The US Republican administration has wasted no time in tightening the economic vice on the Caribbean island, with State Department officials making it clear that the aggression is only just beginning, writes NATASHA HICKMAN
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Daylight robbery and ruination of the environment
MATT WILLGRESS explains why only public ownership of water and energy supplies can stop the corporate rip-off and help tackle the many crises England faces
Any positives from the government’s green paper proposals are vastly overshadowed by the scale of the cuts to vulnerable low-income households, argues JENNY RATHBONE MS
While the council can generate much-needed income with this new charge, making the city sustainable and affordable for its all-important workers needs a wider approach that’s not just focused on tourism, writes IAN MacCORQUODALE
With young people, the disabled and the elderly in Labour’s sights as ‘easy targets’ for cuts, the labour movement must remember it’s in the vital interests of us all to defend the groups being picked off, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
SOPHIE BOLT explains why Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is organising a national protest tour at nuclear bases, starting with a demo at BAE shipyard in Barrow, where Starmer and Healey have been banging the drum for war
The Employment Rights Bill is a vital opportunity to rebalance power between workers and employers. As it passes to the Lords, pressure must be brought to bear to strengthen this key legislation, argues ANDY McDONALD MP
The arrest of Palestinian activist and former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil is just the beginning as the Trump administration moves to silence students and union members who support Palestine, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
NOT a week goes by without more stories about the scandals and problems besetting Britain’s private water companies, most notably the possible collapse of Thames Water, which is in deep financial trouble, despite taking billions out of the company in loans and dividends.
Disgracefully, it was revealed at the end of 2023 that Thames Water had pumped at least 72 billion litres of sewage into the Thames since 2020.
And it’s not just Thames Water.
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Trump’s return when we already see a world at war, breathtaking inequality and climate catastrophe confirms Engles’ famous dichotomy, writes MATT WILLGRESS
As Donald Trump returns, it’s also worth returning to Lenin’s analysis of imperialism, writes MATT WILLGRESS
With Trump coming back to power, interventions aimed at regime change and a far-right resurgence in the region are heavily on the agenda, writes MATT WILLGRESS, calling on the international left to prepare to act in solidarity
In a fringe speech for the Labour & Palestine campaign group, MATT WILLGRESS contrasts the government’s inaction with the TUC’s demands, calling for recognition of Palestine, an arms embargo and concrete steps to hold Israel accountable
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