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
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PETER FROST recalls a visit to the West Bank in the ’80s, where he was surprised to find a strong communist presence at the birthplace of Jesus
Israeli West Bank barrier
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
When gas company bosses gorged on assets, the GMB union fought back with the help of a 20-stone saddleback sow. MAT COWARD tells the story
JOHN REES looks at why the June 20 international anti-war conference is such a vital initiative
ROGER McKENZIE highlights how health workers in DRC are struggling to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in a region already suffering conflict, aid cuts and a legacy of imperialist degradation
Associate Professor BUI QUANG TUAN explains how modernisation and growth are helping to unlock new foreign investment in the Vietnamese economy
I WOULDN’T go to Israel today. I don’t even buy Israeli oranges.
No, I’m not the slightest bit anti-semitic, but despite what the mighty Israeli lobby tries to tell us, liking and supporting Jews isn’t the same thing as supporting all the awful things the zionist Israeli government is doing to the Palestinians who share the country.
Things were different way back in the 1980s. Cheap flights and package holidays were making exotic travel available.
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