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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Why don't the trade unions join the climate strikes?
At a recent Scottish TUC meeting two teenagers why we, the organised working class, won't join their school strikes for the planet – we should, argues STEPHEN SMELLIE
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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
TRADE unions are gradually moving towards accepting that steps need to be taken to address the issues of climate change and debating what a “just transition” from a high-carbon to a low-carbon economy will look like.
And left politicians are now considering whether a green new deal is a realistic, and vote-winning, project.
However, young people across the world have shown far greater urgency, organising a serious of actions including school strikes demanding more radical steps are taken to stop global warming and the climate chaos that will result.
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