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How will the Brexit deal affect musicians?
Leaving the EU highlights the underlying structural problems of the music industry that make it almost impossible for musicians to sustain themselves and their art, says BEN LUNN
NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
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
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
AFTER four years of bickering, squabble, fearmongering, chaos and underhand tactics, Brexit has finally happened; a deal finally struck.
Despite the genuine concerns surrounding the uncertainty of Brexit, the British government and the EU made sure neither lost out.
The deal has very clearly been in the favour of a certain sector of the populace, however a hefty response from the trade union movement could make quite remarkable changes to this capitalist sovereignty and shift it to a more democratic/popular sovereignty.
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