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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What will happen after the ICJ delegitimises Israel’s occupation of Palestine?
The world court is likely to rule that every Israeli action in Palestine since 1967 has been illegal – the strongest UN indictment yet. But don’t expect change under Israel’s new extreme-right government, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Palestinians in East Jerusalem stand watch at a weekly protest against forced expulsion from their homes by Israeli settlers
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
ONCE more, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will offer a legal opinion on the consequences of the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
A historic UN vote on December 31 called on the ICJ to look at the Israeli occupation in terms of legal consequences, the rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination and the responsibility of all UN member states in bringing the protracted Israeli occupation to an end.
A special emphasis will be placed on the “demographic composition, character and status” of occupied Jerusalem.
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