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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PHIL KATZ looks at the concerted campaign in eastern England that has got the CPB’s ideas for regional assemblies, redistributive tax systems and publicly owned transport on the agenda
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
IN the East of England on May 4 voters in Felixstowe East and Felixstowe West, Felixstowe Coastal, Kempston in Bedford, Sopwell in St Albans and Abbeygate and district in Bury St Edmunds will have the chance to vote communist.
If you are intending to vote communist in these wards, do not forget to take along your ID. We have elections at town, county and district levels and we are contesting in seven wards.
The election comes at a time of a hike in council tax rises, the ending of transport fare subsidies and an acceleration in the selloff and privatisation of council services.
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