Australia: Labor accuses schools of fraud to justify disability education cuts
More than 300 independent schools have been forced to repay $12 million in disability funding already, forcing the sacking of teachers and support staff.
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Trump approves execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan by US Army firing squad
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After failed execution last week, Christa Pike is conscious and talking, attorneys say
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Manchester City financial scandal rocks Burnham government
The scandal has laid bare the reality of the “Manchesterism”, as Burnham’s ethos is revealed as nothing more than slavish fawning after big business.
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Mike Head•
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May Day 2022: Finance capital and the deepening crisis of global capitalism
This is the report delivered by Nick Beams to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Beams is a longstanding leader of the International Committee of the Fourth International and an expert on Marxist economics.
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Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee: The end of the “New Elizabethan Age”
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The Uvalde massacre and the pathological violence of American life
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The US baby formula crisis and capitalism’s indifference to the lives of children
In the wealthiest country in the world, store shelves are empty and millions of families are now facing a desperate struggle to find essential nutrition products for their babies and toddlers.
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