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Ian Gibson – a true socialist MP who was devoted to bettering the lives of others
JEREMY CORBYN, JOHN McDONNELL, ALAN SIMPSON and CLIVE LEWIS pay tribute to one of Labour’s finest
Ian Gibson, who will be fondly remembered
ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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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
IAN GIBSON was a rare breed if ever there was one.
First elected to Parliament in 1997, a staunch committed lifelong socialist who opposed the free-market inclinations of New Labour and remained firmly on the left of the party all his life.
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