canel also pays hisrespects to Salvador Allende andGladys Marín Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on March 11 received Cuba’s First Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who led the … Continue reading →