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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The Communist Party’s political committee met last week to analyse the general election and its implications for the labour movement. Here is the second part of its subsequent statement
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
FOLLOWING the Tories’ general election victory, it is vital to identify the main features of the ruling class agenda in Britain in these new political conditions.
Its immediate objective will be to resolve Britain’s political crisis by making an orderly exit from the EU while retaining maximum access to European markets.
Most of big business and its dominant section in the City of London will be content to maintain the close alignment with single market rules, although the immediate threat of progressive state intervention has passed.
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