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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Outsourcing on the ‘never-never’
BEN CRAWFORD and DAVID WHYTE explain how the British government’s bankrupt business model lets shareholder’s rights eradicate workers’ rights
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
WE are often told that privatisation and outsourcing makes the provision of basic services and amenities more efficient.
Yet the British government’s outsourcing model is now being exposed as a financial and social catastrophe.
There can be no clearer example of the failure of the British government’s outsourcing fiasco than the Carillion-built Royal Liverpool Hospital.
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