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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There are bigger prizes to be won than mere ‘black recognition’
Our movement mustn’t limit itself to the odd statue of a black person or plaque – it is the reality of racism and working-class exploitation that must be confronted head on, writes KEVIN OVENDEN
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
WE ARE in the greatest eruption against racism and for black liberation since 1968.
In April that year smoke rose above every black ghetto in the US following the murder of the great civil rights leader Martin Luther King in the city of Memphis.
As so many black and anti-racist radicals have said for half a century in response to Establishment jibes about violence and the movements against oppression: we had a prince of non-violent mass action — you assassinated him.
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