In the wake of his recent humanitarian visit to Cuba, RICHARD BURGON points to the now urgent need to defend the island’s political sovereignty and its right to self-determination
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Gaza speaks: This is what the decade-long siege has done to us
by Ramzy Baroud
Thousands of jobs are at risk across higher education, yet government funding appears only when universities can be linked to military objectives, says JO GRADY, in the run-up to the Stop the War International Conference this Saturday
The Wye, Usk, Arrow and Lugg were once treasured for their clean waters – today, pollution and corporate excess are fuelling demands for a return to public ownership, says MARK SEDDON
The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE
Rising support for Farage’s party reflects Labour’s failure to defend working-class living standards or offer a credible alternative to neoliberal decline, says JOSEPH MILLS
Trade unionists are mobilising to support Cuban workers and public services, amid escalating US pressure on the socialist island. RONAN OGILVY explains
WHENEVER Mariam Aljamal’s children hear the sound of thunder at night, they wet their beds.
Their reaction is almost instinctive and is shared by a large number of children throughout the Gaza Strip.
Mariam’s three children — Jamal, Lina and Sarah — were all born a few years after the Gaza siege was first imposed in 2006, and all of them have experienced at least one Israeli war.
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