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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San Antonio migrant truck deaths prove, again, need for real immigration reform
The blocking of legal entry routes into the United States is leading migrants to risk more dangerous ways to enter the country, says JOHN BACHTELL
SHOCKING: Police and other first responders at the scene where dozens migrants were found dead and
multiple others were taken to hospitals with heat-related illnesses in San Antonio, Texas
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
THE horrific deaths of 53 migrants in San Antonio, Texas, packed in an unairconditioned 18-wheeler in sweltering 100-degree (38°C) heat is another shocking reminder of the United States’ outdated, unjust, and inhumane immigration system.
Policies based on criminalising migrants and militarising borders are causing more suffering and death while failing to address the root crisis primarily driving it.
A record number of migrants and their families, escaping gang violence and poverty, including from the Covid-19 pandemic aftershocks which worsened conditions in their home countries, are seeking entry into the US, seeking refuge, asylum and economic security.
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