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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MANUEL CORTES warns of the dangers of a Tory Brexit
TSSA general secretary Manuel Cortes
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
COMRADES, there is a whiff of progressive revolt in the air. Not of the Tony Blair variety. He, and his unnecessary attacks on Jeremy Corbyn are just progressively more revolting.
No, the real progress is coming from our class which is galvanising against the alt-right’s Brexit baby.
Opinion poll after opinion poll now show voters wanting a safety valve attached to the Tory Brexit process to stop a no-deal economic disaster and a regulations bonfire.
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