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Uniting Ireland, but on whose terms?
EOIN O MURCHU argues that a successful intertwining of the national and social questions in Ireland is not just an issue of solidarity for the British labour movement, but is part of the struggle of the British working class for a democratic break with imperialism, both native and European
WRITING ON THE BILLBOARD: Clear message
NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
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
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
THE recent contributions from Nick Wright, Joe Bowers and Adam Murray concerning the current stage of the demand for the national reunification of Ireland are very much to be welcomed.
While the people of Ireland will, of course, decide how and in what form this debate will be furthered, it is important that the British labour movement too understand what is involved — not least because of the need to combat the insensitive pro-Unionist stance adopted by Keir Starmer, which Wright commented on.
This is not merely an act of solidarity, but a question that is central to the struggle for democracy in Britain itself.
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