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
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A seminal moment in Cuba’s revolutionary journey
70 years on, TARIQ ANDERSON looks back at Fidel Castro and comrades’ famous 1953 assault on the Moncada Barracks, which launched what became known as the 26th July Movement
Fidel Castro on his arrest after the July 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks — in Santiago de Cuba
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Trade unionists are mobilising to support Cuban workers and public services, amid escalating US pressure on the socialist island. RONAN OGILVY explains
The defence secretary’s resignation reveals not a split over principle but a dispute over pace of military spending, as Britain’s political Establishment unites behind deeper Nato commitments, argues NICK WRIGHT
The ceasefire may have halted the fighting for now, but years of economic warfare and recent military attacks have left millions of Iranians facing hardship and uncertainty, says Codir’s RUBEN BRETT
The struggle for Palestinian freedom has become a defining issue for everyone committed to justice, democracy and peace, says PETER LEARY ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
Unison director of organising KEVIN LUCAS explains the Organising to Win strategy, its successes to date and key tests on the union’s horizon
CUBA is a nation that finds no difficulty in remembering and commemorating its past, and this year sees a number of anniversaries that, in part, tell the modern story of the country and its enduring struggle to free itself from imperialist domination.
Two hundred years ago in 1823, US President James Monroe declared his government’s intention to dominate the entirety of the Americas.
While the anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine certainly won’t be celebrated in Cuba, tributes were paid across the country on January 28 to mark the 170th anniversary of the birth of Cuba’s national hero Jose Marti.
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