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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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
STUCK in lockdown and slowly going mad? Can I recommend you read Dan Rhodes’ When the Professor Got Stuck in the Snow, which is the story of Professor Richard Dawkins also stuck in a lockdown, due to a snowstorm, and also apparently going bonkers.
I first came across Dan Rhodes through his short stories.
When I say short, they were really short. His earlier book, Anthropology, is of 101 stories, each 101 words long, so he knows all about economy and brevity. He can be funny and sharp and can get emotional depth out of fewer words.
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