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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The unmourned demise of the BRITISH NATIONAL PARTY
In 2009 BNP leader Nick Griffin promised a ‘political earthquake’ – yet within months the party had crashed. MATTHEW COLLINS charts the racist leader’s welcome downfall
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
FORMER British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin may no longer be an MEP, but he spends more time in the European Parliament these days than most Ukip MEPs.
He lauded and patted himself on the back that he was, after all, the most successful fascist politician in the history of the British far right.
In the near 15 years he led the BNP, he’d come close to a lot of things.
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