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
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Leave or remain, our goal must be a socialist government
In Scotland, the myriad positions on staying in or leaving the European Union, intersecting with positions on staying in or leaving the UK, can become a major distraction - the socialist position has to be to put a socialist government above all else, writes Unison's JOHN STEVENSON
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JOHN REES looks at why the June 20 international anti-war conference is such a vital initiative
ROGER McKENZIE highlights how health workers in DRC are struggling to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in a region already suffering conflict, aid cuts and a legacy of imperialist degradation
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IN THE topsy-turvy world that is Scottish politics we have a left that wants to leave the EU and stay in the UK, one that wants to leave the UK and stay in the EU, one that wants Brexit and independence, and another that wants to stay in both Europe and the UK.
Strangely, elements of the right have many of these positions too, albeit for different reasons.
This adds complications to the false agenda of “nationalism” against “unionism” in Scotland since the independence referendum which has served to divert from the debate on austerity, public service cuts, and ultra-centralisation of government. That means our Brexit debate has the added dimension of another independence referendum (which, to be fair, comes up in any political debate in Scotland these days).
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