In the wake of his recent humanitarian visit to Cuba, RICHARD BURGON points to the now urgent need to defend the island’s political sovereignty and its right to self-determination
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With the rise of the right, idpol attacks need to stop
To beat fascism we need to cease left-on-left conflict over vacuous identity politics that centre individual – not collective – interests, writes KER TESI
Thousands of jobs are at risk across higher education, yet government funding appears only when universities can be linked to military objectives, says JO GRADY, in the run-up to the Stop the War International Conference this Saturday
The Wye, Usk, Arrow and Lugg were once treasured for their clean waters – today, pollution and corporate excess are fuelling demands for a return to public ownership, says MARK SEDDON
The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE
Rising support for Farage’s party reflects Labour’s failure to defend working-class living standards or offer a credible alternative to neoliberal decline, says JOSEPH MILLS
Trade unionists are mobilising to support Cuban workers and public services, amid escalating US pressure on the socialist island. RONAN OGILVY explains
WITH the growing popularity of figureheads like Tommy Robinson, the rapid expansion of far-right movements like Generation Identity, and white supremacist attacks such as the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and the Christchurch massacre stacking up, the threat of the fascist right has never felt so immediate.
To combat it, the left must stand united — yet currently, we are anything but.
As such, we have been caught sleeping on our feet, a divided movement that too often is insular, rather than an outward-looking and ambitious body politic.
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