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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Much ado about independence
In criticising McDonnell’s remarks on a second Scottish independence referendum, a group of Labour candidates are harking back to an outdated British nationalist outlook, says STEPHEN LOW
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
IT’S a long-established tradition in Edinburgh at this time of year that some douce petit bourgeois expresses outrage about a performance on the Festival Fringe.
This is then taken up as a shock horror story by the media. It’s about as much of a ritual as the firing of the one o’clock gun.
This year features some slight novelties though. The voice of the affronted Establishment isn’t a retired Tory councillor or free Presbyterian minister, but a clutch of would-be Labour candidates.
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