by Her Excellency Ismara Mercedes Vargas Walter, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the United Kingdom
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Arise Festival – unite for a Corbyn government
MATT WILLGRESS looks at the importance of this summer’s ‘Arise — a festival of Labour’s Left Ideas’ for the left in the current political climate
DR STEPHEN WILKINSON assesses the life and legacy of a revolutionary giant
On the centenary of Fidel Castro’s birth, Communist Party international secretary KEVAN NELSON salutes the ongoing example of a revolutionary people facing a brutal US siege
ALEX GORDON and LORRAINE DOUGLAS report from Havana, Cuba, where they represented the Communist Party of Britain at the 24th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties on August 7-8
The best tribute to Fidel is to stand with the Cuban Revolution today as the Trump regime tries to starve it to death, argues Cuba Solidarity Campaign communications manager NATASHA HICKMAN
JOE DWYER of Sinn Fein reflects on the links between the Irish and Cuban struggles for independence and on Castro’s personal engagement with the cause of Irish freedom
HAVING a genuinely left-wing leadership of the Labour Party was always going to attract intense hostility from across the political and economic establishment.
Ever since 2015 part of this has been incredible levels of media hostility towards Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, and a permanent misrepresentation of his and Labour’s political positions.
Despite this, Labour members and affiliate members not only overwhelmingly backed Jeremy against all the odds to become leader in 2015, they then gave him a stunning mandate to carry on as leader after the “chicken coup” attempt of 2016. After 12 months where they were told this was the worst possible decision to have ever made for the future of Labour, members and affiliate members made clear their wish for Labour to become a genuinely anti-austerity party committed to transforming Britain.
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