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 corona warriors of Kerala put Britain’s crooked contract snafflers to shame
The doorstep health workers of India’s communist state show that it’s human assistance that makes self-isolation possible, not the call centres and crib sheets favoured by the Tories, says SOLOMON HUGHES
People wait to get inoculated at a vaccination camp in Kochi, Kerala state
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
PANORAMA’S recent documentary on how different nations tried containing Covid-19 told, in a few minutes, how the Indian state of Kerala responded.
These few minutes of television also made very clear why so many died in Britain.
I’d thoroughly recommend watching Panorama’s documentary, Covid: Who Got it Right, because it underlines how Britain’s response contained so many weird, unusual Thatcherite programmes, which break with very basic public health messages.
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