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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A motion from GMB on the war in Ukraine poses a challenge to the labour movement - will it line up behind Tory policy, or chart its own path, asks ANDREW MURRAY
DESTRUCTION: Rescuers work on the scene of a building damaged after Russian missile strikes in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine
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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
THE trade union movement faces a choice this autumn, at the TUC Congress. In principle, it should be a straightforward one — does the movement support the policy of the Tory government?
If the matter were about economic or social policy it would be simple — no, never. However, it concerns the war in Ukraine.
As so often, behind policy votes larger issues are stirring. In this case, it is whether or not the working class has its own approach, its own attitude, on international questions, or whether class independence is basically a domestic socio-economic question, and when it comes to war and peace ruling class direction is to be accepted.
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