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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The Tory worldview is destroying Britain
Chancellor Philip Hammonds latest Budget wasnt so much compassionate conservatism as zombie conservatism, writes CHRIS STEPHENS
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
LAST week’s Budget was nothing less than a deliberate slap in the face to all those who were hoping for some relief from the austerity agenda, as the Chancellor added calculated insult to repeated injury.
It was widely trailed in the media that the Tories were going to lift the public-sector pay cap after pressure from all sides, including their backbenchers, but as it turned out there was nothing concrete on offer for working people, no real money on the table, only vagueness, evasion and endless reviews.
The only difference between this Chancellor and the previous one is that of style not substance. Where George Osborne could best be described as a tin of gloss — superficially painting over the cracks in our broken economy — Philip Hammond is the tin of matt, hoping to hide the worst lumps and bumps with repeated applications of more of the same.
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