Scottish Labour's leaders cannot keep blaming Westminster for the collapse at the ballot box, says VINCE MILLS
AS the US blockade enters its 60th year, one can only imagine the strides Cuba could have made at home and internationally if it had not been held back by vicious economic warfare and an unrelenting policy of intervention from its northern neighbour.
As of December 1, Cuba had fully vaccinated more than 83 per cent of its population, including almost two million children over two years old.
Over 10.5 million Cubans (93 per cent of the population) have received at least one dose of the country’s two homegrown vaccines, and booster jabs are currently being administered to the most vulnerable groups. Clinical trials of a nasally administered vaccine are also under way.
CLAUDIA WEBBE says the US is tightening the noose to destroy Cuban socialism — the need for immediate, international solidarity is urgent
The US attack on Venezuela raises grave threats to Cuba and the region, writes NATASHA HICKMAN of Cuba Solidarity Campaign
Where normally only the US and its ally Israel vote to strangle Cuba economically, there have been special efforts to slander and isolate the besieged socialist island nation year — so we must redouble our solidarity, writes TARIQ ANDERSON
While ordinary Americans were suffering in the wake of 2005’s deadly hurricane, the Bush administration was more concerned with maintaining its anti-Cuba stance than with saving lives, writes MANOLO DE LOS SANTOS



