While riding the No 3 bus in Glasgow MATT KERR has ample time to dissect the moribund Scottish Labour decline into near oblivion and watch intriguing bus passenger dynamics
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Cuba promotes peace, not terrorism
This month the socialist Caribbean island brokered peace between ELN rebels and the Colombian government — so why does the US still call Cuba a ‘sponsor of terrorism,’ asks MICAELA TRACY-RAMOS
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel applauds as Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, left, and ELN commander Antonio Garcia shake hands during a bilateral ceasefire agreement signing ceremony between Petro's government and the Colombian National Liberation Army (ELN), at El Laguito in Havana, Cuba, Friday, June 9, 2023.
The best wildfire service may begin with the community, argues KOMAL RAJ ARYAL
Dignity is important to all humans, argues the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School, but it does not come about automatically. In a less than perfect world, dignity can accompany suffering, but the collective dignity of working people is achieved through acting together to change the world.
The US aim to reshape the existing order in the Middle East needs to be resolutely resisted, argues PAYAM SOLHTALAB
Concessions to Washington by the post-Maduro leadership in Caracas are designed to preserve the core of the Bolivarian Revolution not betray it, argue Roger D Harris, Francisco Dominguez and Mara Paez Victor. How the solidarity movement responds is critical
ALMA EGAN suggests four days out that bring the region’s history of protest to life
“HUMAN solidarity cannot be blockaded; it remains an indestructible weapon of struggle and combat,” President Miguel Diaz-Canel noted at the International Meeting in Solidarity with Cuba and Anti-Imperialism in Havana, that I was lucky enough to attend as a trade union delegate on a solidarity brigade.
International solidarity between Cuba and the British trade union movement is more important than ever. I saw with my own eyes how the Cuban people are suffering under the US blockade.
Cuba is facing immense hardships due to the 62-year blockade on the country which was tightened under Donald Trump, the effects of Covid, and now Cuba’s inclusion in the State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT) list alongside North Korea, Venezuela, Iran and Syria.
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