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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On the eve of TSSA 125th anniversary conference, MANUEL CORTES puts the nationalisation of railways top of the union’s political agenda
TSSA members call, outside Glasgow's Central Station, for public ownership of railways
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
OUR union, TSSA, gathers this year for its annual conference in Sheffield against a backdrop of upheaval at home and abroad.
As trade unionists we refuse to bury our heads in the sand — it’s not in our nature because we exist to take head-on the many challenges facing our members and to shape wider society in favour of working people.
I say this with great pride as we prepare to celebrate our 125th birthday!
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