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Read online at https://workersliberty.org/node/37416 Batley, blasphemy and the religious right Submitted by AWL on 1 June, 2021 - 2:43 Author: David Pendletone After the Batley Grammar School row, which led to protests outside the school, teachers being suspended, and one going into hiding for his own safety, the teachers have been reinstated. On 27 May an independent investigation commissioned by Batley Multi Academy Trust found that teaching staff at Batley Grammar School who had shown one of the Charlie Hebdo images of Mohammed “genuinely believed that using the image had an educational purpose and benefit, and that it was not used with the intention of causing offence. The image was included to initiate a discussion about the meaning of ‘blasphemy’.” The teachers involved have been allowed to return to their work. That is good. ....
Orwell: SelfMadeHero Publishes Graphic Biography of 1984 Writer Posted on George Orwell was an interesting chap who led an interesting life before he wrote interesting books that became massively influential in culture and politics. Now SelfMadeHero are publishing the English edition of a European graphic novel biography of the man written by veteran comics writer Pierre Christin, writer of the classic Valerian and Laureline series, and frequent collaborator of Enki Bilal on top of screenplays and other graphic novels too numerous to name. Self-taught and brilliant artist Sébastien Verdier provides the art. Orwell cover art, SelfMadeHero As the official book synopsis goes: ....
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