IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
Vindictive US policy is costing lives in Cuba
Britain needs to apply pressure on the Biden administration to bring an end to the harmful and unjust blockade of Cuba, says GRAHAME MORRIS
A mother holds her daughter who is injected with a dose of the Soberana-02 Covid-19 vaccine, in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, September 16, 2021
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
More expensive by weight than gold, saffron is surprisingly simple to grow. MAT COWARD explains
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
ADDRESSING the United Nations general assembly on Tuesday September 21, President Joe Biden announced a new direction in US foreign policy.
“Instead of continuing to fight the wars of the past, we are fixing our eyes on devoting our resources to the challenges that hold the keys to our collective future,” he said.
Eight months into his presidency there is no sign that he wants to end a war of the past when it comes to US policy on Cuba.
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