To defend Puerto Rico’s right to peace is to defend Venezuela’s right to exist, argues MICHELLE ELLNER
Don't let Covid-19 cover up miners' deaths
The coronavirus pandemic is causing bereaved mining families to lose compensation for death from industrial diseases, says CHRIS KITCHEN, general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers
Despite the apocalyptic destruction RAMZY BAROUD points to Gaza’s triumph of spirit against the architecture of genocide
We are demanding action from our politicians to deliver justice, fairness and decency throughout our communities – join us, says ROZ FOYER
After NGOs and the EU, UN condemns Germany’s crackdown on Palestine Solidarity, writes LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
It’s not just the Starmer regime: the workers of Britain have always faced legal affronts on their right to assemble and dissent, and the Labour Party especially has meddled with our freedoms from its earliest days, writes KEITH FLETT
Once again Tower Hamlets is being targeted by anti-Islam campaigners, this time a revamped and radicalised version of Ukip — the far-right event is now banned by the police, but we’ll be assembling this Saturday to make sure they stay away, says JAYDEE SEAFORTH
LUNG diseases are a legacy suffered by tens of thousands of former coal miners as a result of their time working in the industry.
Hard-fought agreements have been won by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) to compensate the families of former mineworkers who die from afflictions such as emphysema, bronchitis, pneumoconiosis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
But the Covid-19 pandemic is leading to compensation being denied to many families, because deaths are being attributed to the virus, rather than to underlying industrial diseases.
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