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 critical time for women’s rights and the left
On the eve of #Lab23 conference Labour Women’s Declaration Group reflects on how far their campaign has come – and encourages sisters to get involved
Leafletting outside 2018 conference. LWD considers what's changed over the past five years
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
FIVE years ago, 15 Labour Party women found their way to a secret meet-up in a Liverpool restaurant, on the eve of the 2018 conference.
Some were meeting for the first time, though we knew others’ names as veterans of campaigns, including against Section 28, for abortion rights, lesbian custody battles, anti-racist and anti-fascist activism, and women’s liberation.
We — and others — had spent months secretly organising to distribute Fair Play for Women leaflets and talk to fellow delegates about the Tory government’s proposals to introduce self-ID in reform of the Gender Recognition Act (GRA).
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