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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Public ownership matters
Genuine public control of essential services and a democratic renewal are worth fighting for, argues MATT KERR
A food delivery van for the elderly travels along the main street in Callander, Perthshire as the UK continues in lockdown to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, April 2020
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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
THIS week saw the fourth anniversary of lockdown. Rightly, these moments will take people back to the countless thousands who lost their lives while one government partied and another took stock of the constitutional possibilities.
They should also bring to mind the millions of workers providing essential services even during its worst phases, often sent into work in the hospital, the supermarket or out emptying our bins pitifully ill-equipped by employers — public and private — chronically ill-prepared for the scenario.
There were moments of desperately needed light relief though, little moments to fend off the sense of doom that seemed to envelop the country and what felt like most of the world.
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