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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Hope for Mexico lies with Lopez Obrador and his government
DAVID RABY examines the achievements of Amlo since his election as president last year
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
CONTRARY to the views of Mexican Communist Party leader Pavel Blanco (as reported by Tim Pelzer on August 22), the new Mexican government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (known by his initials as Amlo) is neither neoliberal nor “social democratic” as that term is normally understood.
I recently returned from a six-week visit to Mexico, the country where I began my academic career in Latin American history in 1967.
What I found now was a country inspired by Amlo’s vision of peaceful, democratic but radical transformation.
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