As the British state cuts funds to universities, it makes them turn increasingly to wealthy foreign students, whose money keeps them afloat. This is, of course, bad for British students. But that’s the general pattern: right-wing budget cuts are bad for nearly all the non-rich. The cits were started by the Tory party when it […]

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‘He wanted people to question things’ Originally published on Global Voices Benjamin Zephaniah, Waterstones, Piccadilly, London, December 6, 2018. Photo by Edwardx via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED. A special tribute to Benjamin Zephaniah for the UK’s Black History Month in October 2023 noted that the much-loved British/Caribbean poet, author, playwright, actor, and activist, […]

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