Working people across Britain are fighting back against austerity, war, repression and exploitation. The challenge now is to unite those struggles, says Communist Party of Britain assistant general secretary JOHNNIE HUNTER
CLAIMS that Nicaragua is “weaponising” immigration by allowing free passage of migrants towards the US border have been appearing regularly in the media.
The BBC (in Spanish, in July) is the latest, but similar reports have appeared in the Associated Press, in Spain’s El Pais and in the Miami Herald, to name just a few.
In May, the Biden administration accused the Nicaraguan government of “repressing people and preying on migrants,” imposing new sanctions on those it believed responsible.
Marco Rubio wants to defeat socialism in Nicaragua, not restore ‘democracy,’ writes JOHN PERRY
ROY WILKES takes issue with those on the left who argue immigration lowers wages — dividing resident and migrant workers only strengthens capitalist exploitation
Claims that Nicaragua has abolished elections followed a headline that stripped Daniel Ortega’s remarks of their historical and political context. The full speech tells a different story, says BECCA RENK FOSTER
ROGER D HARRIS and SARA FLOUNDERS challenge propaganda against the blockaded socialist island


