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A victory for popular sovereignty – a defeat for the EU-IMF-Nato axis
Statement from the Communist Party of Britain on the EU referendum
ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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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
THE referendum result represents a huge and potentially disorientating blow to the ruling capitalist class in Britain, its hired politicians and its imperialist allies in the EU, the US, IMF and Nato.
The people have spoken and popular sovereignty now demands that the Westminster Parliament accepts and implements their decision.
The left must now redouble its efforts to turn this referendum result into a defeat for the whole EU-IMF-Nato axis.
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