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Does Burnley have a racism problem?
Engaging with the problems of post-industrial England requires more than a simplistic analysis that divides people into ‘the enlightened or the uneducated,’ writes LAURA BRIGGS
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 “White Lives Matter” banner flown over the Etihad by Burnley fans at the recent Premier League fixture between Manchester City and Burnley has reignited claims that the town has a racism problem.
The banner, organised by a handful of Burnley fans, provoked significant backlash.
As with the widespread condemnation of working-class towns who voted to leave the EU, scores of people lined up to denounce Burnley and its people as backwards and racist.
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