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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Never has Workers' Memorial Day carried such great significance
GMB will fight until every worker feels safe and protected at work, says HELEN O’CONNOR
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
When gas company bosses gorged on assets, the GMB union fought back with the help of a 20-stone saddleback sow. MAT COWARD tells the story
JOHN REES looks at why the June 20 international anti-war conference is such a vital initiative
ROGER McKENZIE highlights how health workers in DRC are struggling to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in a region already suffering conflict, aid cuts and a legacy of imperialist degradation
Associate Professor BUI QUANG TUAN explains how modernisation and growth are helping to unlock new foreign investment in the Vietnamese economy
WORKERS’ MEMORIAL DAY is held around the world to remember workers who have been disabled, injured and killed while at work.
Never has the day carried greater significance than in 2020 as key workers are on the front line keeping the whole of society going while a coronavirus pandemic is raging.
This Tory government’s clear failure to plan and prepare for this pandemic is causing key workers to become unwell, and the death toll is rising.
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