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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The international uprising against racism must not be allowed to burn out
From Greece to Germany, the Black Lives Matter protest movement that began in the US has reignited the struggle for human equality. We must not let the Establishment derail it, warns KEVIN OVENDEN
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THERE are many politicians hoping that the international wave of protests under the banner of Black Lives Matter will dwindle and turn out to be a moment rather than a movement.
They are not just willing the ends, but the means also.
One of them is to pay lip service to the slogan so that it becomes so ubiquitous as to be anodyne.
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