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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‘Middle Eastern countries are a hell for LGBT individuals’
SEDA TASKIN spoke to an Iraqi refugee about the dangers of being a transgender woman in Turkey
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
When gas company bosses gorged on assets, the GMB union fought back with the help of a 20-stone saddleback sow. MAT COWARD tells the story
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
Associate Professor BUI QUANG TUAN explains how modernisation and growth are helping to unlock new foreign investment in the Vietnamese economy
DAMLA KANER is an Iraqi trans woman. She fled Iraq so she could live a life free of threats and discrimination in Turkey. But her dream only lasted three days.
Migrant LGBT individuals in Turkey have to struggle against not just xenophobia, but also against homophobia and transphobia. The story of Damla Kaner, who left Iraq for Turkey, is only one of those.
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