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Seminal essay from 1979 from Diane Elson arguing for the importance of Marx’s “Value Theory of Labour.” The essay was a product of debates within the Conference of Socialist Economists (CSE). Full PDF of the essay also below. Note: As Soren Mau pointed out, more than two decades before Elson, Raya Dunayevskaya suggested that we should speak of the ‘value theory of labour’ rather than the ‘labour theory of value’. See 'The Logic and Scope of Capital, Volumes II and III' he...

School leaders, teachers, and staff are often tasked with helping our students and their families grapple with what’s happening in the news. The Maine Department of Education (DOE) has compiled the following list of resources to assist educators in helping students process the violence, terror, and news coming from the Middle East.  Discussing the History  … Continue reading Resources for Educators for Talking with Students About the Conflict Between Israel and Hamas 

As the new school year starts, the media is filled with stories about local and state assaults on teaching about racism, gender and sexuality, as well as the rights of LGBTQ students and teachers. While these threats to public education are deadly serious, educators can confront them with knowledge and forward-thinking strategies instead of succumbing to […]

Melissa Tempel says she was retaliated against after she exercised her right under the First Amendment by tweeting and speaking with the media.

Public confidence in the police is being “eroded and needlessly damaged” because of officers who are “politicised” and “partisan”, the Home Secretary has warned.

At their meeting in Saudi Arabia, the participating states did not agree on all of the points of the peace formula proposed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy; the dialogue on controversial issues continues.

Waukesha, Arrowhead districts move to restrict how history taught, pronouns used, free speech outside classroom.

The incumbent has 2 challengers and also is facing a recall vote on the same ballot.

“At one point 100 percent of America was Native, today 5.8 percent (of America is Native), and they have to work so hard to hold onto that much,” said historian Clay Jenkinson in his talk...

Historian Clay Jenkinson is one of the Vail Symposium’s most popular speakers. On Tuesday, June 20 at Eagle River Presbyterian Church, he returns for the latest installment in his “Conversations on Controversial Issues” series speaking...