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Big basements plumb the depths of donor sleaze
When it comes to mega basements, Tory donors are, it seems, all in them together. SOLOMON HUGHES digs deep to unearth the truth
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
Born on this day in 1931, the heroic revolutionary faces a dangerous new wave of White House aggression. We must treat his birthday as a rallying cry to resist the illegal siege of Cuba, writes ROGER McKENZIE
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
Just before the general election, the Electoral Commission released details of an extra £2.3 million in donations to the Tory Party.
The commission, which oversees party donations, was listing the cash that helped fund Cameron’s return to Number 10.
It also showed the continuing close links between the Conservatives and the financial sector. And the links between the Tories and “mega basements.”
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It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES
