JOE BESWICK of the London Renters Union talks to the Morning Star’s new Left on Record programme
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Roger McKenzie and Ben Chacko talk to the new Cuban ambassador to Britain MERCEDES VARGAS WALTER about propaganda against Cuba, the illegal blockade and its effects, and the importance of international solidarity with the people of Palestine
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The unnecessarily violent police intervention at a Quaker place of worship is a PR disaster and will only serve to deepen the chasm between them and the public. SYMON HILL reports
ANDREW MURRAY wonders whether recent opinion polling and a fresh local authority by-election result in Ilford are an indication that the time is ripe for the left to make inroads
Due to the actions of this government, the challenges facing those with disabilities, such as spinal cord injuries, are nigh on insurmountable, argus RUTH HUNT
General secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions GAWAIN LITTLE calls for support and participation in the national partnership organised to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1926 general strike
After brutal police crackdowns on pensioners and the forced approval of secret IMF deals, trade unions are finally responding to grassroots pressure and fighting back against savage neoliberal reforms, reports BERT SCHOUWENBURG
Bizarrely, Trump’s latest attacks now include the National Zoo, but his real and racist agenda is to strip everything black from the country’s cultural institutions, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
FOR an island that has been under such vicious attack since its socialist revolution, Cuba is highly blessed in so many ways.
A beautiful island with a resilience that is hard to find anywhere, Cuba is also able to send top-class diplomats out across the world.
Britain has been fortunate to have received some wonderful representatives from Cuba. The latest in the line of excellent ambassadors to Britain from the Caribbean island is Ismara Mercedes Vargas Walter.
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