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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It is time to get HS2 done
There must be no caving in to Tory MPs who can’t see further than the bottom of their own garden, writes MANUEL CORTES
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
THERE is a myth being peddled about High Speed 2 (HS2) — that it’s only now “decision time.” Nonsense — the decision to go ahead was taken as long ago as 2012 and indeed this vital rail link is already being built today.
Let’s face it, the only reason we are still discussing its future is because Boris Johnson ordered a review to please his backbenchers. Led by Douglas Oakervee, it will be made public and decided upon next month — though its findings have already been leaked.
What we know is Oakervee himself is backing HS2 and he is the person who has drilled down into the evidence. You can hardly blame him given that nearly half of Britain’s population would be linked to HS2 services around Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, London and beyond.
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