The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
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British Universities In Revolt As Nov. 19 Protests Push for Free Education Across U.K.
Paying fees to attend university turns students into consumers and universities into privatized businesses – as the purpose of learning changes from a broad social good to become [one] based on creating profits.”
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Protests Grow in Britain to Tax Corporations, the Rich, to Fund Free Education
Lord Browne, the former chairman of BP during the Gulf of Mexico disaster and current chair of fracking company Cuadrilla, pressed for steep cuts to British education while oil and gas companies avoided paying taxes and schools got corporatized.
