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Post-Brexit Britain needs answers
Working people must not be made to pay the price for the EU referendum result, writes FRANCES O’GRADY
ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
THE country has voted to leave the European Union. It is not the decision most trade unions wanted, but it is one that must be respected.
The big question now is what next?
The past week has been dominated by internal rows among Labour and the Tories. But what I care most about is ensuring that working people don’t pay the price for the economic uncertainty caused by Brexit.
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